TY - JOUR
T1 - Composition and context
T2 - Region and voting in Britain revisited during labour's 1990s' revival
AU - Johnston, R. J.
AU - Pattie, C. J.
PY - 1998/8
Y1 - 1998/8
N2 - Political scientists have argued that the widely-observed regional variations in British voting behaviour from the 1970s on, and especially in the 1980s, are statistical artefacts only: a properly-specified model incorporating the relevant characteristics and attitudes of voters would identify no significant, let alone substantial, inter-regional variations in party support. This paper contests that interpretation, and uses data from a large longitudinal panel of British adults to show that, even when individual characteristics and attitudes had been held constant substantial and significant inter-regional variations in party support remained. These variations were reduced between 1992 and 1995, however, as Conservative popularity slumped and Labour's support increased.
AB - Political scientists have argued that the widely-observed regional variations in British voting behaviour from the 1970s on, and especially in the 1980s, are statistical artefacts only: a properly-specified model incorporating the relevant characteristics and attitudes of voters would identify no significant, let alone substantial, inter-regional variations in party support. This paper contests that interpretation, and uses data from a large longitudinal panel of British adults to show that, even when individual characteristics and attitudes had been held constant substantial and significant inter-regional variations in party support remained. These variations were reduced between 1992 and 1995, however, as Conservative popularity slumped and Labour's support increased.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032148116&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0016-7185(98)00013-X
DO - 10.1016/S0016-7185(98)00013-X
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 309
EP - 329
JO - Geoforum
JF - Geoforum
SN - 0016-7185
IS - 3
ER -