Past Elections

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Channel: LSE · 2015 · Education

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Date: Tuesday 27 January 2015
Time: 18:30 - 20:00
Venue: NAB.LG.01 Wolfson Theatre
Speakers: Robert Worcester, David Butler, Vernon Bogdanor
Chair: Kate Jenkins
 
The 2015 general election will be momentous. It is virtually impossible to predict the outcome of such a tightly-run race. Labour and the Conservatives have seen their National vote share decline from 97 per cent to 65 per cent between 1955 and 2010. UKIP, the SNP, the Greens and other incumbent parties are possibly on the rise. This special event brings together a number of Britain’s leading election and constitutional experts to consider what past elections can tell us about the 2015 contest. Which were the great general elections, and who were the great party leaders?

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