Inter-Constituency Migration and Turnout at the British General Election of 1983

One of the most striking features of British general election results is the large variation in turnout across constituencies. In 1983, for instance, the mean turnout was 72.6 per cent of the registered electorate but it ranged from 82.1 per cent in Carmarthen to 51.8 per cent in the City of London...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of political science 1992-04, Vol.22 (2), p.248-254
Hauptverfasser: Denver, David, Halfacree, Keith
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:One of the most striking features of British general election results is the large variation in turnout across constituencies. In 1983, for instance, the mean turnout was 72.6 per cent of the registered electorate but it ranged from 82.1 per cent in Carmarthen to 51.8 per cent in the City of London and Westminster. Moreover, these variations tend to be reproduced in successive elections – the bivariate correlation between constituency turnout in the 1983 and 1987 elections for all 633 mainland Britain constituencies is +0.94.
ISSN:0007-1234
1469-2112
DOI:10.1017/S0007123400006360