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The 2006 Local Election Candidate Survey, conducted by Dr Mary Shears, was the first national survey to be sent to both councillors and candidates. Prior to this, very little was known about candidates standing for local elections. The main aim was to ask local candidates about their reasons for standing for local council elections and […]

Dr Michael Turner is currently Research Director at BMG Research and a Research Fellow of the Elections Centre where he completed his doctoral dissertation in 2013.  This examined the effect of incumbency upon electoral support for local councillors in Britain.  He is a member of both the Political Studies Association (PSA) and the Elections, Public Opinion […]