Community Cohesion and Voter Turnout in English Parliamentary Constituencies

Voting turnout varies both over time and across space. In Britain there has been a secular trend in the postwar period for decreasing turnout at parliamentary elections (from a high of 84.1 per cent in 1950 to 75.4 percent in 1987, with a low point of 71.8 per cent in 1970). Such temporal variations...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:British journal of political science 1989-01, Vol.19 (1), p.115-125
Main Authors: Eagles, Munroe, Erfle, Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Censuses
Communitarianism
Communities
Constituents
Elections
Government
Great Britain
Marginalization
Notes and Comments
Parliament
Political elections
Political parties
Political science
Politics
Retirement communities
Social research
Voter behavior
Voter turnout
Voting
Voting Behavior
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Voting turnout varies both over time and across space. In Britain there has been a secular trend in the postwar period for decreasing turnout at parliamentary elections (from a high of 84.1 per cent in 1950 to 75.4 percent in 1987, with a low point of 71.8 per cent in 1970). Such temporal variations in turnout are dwarfed in scale, however, by differences in turnout across constituencies at the same election. In the 1970 election, for example, turnout ranged from a low of 44.9 per cent in Stepney to 85.3 per cent in Cornwall North. Though diminished slightly, variation in constituency turnout rates remained significant in the June 1983 election (from a low of 51.8 percent in City of London and Westminster South to a high of 81.1 percent in Leicestershire NW).
ISSN:0007-1234
1469-2112
DOI:10.1017/S0007123400005354