The Conservative, Labour and the Liberal Democrats parties each allow their members to participate in the selection of the party leader, where previously this task was left to MPs. This book examines the consequences of the shift to all-member ballots through a series of case studies of recent leade
Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain
β Scribed by Thomas Quinn (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 265
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders....Pages 8-30
Selection and Ejection by the Parliamentary Party....Pages 31-56
The Labour Party: The Electoral College....Pages 57-96
The Conservative Party: Enfranchising the Members....Pages 97-130
The Liberal Democrats: One Member-One Vote....Pages 131-157
Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders: An Assessment....Pages 158-188
Back Matter....Pages 189-248
β¦ Subjects
Political Science; British Politics; Electoral Politics
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