The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians. Issue 2 (28th August 2017)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians. Issue 2 (28th August 2017)
- Main Title:
- The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016: An Analysis of the Voting Motivations of Conservative Parliamentarians
- Authors:
- Jeffery, David
Heppell, Tim
Hayton, Richard
Crines, Andrew - Abstract:
- Abstract: This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot of the Conservative Party leadership election of 2016. We identify the voting behaviour of each Conservative parliamentarian as part of a unique data set that we use to test, through the use of multivariate analysis, a series of hypotheses based around social background variables (i.e. gender and education); political variables (i.e. parliamentary experience, electoral marginality, the electoral threat posed by UKIP and ministerial status); and ideological variables (i.e. attitudes towards same-sex marriage and Brexit). Our findings demonstrate that ideology did matter in terms of voting. Attitudes towards Brexit were central to the appeals of both Theresa May (to Remainers) and Andrea Leadsom (to Leavers). We also demonstrate that in terms of support for Leadsom, Brexit was not the only significant driver, as opinion on same-sex marriage, year of entry and ministerial status also influenced voting behaviour.
- Is Part Of:
- Parliamentary affairs. Volume 71:Issue 2(2018)
- Journal:
- Parliamentary affairs
- Issue:
- Volume 71:Issue 2(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 71, Issue 2 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 71
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0071-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 263
- Page End:
- 282
- Publication Date:
- 2017-08-28
- Subjects:
- Conservative Party -- Leadership Elections -- Parliamentary Behaviour -- Theresa May -- Brexit
Representative government and representation -- Periodicals
Legislative bodies -- Periodicals
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals
Legislative bodies
Political science
Representative government and representation
Great Britain
Periodicals
Periodicals
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http://firstsearch.oclc.org/journal=0031-2290;screen=info;ECOIP ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/pa/gsx027 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0031-2290
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