Tag: Alia Middleton
The New Blues? Explaining the success of the Scottish Conservative Party at the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections
Last week, the Conservatives have overtook Labour to become the main opposition party in Scottish politics. Alia Middleton considers the factors that worked in their favour, including new leadership and a distinctive campaign, but also writes there is a possibility that their success does not reflect a major shift in Scottish politics at all. Similar PostsEuropean elections 2019: what will […]
What effect do leader visits to constituencies have on a party’s vote?
David Cameron spoke recently about the possibility of holding the debates before the campaign period because ‘the election campaign should be about travelling around the country, listening and talking to people’. Ed Miliband wants Labour to talk to 4 million people. But do leader visits have an impact? Alia Middleton examines the evidence from 2010 and finds […]
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