Another Surprise at the Polls: Cameron Wins a (Small) Majority at the 2015 UK General Election

Alistair Clark

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Dr Alistair Clark is currently Senior Lecturer in Politics at Newcastle University, a member of the UK Political Studies Association Executive and co-editor of British Journal of Politics and International Relations. His publications include Political Parties in the UK (Palgrave 2012) and recently in Public Administration an assessment of electoral integrity in Britain. He was Visiting Professor in Political Science & School of Government at LUISS Guido Carli in Rome in February-March 2015.

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Dr. Alistair Clark, Newcastle University E: Alistair.clark@ncl.ac.uk T: @ClarkAlistairJ In my earlier blog for CISE on the UK’s 2015 general election, I noted how uncertain the polls were, with none of the two main British parties – Conservative or Labour - able to make a decisive break prior to polling day. I ended by suggesting that there was likely to be an investigation into the polling industry after election day. One of those predictions came true. Unfortunately for the reputation of political science predictions, it was that there will be an inquiry into the performance of the polling industry. Expectations were of a hung...

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Dr. Alistair Clark Newcastle University Alistair.clark@ncl.ac.uk Il Regno Unito va al voto il prossimo 7 maggio in quelle che vengono considerate le elezioni più competitive e incerte sin dagli anni ’70. Come molti altri paesi, anche il Regno Unito deve fare i conti con un elettorato sempre più scettico e volatile, con la crescita della destra populista, le pressioni dei secessionisti e la rottura di quella che per lungo tempo è stata – secondo molti studiosi – la caratteristica fondante della politica britannica, ovvero il sistema bipartitico. Le prossime elezioni sono interessanti per molti aspetti. Sei di questi sono quelli che...

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Dr. Alistair Clark Newcastle University Alistair.clark@ncl.ac.uk The UK goes to the polls on the 7th May 2015 in what is widely expected to be the tightest and most uncertain general election contest since the 1970s. Like many other countries, the UK is facing a highly sceptical and volatile electorate, a populist right-wing insurgency, pressure from secessionists and the breakdown of what many comparative scholars have long held to be a defining characteristic of British politics, the two-party system.  There are a number of things that are likely to be major issues in the election. Six of the most important are as follows. No...
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