Dealignment, spatial polarisation and economic voting |
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| Authors: | R J JOHNSTON C J PATTIE A T RUSSELL |
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| Institution: | Vice-Chancellor, University of Essex;Department of Geography, University of Nottingham;Department of Geography, University of Sheffield |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. Estimates of voting by occupational class are provided for each of 22 regions in the UK for every general election since 1964. These are analysed, using a log-linear modelling strategy, to identify the changing degree of class dealignment and spatial polarisation within the British electorate over the period. The growing regional variability is consistent with expectations regarding the increasing volume of economic voting and the pattern of uneven development in the country: the north-south and urban-rural divides have both widened. |
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