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Experts provide a rolling response, live as the results come in for the 2015 general election.
MPs’ responsibilities and freedoms have shifted a lot in recent years – and their job has only gotten more complex.
Americans unhappy with our two-party system only need look at the British election this week for an alternative. But they might not like what they see.
Who’s running? How can they win? Who’ll be in charge? And what will the Queen be doing? The election, explained.
In 2010, there were more than 1,000 potential coalition options. Here’s how to make friends in 2015.
The Tories are on course to lose their only Scottish seat, and they need to pick another up. They’ve found a target – and ended up in a three-way battle.
The UK is poised for another minority government, this time possibly with a hung parliament. Australia’s long experience of such arrangements offers lessons in how to manage minority government.
The three marginal seats clustered around Brighton and Hove are hosting a multi-party social media brawl.
Which party has the best policy offerings for women? An analysis of the manifestos of the three main parties (Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat) reveals how their policies measure up. The Economy…
You don’t have to love David Cameron to vote Conservative, but it helps.
This week the “mother of parliaments” faces a general election in the UK. The ‘first past the post’ electoral system means we can’t predict the result with certainty, nor expect it to match the vote.
The front pages of the Sun and the Scottish Sun on Thursday morning provided further evidence of Roy Greenslade’s recent assertion that the idea of a national press is a fallacy. In images which appear…
So you feel like organising a general election draw. What’s the fairest way to do it?
The Liberal Democrats’ 2015 campaign has ditched ideology and emphasised concrete policy plans – not a good move when they’re struggling to be heard.
The millions of Britons living abroad have a lot to gain or lose from this election. But will they bother to vote?
Labour leader didn’t bash Cameron as hard as predicted on Libya.
George Osborne’s favourite catchphrase has a long tradition.
Bradford West’s candidates are locked in a grandiose, mudslinging back-and-forth of character assassination. Who’ll come out on top?
Labour’s manifesto promise of fairer taxes – re-introducing the 10p tax and raising the top rate for high earners – sounds good. But they may not see the benefits in reality.
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Paul Whiteley is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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British Politics Lecturer, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Politics, Richmond American International University
