During the 2015 election, the Government Department created LSE’s General Election blog, which drew on the contributions of hundreds of authors in LSE and outside to provide focused coverage of the election itself (going far beyond the coverage capabilities of the British Politics and Policy blog) and also incorporating many contributions from our sister blogs, including commentary at the Democratic Audit and the statistical background to the general election at Democratic Dashboard. The General Election site was always intended to be temporary, and so we ceased coverage a month after the election finished.
However, all the content now forms part of our long-run and permanently archived heritage here on the British Politics and Policy blog, reflecting LSE Government Department’s commitment to building free and open access resources available to scholars and citizens long term.
We sincerely thank all of the many authors who contributed here, and all the scholars, practitioners, citizens and followers who commented and created a great debate around the blog during the campaign period.
Update News: Thanks to funding from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust and LSE’s HEIF5 fund, the Democratic Dashboard will be covering all the UK’s major elections in May 2016, and refreshing our General Election 2015 constituency archive, so as to be ready for the 2020 general election.
General Election 2015 blog posts
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The election has transformed Scottish politics, and created a context where another referendum is possible
The SNP have swept the electoral map in Scottish, winning all but three seats. With a Conservative government south of the border, Craig McAngus argues ...more
Explaining the Exit Poll
At 10pm on election day, the ballots will close, and the counting will begin. It may be many hours before it becomes clear which party ...more
Could electoral reform really happen?
Could the results of tomorrow’s general election really lead to change in the electoral system? Many commentators seem to think yes. Alan Renwick here offers some reason ...more
British foreign policy and the 2015 general election: Consensus on the continuity of a confused vision
In place of a unifying foreign policy strategy or agenda, the main parties head into the general election with little to differentiate them and with ...more
Tactical voting and the alternative vote in 2015
The growth in minor party support in the 2015 general election looks set to create very difficult tactical voting dilemmas in some constituencies. Meg Russell ...more
Would the Conservatives have been better off under AV?
The 2011 Alternative Vote (AV) referendum was rejected by a substantial majority of the British public, and was opposed by the Conservative party. In this ...more
Focus on… the Midlands
In this post, the team at electionforecast.co.uk discuss their predictions for the East and West Midlands. They find that the battle between the Conservatives and ...more
Survey results show a renewed politics of redistribution in the UK
In this article, Bart Cammaerts presents the findings of a representative survey he conducted into people's attitudes towards the aftermath of the financial crisis and austerity. His results show ...more
In defence of televised debates in UK elections
In this post, Kristi Winters and Edzia Carvalho explain that, for all the criticisms, few participants in the Qualitative Election Study of Britain think that ...more
