Today's absolute must-read for anyone studying/interested in British electoral and party politics over the long term. (Oh, and I'm pretty sure this is indeed a British street despite the classic Citroen in the foreground)!

Why did class voting in Britain rise, then decline? @olliheath.bsky.social, Humphrey Southall, Paula Aucott & @caprosser.com examine elections from 1885-2024, arguing political agency explains class dealignment better than social change. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/klGDUJz @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

New paper from me, Olli Heath, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott, just out in @polstudies.bsky.social: The rise and fall of class voting in Britain, 1885–2024 We link ~140 years of census and election data to map the relationship between class and vote in Britain doi.org/10.1177/0032...

Out now (OA) in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. Do people in rural areas want politicians offering stronger representation to rural areas - as opposed to just their local area? Yes - based an original conjoint experiment in the UK (1/5) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠

Has Britain's Eurosceptic and anti-immigration movement broadened its social appeal? @olliheath.bsky.social, Christopher Prosser, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott look at the rise of Reform UK politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/the-202...

Very happy to share our new article in JoP @thejop.bsky.social, where we explore how parties forge links with social groups (here: social classes) through different appeals and how citizens respond to such appeals. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

The most striking result from yesterday’s German election #btw2025 🇩🇪: 🔹 35 years after reunification: The GDR is redrawn on this map. 🔹 The AfD won 45 out of 48 electoral districts in the East. 🔹 In some parts of Saxony, they came close to 50%! Why is this happening? Here’s my take 👇

As Germany heads to the polls on Sunday, here are some articles we have published on German elections that can guide you through what to expect… 🗳️ 📊

Our SI on the 2024 UK General Election is out now! Eds @pjsloman.bsky.social @colmpm.bsky.social with @profdaverichards.bsky.social @profrosiecamp.bsky.social @aduggan.bsky.social @kitkowol.bsky.social @mathewlawrence.bsky.social @olliheath.bsky.social politicalquarterly.org.uk/collections/...

🚨 New report! 📊 Last week we published our 2024 annual journal summary with data on acceptance rates and average review and publication timings. Here are some highlights.

New from @olliheath.bsky.social, me, Humphrey Southall and Paula Aucott in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social: The 2024 General Election and the Rise of Reform UK onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Applicants are invited to contact potential supervisors (soon!)

Myself and @ntmatthews.bsky.social have a new paper out in the Journal of Political Ideologies titled “New Labour and political myth”. It is available open access — www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 "Does disability affect support for political parties?" Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 👇

A thread about being wrong: 5 years ago, we wrote a paper about how how newly enfranchised 16-year-olds vote in Austria. But we were wrong. This year, @elisabethgraf.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social, Sylvia Kritzinger and I are setting the record straight: authors.elsevier.com/c/1juT5xRaZk...

Our paper on trust and trusworthiness is out, where we test a model of competence, benevolence, and integrity in 5 countries. We find these are generally consistent across people and countries, with benevolence being most important in determining trust judgements. doi.org/10.1111/1475...

New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

A tribute to David Denver, by me and Justin Fisher. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

New! The *New Parties Data Set* by Stuart Bramwell and me. 2,434 parties in 22 countries since 1945, their score in 3 elections, and their mode of establishment. Thanks to our 🇪🇺ERC Consolidator Grant project 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵🇭🇺🇲🇦🇺🇸🇮🇹🇿🇦🇳🇱team in 🇬🇧London @rhulpirp.bsky.social. See dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

We've had a look at support for Reform UK and the potential impact of Nigel Farage's return. We find that there are a lot of similarities to UKIP in 2015! This is also the second video that I've put together for the BES, so hopefully you enjoy!

Somehow managed to summarise my entire PhD thesis on the growing UK voting age gap in 1000 words for the PSA blog. Give it a read! ⬇️ www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/wid...