LOCAL electionsLOCAL governmentPARADOXELECTIONSEMPIRICAL researchThe single transferable vote (STV) voting method is used to elect multiple candidates in ranked-choice elections. One weakness of STV is that it fails multiple fairness criteria related to monotonicity and no-show paradoxes. We analyze 1079...
This has changed with the introduction of STV for the 2007 Scottish local government elections, which represented the first use of the system in a public election in mainland Britain in living memory. Election data collected from Scottish councils are used to examine how voters responded. After ...
Among these are: (1) intense and pervasive partisanship; (2) concentration of political power in a single elective institution; (3) highly competitive elections resulting in one-party governments despite PR.; (4) maximization of the ... W Hirczy - 《European Journal of Political Research》 被...
The recent success of the Pirate Party in the local elections in Berlin (8,9 percent) as well as their popularity in Germany on the national level (10 perc... A Litvinenko 被引量: 29发表: 2012年 Decentralisation in Africa: A Critical Review OF Uganda's Experience. Since the rise to po...
Voice of Scotland; THIS May the Country Goes to the Polls to Vote in Both the Scottish Parliamentary and Local Government Elections. We Spoke to the Head of Office Scotland for the Electoral Commission, Andy O'Neill, to Find out Everything You Need to Know about Voting and Why Your Vote ...
is now an indisputable pattern. The Labour vote in Scotland is imploding. Just a few short months ago, Labour MSPs were triumphantly striding about the corridors of Holyrood like they owned the place, arrogantly expecting that come the next Scottish elections they would repeat their win in the...
Aimed at protecting EU citizens’ rights to vote in Scottish Parliament and local government elections. Electoral Reform Bill Will implement a range of electoral reforms. Family Law Bill Will make changes to family law, in particular to ensure a child’s best interests are at the centre of cont...
It’s less than two weeks until voters in three of the four nations of the UK vote in the local elections. And in the time sincewe put the Senedd manifestos under our wonk microscope, a host of major and minor parties in Scotland have found time to publish their own. As before, we’...
Elections for the Scottish Parliament and for all Scottish local authorities were held on the same day in 1999 and 2003, allowing a more detailed exploration of turnout variations than has been possible before. On both occasions, turnout... D Denver,G Hands - 《British Journal of Politics &...
Sturgeon maintains that her party's success in local elections last year gives her a mandate for a fresh referendum. While the Scottish National Party did not win overall control in the Scottish Parliament, the election of a record number of Scottish Green lawmakers means there is a majority f...