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Articles on UK election 2024
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Repairing the damage will take more than leadership in Israel-Palestine.
Reassuring news after a nasty election campaign for some candidates.
The British state is not a Rolls Royce just waiting for a new driver – it needs a thorough overhaul.
Sinn Féin is now bigger than any single unionist party in Westminster but it needs to regain momentum in the Republic of Ireland ahead of elections later this year.
Young representatives pay special attention to reflecting the concerns of young people.
Voters have been steadily shifting away from the two major parties for years.
We had more MRP polls than ever before in 2024 but accuracy varied greatly between producers.
Here’s what the 2024 UK election revealed about public appetite for tackling climate change.
Just under a quarter of the new parliament went to private school.
Tim Bale and Safia Dahani discuss the French and UK election results on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
Voters may have lost confidence in candidates and parties.
The new government aims to retrofit five million homes in five years – while footing 10% of the bill.
Starmer’s formula of moderation and caution about the Gaza conflict is unlikely to satisfy some of his backbenchers
Migration and trade are two areas where Britain could have a leadership role in Europe.
Starmer’s cabinet is relatively inexperienced but the most gender-balanced in UK history.
Labour’s manifesto was largely predicated on economic growth, but the new government faces several problems too serious to wait for growth to kick in.
The newly elected parliament includes 264 women, passing 40% for the first time.
The new British government has been in talks with both Democrats and Republicans for a while already.
The Liberal Democrats are up to 72 seats and the SNP are heading to the back – plus some green Greens are headed to the green benches.
Top contributors
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Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Surrey
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Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
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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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Head of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, York St John University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
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Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
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Marie Curie Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research, National Centre for Social Research
