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Palgrave Review of British Politics 2005 Palgrave Review of British Politics Series Series Standing OrderISBN 978-0-230-00190-9 You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and one of the ISBNs quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England Palgrave Review of British Politics 2005 Edited by Michael Rush Emeritus Professor of Politics University of Exeter, UK and Philip Giddings Senior Lecturer in Politics University of Reading, UK palgrave HANSARD macmillan SOCIETY © Editorial matter and selection © Michael Rush and Philip Giddings 2006 All remaining chapters © respective authors 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-0-230-00258-6 All rights reserved. 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First published 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St Martin’s Press LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-28083-4 ISBN 978-0-230-59815-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230598157 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Hansard Society www.hansardsociety.org.uk 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 To Fred Ridley, Editor of Parliamentary Affairs, 1976–2005, who commissioned the series of articles which inspired this volume. ‘Anyone wanting to keep up with the latest developments in British Government and politics should have a copy of this volume – the latest in an indispensable series by well-informed and in-touch analysts and academics. It fills an important gap in providing information and analysis.’ Peter Riddell is Chief Political Commentator of The Times and author of The Unfulfilled Prime Minister – Tony Blair’s quest for a legacy Contents List of Tables ix List of Figures x Preface xi Notes on Contributors xii 1 The Green Shoots of a Conservative Revival? 1 Stephen Ingle 2 The Constitution: Selective Incrementalism Continues 14 Philip Norton 3 Elections and Public Opinion: Blair’s Third and Final Electoral Triumph 30 Michael Cole, Tim Jones, Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher 4 Parties and Party Systems: Movement in the System? 46 Andrew Russell 5 Pressure Politics: Business as Usual but an Expanding Private Sector 61 Wyn Grant and Justin Greaves 6 Government and Administration: The Quest for Public Value 77 Andrew Gray and Bill Jenkins 7 The Citizen and the Administration: Resolving Disputes 93 Philip Giddings 8 Parliament: The House of Commons – Turbulence Ahead? 109 Richard Kelly, Oonagh Gay and Philip Cowley 9 Parliament: The House of Lords – A More Representative and Assertive Chamber? 122 Meg Russell and Maria Sciara 10 The Law and Politics: When Power and Rights Collide 137 Sue Prince 11 Public Policy: Fighting for the Initiative 151 Andrew Hindmoor 12 Devolution: Diversity, Stability and Challenges to Labour 167 Jonathan Bradbury 13 Local Government: A Second Wave of Modernisation? 181 Steve Leach and Lawrence Pratchett viii Palgrave Review of British Politics 2005 14 Foreign Policy: Changing Priorities 196 Ronald Barston 15 Britain and Europe: Less of the Poison? 213 Tim Bale 16 Politics and the Media: Intra- and Inter-Party Debates 228 Dominic Wring 17 Turning Point or Staging Post? 243 Philip Giddings Statistical Appendix 253 Ross Young Index 273 List of Tables 3.1 Final polls and the 2005 general election 32 3.2 Polls and the Conservative leadership: the wider electorate 33 3.3 The Conservative leadership: Conservative Party members only 33 3.4 Monthly average of opinion polls, 2005 34 3.5 Summary of voting (UK) at the 2005 general election 35 3.6 Summary of local election results, 2005 39 3.7 Mayoral election results, 2005 42 3.8 Local government by-elections, 2005 43 4.1 The Conservative Party leadership election 54 7.1 Public sector ombudsman schemes 96 8.1 The state of the parties, 2001 and 2005 104 8.2 House of Commons – sitting hours 109 8.3 Departmental committee membership, 2001 and 2005 114 9.1 New members of the House of Lords, 2005 125 9.2 Composition of the House of Lords, 1 January 2006 126 9.3 Government defeats in the House of Lords, 2005 131 11.1 Incidence of crime, 1981–2005 (No. of crimes (000s)) 152 11.2 Public perceptions of policing 153 11.3 Asylum applications lodged in selected countries, 2003–05 157 11.4 The average income of pensioner units (weekly income in £s at 2003–04 prices) 162 11.5 The economic fundamentals 163 A.1 General elections, 1945–2005: distribution of votes (%) (UK) 253 A.2 General elections, 1945–2005: distribution of seats (%/no.) (UK) 254 A.3 European Parliament elections, 1979–2004: distribution of seats (no.) 254 A.4 The Scottish Parliament 255 A.5 The National Assembly for Wales 255 A.6 The Northern Ireland Assembly 256 A.7 Local elections 257 A.8 Estimated national equivalent vote at local elections, 1997–2005 (%) 258 A.9 London mayoral elections 258 A.10 Greater London Assembly elections 259 ix
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