Britain at the polls, 2001
By: edited by Anthony King ; with John Bartle ... [et. al.].
Contributors: King, Anthony Stephen.
Publisher: Chatham House Publishers
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Political parties -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-
Description: "Although the 2001 British general election was possibly one of the dullest in recent history, uninteresting it was not. One notable outcome was that for the first time a Labour government was returned to power for a second term. That Labour achieved a handsome victory when Tony Blair's government was neither popular nor well respected is further cause for explanation.

Finally, voter turnout in 2001 was at a record low, and this fact alone marks out the 2001 election from every other general election since the war.".

"Continuing a tradition of excellence in postelection analysis, Anthony King leads a distinguished team of political experts to provide a "first-cut" explanation of the election outcome with reflections on long-term consequences. In addition, a broad and detailed description of Tony Blair's first term is provided with accounts of the key developments within each of the major political parties since 1997."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tony Blair's first term / Anthony King; title: Britain's constitutional revolution / Anthony King; title: The conservative party: is there anyone out there? / Philip Norton; title: Labour government-party relationships: maturity or marginalization? / Patrick Seyd; title: New labour and the media / Colin Seymour-Ure; title: The liberal democrats in "constructive opposition" / David Crewe; title: Why labour won-again / John Bartle; title: A new political hegemony? / Ivor Crewe.