D Denver - Parliamentary Affairs, 1987 - academic.oup.com
THE result of the 1987 general election was a surprise to most observers. It was not the fact of the Conservative victory that was surprising but its scale. Even computer projections from …
P Morris - Political parties and the European Union, 2002 - taylorfrancis.com
The Conservative and Unionist Party has dominated British electoral politics for over a hundred years and is one of the most durable political organizations in twentieth-century …
1. Background A record number of candidates contested all 659 seats in the House of Commons, the lower, elected House of Parliament. In the UK, the winner of each …
MA Fitzsimons - The Review of Politics, 1952 - cambridge.org
The british elections of October 25 gave the Conservative Party a small majority of 17 members in the House of Commons, although the popular vote provided a majority of …
I Crewe, P Norris, R Waller - British Elections and Parties Yearbook, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
The result of the 1992 election surprised almost all. The government ran out of time and had to go to the country in the trough of the longest recession since the 1930s. Its campaign was …
K Alderman - Parliamentary Affairs, 1998 - search.ebscohost.com
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1997 Page 1 The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1997 BY KEITH ALDERMAN' MUCH has been made of the fact that the …
P Cozens, K Swaddle - Electoral Studies, 1987 - Elsevier
The General Election held on 11 June 1987 saw Mrs Thatcher's Conservative government returned to power with an overall parliamentary majority of 102 seats, a figure only slightly …
G Peele - Developments in British Politics 5, 1997 - Springer
The 1997 general election result made clear that the erosion of the Conservative party's strength involved far more than a simple haemorrhage of electoral support. The …
K Alderman, N Carter - Parliamentary Affairs, 2002 - search.ebscohost.com
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2001 Page 1 Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government 2002 Parliamentary Affairs (2002), 55, 569–585 The Conservative Party …