Tag: European Elections

  • What if UK European Elections were held under the 1994 FPTP system?

    What if UK European Elections were held under the 1994 FPTP system?

    The European Elections are the only nationwide UK elections held under a form of Proportional Representation. Admittedly, due to the D’Hondt counting system and small regions, the system isn’t perfectly proportional, but it is a vast improvement on the previous FPTP system, used until 1999. The last European Election to be held under First Past…

  • Tactical voting on the basis of the 2014 European Elections

    Tactical voting on the basis of the 2014 European Elections

    Disclaimer: I am a Labour Party member and will be voting for Labour in May’s European Elections. This blog is not intended to encourage tactical voting but to explore from an academic perspective whether various parties’ claims to be “the main Remain party” in the upcoming European Elections stand up to scrutiny. One of the biggest…

  • Greens for a Better Europe – Book

    Greens for a Better Europe – Book

    I’m really excited to see the launch of Greens for a Better Europe – Twenty Years of UK Green Influence in the European Parliament, a book which I contributed a chapter to, co-authored by Klina Jordan. The book will be available from early March. Until then, here is the abstract of mine and Klina’s chapter.…