Social Class “Class is the basis of British party politics: all else is embellishment and detail” (Pulzer) Social class is one of the fundamental divisions that define post war British electoral politics. Some would suggest that the social class of a person might explain their voting behavior. Social groups will vote for political parties that serve their group interests best e.g. people that belong to the working class will vote for a political party that serves working class interests. This
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class‚ age and region and rational choice approach based on individual decisions based on political issues‚ governance and party leaders or image. Between the years of 1945-1970 social class dominantly shaped the voting behaviour of individuals. Whilst there has been a decline in prominence of class voting: Labour remains the most popular working class party and Conservatives perform best among middle-class voters. Social classes are defined by economic and social status‚ i.e. working class typically
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Europe need” (Labour-party‚ 1997). It was important for the Labour party to highlight its commitment to Europe‚ in contrast to the tensions within the Conservative party. Europe apart‚ however‚ the 1997 election campaign did not highlight significant differences between the Labour and Conservative parties. There was an expectation that there would be “considerable continuity” in foreign affairs in the event of a change of government (Wickham-Jones‚ 2000:
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agreement in the key areas of politics between the two main political parties following the Second World War. Prior to the 1951 Conservative election‚ Labour had introduced several important social and political reforms. It appeared that there was no systematic effort by the Conservative party when they returned to power to reverse these changes‚ arguably demonstrating that there was a strong sense of post-war consensus between the two parties. On the one hand‚ it can be argued that there was a strong sense
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How successful was Peel as leader of the Conservatives in the period 1834-41? During the period of 1834 to 1841 Peel in fact only spent 100 days in office. His first ministry earned the name of the “100 day Ministry” and yet he may have done more in those 100 days for the success for his party than many politicians may have done in a lifetime. Not only did he make great progress for the Conservative Party during his brief premiership‚ which followed the dismissal of Lord Melbourne by William IV
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resources and abundant forms of evidence to firmly claim confidently that a post-war consensus did exist; permeating and diffusing throughout British politics‚ economics‚ societal events and also foreign affairs. Economics: From 1951 to 1979 both parties accepted the mixed economy (loose form of Keynesianism); main priority was full employment From 1951 to 1979‚ successive governments wanted to tackle the unions and dared not to become too forceful; as seen through the failure of In Place of Strife
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before the English Civil War‚ became accepted as the statement of their doctrine. Following the Glorious Revolutionof 1688‚ the conservatives‚ known as Tories‚ accepted that the three estates of Crown‚ Lords‚ and Commons held sovereignty jointly.[9] However Toryism became marginalized during the long period of Whig ascendency.[10] The party‚ which was renamed the Conservative Party in the 1830s‚ returned as a major political force after becoming home to both paternalistic aristocrats and free market capitalists
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There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime leader. He was not seen as politician
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part to play is who a political party’s leader was. In 1997 when Tony Blair was young and fresh onto the premier political scene‚ he seemed a much more modern candidate in comparison to John Major. This idea of voters voting because a liking of the party leader rather than voting for the representative of their constituency is another factor into the debate on whether or not British politics is becoming more presidential. Long term factors are today increasingly dropping in terms of their input
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since 1974 to result in a hung parliament‚ as no party achieved the 326 seats needed to for an overall majority. The three main parties were the Conservatives‚ whose party leader was and still is David Cameron‚ Labour‚ whose party leader was Gordon Brown and the Liberal Democrats‚ whose party leader was and still is Nick Clegg. The party with the highest share of seats were the Conservatives‚ who achieved 307 seats out of a possible 650. The party with the next highest share was Labour who achieved
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