Women Voters Taking the Wheel?. Issue 4 (10th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Campbell, Rosie; Shorrocks, Rosalind
• Is Part Of: Political quarterly. Volume 92:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 652
• Page End: 661
• Publication Date: 2021-09-10
• Subjects: gender -- voting behaviour -- electoral behaviour -- women voters; Political science -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936 -- Periodicals; 320.05
• DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.13053
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0032-3179

Abstract

Abstract: Political parties increasingly segment the electorate to target subgroups of voters, giving more attention to some groups at the expense of others. In the UK, there has been sporadic and often marginal attention paid to women voters. However, the gender gap may now be too large to ignore in contemporary British politics. In this article, we question why more attention has not been paid to the preferences of women voters by political parties, and demonstrate the importance of considering gender as a crucial electoral divide in Britain.