The pendulum swings: The British election of 1997

Government and Opposition

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Harrop, Martin ^a  

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EID: 0040955210     PISSN: 0017257X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1997.tb00772.x     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. D. Butler and D. Kavanagh, The British General Election of 1979, London, Macmillan, 1980, p. 336.
2. For this reason, there must be a strong case for political scientists to initiate a longitudinal study of this new cohort of MPs.
3. B. Criddle, 'New Intake Marked by the Stamp of the Professional', Financial Times, 3 May 1997, p. 11.
4. The Sunday Telegraph, 4 May 1997, p. 29.
5. 'Fatal squeeze', The Economist, 10 May 1997, p. 36.
6. The wording of Labour's manifesto statement on electoral reform is: 'We are committed to a referendum on the voting system for the House of Commons. An independent commission on voting systems will be appointed early to recommend a proportional alternative to the first-past-the-post system.' The manifesto also proposes to introduce: a) PR for European elections and b) the additional member system for the planned Scottish and Welsh assemblies.
7. The Economist, op. cit., p. 36.
8. C. Pattie and R. Johnston, 'Election '97: Where did the Tories Go?', The Times, 15 May 1997, p. 21.
9. W. L. Miller, 'There was No Alternative: the British General Election of 1983', Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 37, 1984, p. 383.
10. Naturally, I am exempt from the strictures which follow. I was one of those who anticipated a Labour landslide and I have the betting slips to prove it.
11. I. Crewe, 'Confessions of an Errant Tipster', The Times Higher Education Supplement, 16 May 1997, p. 21.
12. Miller, op. cit., p. 383.