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Elections in Britain

A Voter’s Guide

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  • © 2005

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  1. Dick Leonard
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  2. Roger Mortimore
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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 1-3

  3. When Elections are Held

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 4-11

  4. The Voters

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 12-21

  5. Constituencies and the Electoral System

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 22-38

  6. Political Parties: National

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 39-72

  7. Political Parties: Local

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 73-82

  8. Candidates

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 83-103

  9. The Campaign in the Constituencies

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 104-120

  10. The National Campaign

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 121-133

  11. Polling Day

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 134-143

  12. By-Elections, Local Elections, Euro-Elections and Referendums

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 144-163

  13. Opinion Polls

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 164-177

  14. How People Vote, and Why Some Don’t

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 178-196

  15. How Much Does it Cost — and Who Pays For it?

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 197-207

  16. An Evolving System

    • Dick Leonard, Roger Mortimore
    Pages 208-211

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 212-281
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About this book

How do British elections work? What about local elections and by-elections? How are candidates chosen? What has been the impact of changes introduced by the present government? How can an ordinary voter play his or her part? And why do so few people vote these days? Dick Leonard, a political journalist and former MP, and Roger Mortimore, an opinion pollster, cover all aspects of British elections in this updated edition of the standard work, including comprehensive tables of statistics and results.

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Reviews of Previous Edition:

'...first sighting of Dick Leonard's Elections in Britain - A Voter's Guide is a sure-fire sign that the UK general election season has finally arrived.' - John Palmer, The Bulletin

'the nuts and bolts of the general election' - Gillian Peele, Times Educational Supplement

'Describes in useful detail how the British electoral system works.' - The Economist

'indispensable reading for all ...a host of facts, figures and anecdotes which turn the sometimes dry and dusty material of the psephologist into fascinating reading...' - John Palmer, The Bulletin

'The most useful election books are those which chart the nuts and bolts of the electoral process. The seventh edition of Elections in Britain: A Voter's Guide... is a straightforward factual account of how the British electoral system works. It deals with the rules and administrative arrangements, the casting and counting of ballots and how votes translate into seats, as well as the conduct and financing of the campaign itself.' - The Economist

About the authors

Author Dick Leonard: Dick Leonard is an historian, journalist and author and a former Labour MP. For many years he was Assistant Editor of The Economist, and headed their office in Brussels, where he was later also correspondent of The Observer. He also worked for the BBC, and contributed regularly to leading newspapers across the world. His publications include The Economist Guide to the European Union, Elections in Britain, A Century of Premiers: Salisbury to Blair; Nineteenth Century British Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery and Eighteenth Century British Premiers: Walpole to the Younger Pitt.

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