Abstract
In the 2010 election for the post of leader of the British Labour party, almost all members of parliament endorsed one of five leadership candidates. I investigate the effect of these endorsements on the votes cast for candidates in each Westminster constituency. I find that an MP’s endorsement caused an average increase of 7.5 percentage points in the vote share of the endorsed candidate in that MP’s constituency.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 454–466 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | British Politics |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 5 Jul 2017 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2018 |
Keywords
- Labour
- Leadership elections
- Ed Miliband
- Constituency parties