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The British General Election of 2024 is the definitive account of a landmark election, featuring an unprecedented Conservative collapse, a Labour Commons landslide, and record fragmentation in voters' choices. Built on unparalleled access to all the key players, this account weaves together a compelling insider account of how the campaign was fought with rigorous analysis of how, when and where this sea change election was won and lost. The 22nd volume in a prestigious series dating back to 1945, this offers something for everyone, from Westminster insiders and politics students to the interested general reader, who wants to understand one of the most dramatic swings of the electoral pendulum in living memory.
List of contents
1. Covid, Conflict and Crisis: The Course of the Parliament.- 2. Hubris to Nemesis: The Conservatives.- 3. Efficiency Gains: Labour.- 4. Winning Here: The Liberal Democrats.- 5. The Real Opposition? Reform UK, the Greens and Independents.- 6. The Devolved Nations.- 7. A Losing Bet: The National Campaign.- 8. The Campaign in the Constituencies.- 9. The Digital Campaign.- 10. It s the Sun Wot Shunned It: The Press.- 11. The Campaign On Air and Online.- 12. The Polls.- 13. A Whole New Commons? Candidates and MPs.- 14. The British Voter in 2024.- 15. How Geography Decisively Shaped the Outcome of the 2024 Election.- 16. All Change? The Election in Retrospect.
About the author
Robert Ford
is Professor of Political Science at Manchester University, UK.
Tim Bale
is Professor of Politics at Queen Mary University of London, UK.
Will Jennings
is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Southampton, UK.
Paula Surridge
is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bristol, UK.
Summary
The British General Election of 2024
is the definitive account of a landmark election, featuring an unprecedented Conservative collapse, a Labour Commons landslide, and record fragmentation in voters' choices. Built on unparalleled access to all the key players, this account weaves together a compelling insider account of how the campaign was fought with rigorous analysis of how, when and where this sea change election was won and lost. The 22
nd
volume in a prestigious series dating back to 1945, this offers something for everyone, from Westminster insiders and politics students to the interested general reader, who wants to understand one of the most dramatic swings of the electoral pendulum in living memory.
