Articles by Hannah Bunting

July 15, 2024

UK general election tests limits of first-past-the-post system

Hannah Bunting

Majoritarian elections produce decisive governments that enact their policies with clear majorities. Hannah Bunting explains how parties competing in a winner-takes-all system secured a landslide for the UK Labour party with just a third of popular support

Hannah Bunting

Co-Director, The Elections Centre / Lecturer in Quantitative British Politics, University of Exeter

Hannah is also a Sky News elections analyst.

Her work looks at the competitiveness of British elections, examining how the changing party system impacts both voters and the results of elections.

She has also published work on political trust and gender in politics.

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