Falling parachutes: Are politicians becoming more “local”?

Gandy, R ORCID: 0000-0002-4916-3703 and Foster, S ORCID: 0000-0001-8659-963X (2023) Falling parachutes: Are politicians becoming more “local”? Significance, 20 (6). pp. 26-29. ISSN 1740-9705

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Abstract

As UK political parties gear up for a likely general election in 2024, they are busy selecting the most suitable candidates for each seat. Psephologists say voters prefer their parliamentarians to be “local”, not “parachuted” in – but what does the data teach us? Rob Gandy and Scott Foster catch the Speaker's eye

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Significance following peer review. The version of record Rob Gandy, Scott Foster, Falling parachutes: Are politicians becoming more “local”?, Significance, Volume 20, Issue 6, December 2023, Pages 26–29, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad094
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0104 Statistics; Statistics & Probability
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Divisions:	Liverpool Business School
Publisher:	Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date of acceptance:	1 December 2023
Date of first compliant Open Access:	1 December 2024
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2023 09:42
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2025 15:30
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/jrssig/qmad094
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/22014

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