New Labour's landslide and electoral bias: An exploration of differences between the 1997 UK Election Result and the Previous Thirteen

British Elections and Parties Review

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 20-45

  Johnston, Ron ^a   Pattie, Charles ^b   Rossiter, David ^a   Dorling, Danny ^a   MacAllister, Iain ^c   Tunstall, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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