Index
a
| absent voting 42 -3, 215 |
| abstentions 1 , 5 , 16 , 48 -9, 62 , 209 |
| accountability 29 , 54 , 65 , 67 , 157 , 190 , 198 -9, 213 ; |
| electorate’s role 209 -11 |
| Acland, C. 21 |
| administration types (in hung councils) 202 -4 |
| age-factor (voting behaviour) 48 , 49 , 50 , 62 |
| aggregate voting data 5 - 9 |
| aldermen 19 , 20 , 21 , 31 |
| all-women short lists 64 , 70 |
| Alliance 102 ; |
| contesting elections 13 , 122 , 127 -34, 160 -2; |
| party competition 88 , 90 -1, 93 , 95 |
| Alt, J. 48 , 49 |
| alternative vote system 199 |
| annual elections 33 , 34 , 45 , 52 |
| Anti-Poll Tax Federation 149 |
| Ashdown, Paddy 183 |
| Asian councillors 78 -9 |
| Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors (ALDC) 165 |
| Atkinson, S. 3 |
b
| Balinski, M. 200 |
| ballot papers 43 |
| bankruptcy (of councillors) 171 |
| Barren, J. 70 , 75 |
| Bartholomew, D. 4 |
| Bartley, J. 6 |
| Bealey, F. 4 |
| Bentham, Jeremy 17 , 18 |
| Birch, A.H. 4 , 28 |
| Black councillors 78 -9 |
| Blair, Tony 129 , 150 , 177 , 180 |
| Blais, A. 46 , 198 |
| Bloch, A. 4 |
| Boards of Guardians 70 |
| Bochel, Hugh 6 |
| Bochel, John 6 , 8 , 58 , 97 , 137 |
| Bogdanor, V. 199 , 214 |
| boroughs see county boroughs; |
| London boroughs ; |
| metropolitan boroughs |
| boundaries (reviews) 35 -9 |
| Boundary Commissions 35 -9, 192 |
| Boyle, C. 21 |
| Boyne, G. 213 |
| Bradford 162 -3 |
| Braunholtz, S. 3 |
| bribery 17 , 24 |
| Bristow, S. 6 , 7 , 27 , 164 , 206 |
| British Election Study 48 , 85 , 155 |
| British Local Elections Database 206 |
| British National party 66 , 148 , 163 , 183 |
| Brodrick, George 19 |
| Brook, D. 7 |
| Brown, J. 8 |
| Bruce, A. 8 , 57 , 164 |
| Buckley, J.K. 18 |
| Budge, I. 4 |
| Bulpitt, J. 8 , 27 -8 |
| Burnham, J. 167 |
| Butler, D. 9 , 28 , 36 , 130 , 175 , 183 |
| by-elections, local 9 , 10 , 13 - 14 , 170 -89 |
| Byrne, T. 24 |
c
| Cain, B. 79 , 168 |
| Callaghan, James 50 |
| campaign slogans 207 |
| candidates: |
| death of 44 ; |
| eligibility 40 -2; |
| ethnic minorities 8 , 12 , 64 , 78 -9, 83 ; |
| expenses 43 ; |
| incumbency effects 11 - 12 , 64 , 75 , 79 - 84 , 164 ; |
| ‘paper’ 110 , 190 ; |
| —seats ratio 67 -9; |
| uncontested seats 57 , 64 ; |
| women 8 , 12 , 64 , 69 - 78 , 83 ; |
| see also councillors |
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Publication information:
Book title: Local Elections in Britain.
Contributors: Colin Rallings - Author, Michael Thrasher - Author.
Publisher: Routledge.
Place of publication: London.
Publication year: 1997.
Page number: 225.
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