Publications

The impact of local identities on voting behaviour: a Scouse case study
The political salience of local identities has received limited academic attention in the British political science literature. This …
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The impact of local identities on voting behaviour: a Scouse case study
Statecraft - Policies and Politics under Prime Minister Theresa May
This book examines the statecraft of former UK Prime Minister, Theresa May as a means of deconstructing her leadership of the United …
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Statecraft - Policies and Politics under Prime Minister Theresa May
Trusting Truss: Conservative MPs’ Voting Preferences in the (First) British Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2022
This paper identifies the candidate preferences of Conservative parliamentarians in the final parliamentary ballot and the membership …
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Trusting Truss: Conservative MPs’ Voting Preferences in the (First) British Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2022
Selecting Sunak: Conservative MPs’ Nomination Preferences in the (Second) British Conservative Party Leadership Election
This article utilises an original dataset covering all members of the Parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP) to analyse the basis of …
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Selecting Sunak: Conservative MPs’ Nomination Preferences in the (Second) British Conservative Party Leadership Election
Whatever Happened to Tory Liverpool?: Success, Decline and Irrelevance since 1945
In the 1968 local elections the Liverpool Conservatives won 62 percent of the vote and 78 percent of the seats on Liverpool City …
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Whatever Happened to Tory Liverpool?: Success, Decline and Irrelevance since 1945
The United Kingdom and its disunited people
This is a chapter for the Europe Today textbook. The UK once prized itself on its relative stability following the Second World War - …
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The United Kingdom and its disunited people
Selecting Starmer: The Nomination Preferences of Labour Parliamentarians in the 2020 Labour Party Leadership Election
This article tests the nomination preferences of Labour parliamentarians in their 2020 leadership election against a range of …
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Selecting Starmer: The Nomination Preferences of Labour Parliamentarians in the 2020 Labour Party Leadership Election
Understanding drivers of support for English city-region devolution: a case study of the Liverpool City Region
Metro mayors heading a combined authority represent the most recent innovation in English devolution. City-region devolution has been a …
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Understanding drivers of support for English city-region devolution: a case study of the Liverpool City Region
The Heath Government and Local Government Reform
The aim of this chapter is to explore three interrelated issues. 1) why reform of local government was necessary in the first place, 2) …
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The Heath Government and Local Government Reform
Thatcherism in the 21st Century
This collection examines the social and cultural legacy of Thatcherism in the 21st century. Drawing upon perspectives from a range of …
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Thatcherism in the 21st Century
Is Corbyn a Populist?
The aim of this chapter is to analyse the nascent scholarship on Corbyn and Corbynism within the frameworks of four different …
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Is Corbyn a Populist?
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2019: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
This article provides an empirical analysis of the voting behaviour of Conservative parliamentarians in the final parliamentary ballot …
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The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2019: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
Theresa May and the Conservative Party leadership confidence motion of 2018: analysing the voting behaviour of Conservative Parliamentarians
This article provides the first systematic academic appraisal of the confidence motion against the Conservative Party leadership of …
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Theresa May and the Conservative Party leadership confidence motion of 2018: analysing the voting behaviour of Conservative Parliamentarians
The UK government and the 0.7% international aid target: Opinion among Conservative parliamentarians
This is the first article to use a detailed dataset of the 2010 - 2015 Parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP) to identify the drivers …
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The UK government and the 0.7% international aid target: Opinion among Conservative parliamentarians
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot …
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The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot …
DOI Academia.edu
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
The United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: The Voting of Conservative Parliamentarians
This article considers the attitudes of members of the parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP) during the European Union (EU) membership …
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The United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: The Voting of Conservative Parliamentarians
The strange death of Tory Liverpool: Conservative electoral decline in Liverpool, 1945–1996
In modern discourse, Liverpool is a by-word for anti-Tory sentiment, yet the city has not always been so inhospitable for the …
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The strange death of Tory Liverpool: Conservative electoral decline in Liverpool, 1945–1996