The Almanac of British Politics

This new edition of The Almanac of British Politics has been thoroughly revised and updated since the second successive Labour election victory in 2001. It is firmly established as the definitive guide to the political map of the United Kingdom, covering in detail each of the constituencies sending representatives to the House of Commons. It also contains insightful biographical sketches of every single Member of Parliament.The Almanac gives a comprehensive seat-by-seat analysis of all parliamentary constituencies, describing their social, economic and political characteristics. This edition also includes new statistics for each seat including: electorate and turnout average property values per constituency unemployment premature mortality index and rank order financial deprivation. This is the essential reference work on British politics for students, academics, journalists and psephologists. This new edition of The Almanac of British Politics has been thoroughly revised and updated since the second successive Labour election victory in 2001. It is firmly established as the definitive guide to the political map of the United Kingdom, covering in detail each of the constituencies sending representatives to the House of Commons. It also contains insightful biographical sketches of every single Member of Parliament. The Almanac gives a comprehensive seat-by-seat analysis of all parliamentary constituencies, describing their social, economic and political characteristics. This edition also includes new statistics for each seat including: electorate and turnout average property values per constituency unemployment premature mortality index and rank order financial deprivation. This is the essential reference work on British politics for students, academics, journalists and psephologists Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of maps......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 11 The 2001 Parliament......Page 14 The June 2001 General Election result......Page 16 Regional survey......Page 19 New Scottish constituencies......Page 30 Members of Parliament......Page 32 Commons divisions 2001–2002......Page 36 2001 Parliament: oldest MPs......Page 40 2001 Parliament: longest (continuously) serving MPs......Page 42 2001 Parliament: youngest MPs......Page 43 Seats ranked by marginality and safety......Page 44 Statistical tables: constituencies......Page 52 Explanation of statistical terms......Page 64 List of abbreviations......Page 69 Constituencies and Members of Parliament......Page 72 Maps......Page 910 Index of Members of Parliament......Page 934 The Conservatives did not suffer a second successive overwhelming defeat on 7 June 2001 because of a poor campaign.