| From Votes to Seats: The Operation of the UK Electoral System Since 1945 Contributor(s): Johnston, Ron (Author), Pattie, Charles (Author), Dorling, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 071905852X ISBN-13: 9780719058523 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2001 Annotation: "From Votes to Seats" is a study of the 14 general elections held between 1950 and 1997 in Britain. Arguing that the British electoral system treats political parties disproportionately, the authors show that the amount of bias in those elections results substantially increased over the period, benefiting Labour at the expense of the Conservatives. With the use of imaginative diagrams, this book examines the electoral process in detail, illustrating how it operates, while stressing the important role of tactical voting in the production of recent election results. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Campaigns & Elections - Political Science | Comparative Politics |
| Dewey: 324.630 |
| LCCN: 2001031705 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.15" W x 9.2" (0.92 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The British electoral system treats parties disproportionately and differentially. This original study of the fourteen general elections held between 1950 and 1997 shows that the amount of bias in those election results increased substantially over the period, benefiting Labour at the expense of the Conservatives. Labour's advantage peaked at the 1997 general election when, even assuming there had been an equal share of the votes for the two parties, it would have won 82 more seats than its opponents. This situation came about because of different aspects of two well-known electoral abuses - malapportionment and gerrymandering. With the use of imaginative diagrams the book examines these processes in detail, illustrating how they operate and stresses the important role of tactical voting in the production of recent election results. |
