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UK funding (£71,519): The roles and realities of party membership at the 2019 General Election Ukri16 Jan 2020 UK Research and Innovation, United Kingdom

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The roles and realities of party membership at the 2019 General Election

Abstract Members are a vital resource for political parties - particularly at election time. By surveying members of six political parties we explore just what they do for their parties during campaigns and whether that is changing over time, particularly as new forms (often online forms) of campaigning replace (or at least supplement) the old way of doing things. We also find out how members feel about something that has proved particularly controversial at this election owing to story-upon-story of parties having to suspend people from standing - namely the selection (and vetting) of candidates. And we look at the demographic characteristics and attitudes of party members: how much do they vary and change over time, and how representative (or unrepresentative) are members of their parties' voters? Finally, we investigate whether there has been much movement of members between parties, and in particular whether 'Remainers' have moved from the Tories and Labour to parties like the Lib Dems and whether Leavers who might previously have belonged to UKIP (and perhaps support the Brexit Party) have switched to membership of the Conservatives.
Category Research Grant
Reference ES/T015632/1
Status Closed
Funded period start 16/01/2020
Funded period end 15/06/2020
Funded value £71,519.00
Source https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT015632%2F1

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Queen Mary University of London

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