Has the rise of middle class politicians led to the decline of class voting in Britain?
Heath, O.
(2015).
Has the rise of middle class politicians led to the decline of class voting in Britain?
How does the social background of MPs and candidates influence voting behaviour? Analysis by Oliver Heath of class voting in Britain between 1964 and 2010 shows that the social cues that parties send voters matter and that working class voters are relatively more likely to vote Labour when the party contains many working class MPs.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2015 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 04 Apr 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/72372 |