From Votes to Seats: The Operation of the UK Electoral System Since 1945

by Danny Dorling, Charles Pattie, Ron Johnston, et al.

The British electoral system treats parties disproportionately and differentially. This original study of the fourteen general elections held between 1950 and 1997 shows that the amount of bias in those election results increased substantially over the period, benefiting Labour at the expense of the Conservatives. Labour's advantage peaked at the 1997 general election when, even assuming there had been an equal share of the votes for the two parties,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 071905852X
• ISBN13: 9780719058523
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"