Parties and party systems: Modernisation, regulation and diversity

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 308-321

  Webb, Paul ^a  

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DOI: 10.1093/parlij/54.2.308     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. 1 P. Webb, The Modern British Party System, Sage, 2000, p. 4.
2. 2 J. Hartley-Brewer, Guardian, 1.9.00; P. Wintour, ibid., 24.10.00.
3. 2 J. Hartley-Brewer, Guardian, 1.9.00; P. Wintour, ibid., 24.10.00.
4. 3 N. Watt, Guardian, 10.4.00.
5. 4 See T. Poguntke, 'Parties in a Legalistic Culture: The Case of Germany' in R.S. Katz and P. Mair (eds), How Parties Organise: Change and Adaptation in Party Organizations in Western Democracies, Sage, 1994.
6. 5 Cm. 4057-1, Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life on the Funding of Political Parties in the UK, vol. 1, Stationery Office, 1998, p. 26.
7. 6 For a discussion of the popular standing of political parties in Britain, see P. Webb 'Apartisanship and Anti-Party Sentiment in the UK: Correlates and Constraints', European Journal of Political Research, 1996, pp. 365-82; and Webb, op. cit., pp. 253-9.
8. 6 For a discussion of the popular standing of political parties in Britain, see P. Webb 'Apartisanship and Anti-Party Sentiment in the UK: Correlates and Constraints', European Journal of Political Research, 1996, pp. 365-82; and Webb, op. cit., pp. 253-9.
9. 7 For detail on the work of the Electoral Commission and other aspects of the new Act see Notes to Cm. 4413 The Funding of Political Parties in the UK: The Government's Proposals for Legislation in Reponse to the Fifth Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Stationery Office, 1999.
10. 8 Webb, op. cit., pp. 233-5.
11. 9 D. Hencke and L. Ward, Guardian, 20.7.98.
12. 10 R. Garner and R. Kelly, British Political Parties Today, Manchester UP, 1998, p. 204.
13. 11 See Cm. 6601, Report of the Committee on Financial Aid to Political Parties, HMSO, 1976; and Hansard Society, Paying for Politics, 1982.
14. 11 See Cm. 6601, Report of the Committee on Financial Aid to Political Parties, HMSO, 1976; and Hansard Society, Paying for Politics, 1982.
15. 12 See HC 301, 1993-94, House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs Report on the Funding of Political Parties.
16. 13 Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, p. 43.
17. 14 The Legislation provides for a limit equal to £30,000 of expenditure for each Westminster constituency contested by a party, giving a theoretical maximum of £19,770,000 for the UK. The limit applies to the 365 days before polling day, and includes all campaign expenditure incurred by a party in that period, including that on local government elections; if (as in 1974) two general elections are held within a single 365-day period, the limit for the second election applies form the day after the conclusion of the first election campaign. For European elections a limit equal to £45,000 per MEP to be returned in a multi-member constituency has been set; this applies to a period dating from four months prior to the election day. The devolved assembly elections will also apply spending limits to the four months prior to an election (or the period from the announcement of an 'extraordinary' election), and the set at: Scotland £12,000 per constituency plus £80,000 per region; Wales £10,000 plus £40,000; Northern Ireland £17.
18. 15 R.S. Katz and P. Mair, 'Changing Models of Party Organisation and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party', Party Politics, 1995, p. 16.
19. 16 P. Mair 'Political Parties, Popular Legitimacy and Public Privilege', West European Politics, 1995, pp. 40-57.
20. 17 Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, p. 89.
21. 18 Cm. 4413, 1999, para. 6-3.
22. 19 Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, p. 97.