Article for YouGov by Peter Kellner – 2nd May 2013

Two men who have collected ward election results for 30 years have done more than most to illuminate British democracy – Guardian Editorial 1st May 2013

Sky’s elections analyst Michael Thrasher considers the prospects of the main parties ahead of the vote this Thursday – 29th April 2013

  The PSA hosts a number of briefings throughout the year on topics of interest to the media. In 2012, the PSA held six such media sessions, covering: House of Lords Reform; Scottish Independence; The Alternative Vote; and UK Local/Mayoral/London Elections. Our speakers have included such renowned academics as Professor John Curtice (Strathclyde University), Professor […]

Article for The Sunday Times by Jack Grimston and Isabel Oakeshott – 21st April 2013

Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher analyse the field of battle ahead of next month’s local elections – 11th April 2013

Michael Thrasher looks at the position of the main parties ahead of next month’s vote – 10th April 2013

Our current research interests include name discrimination in local voting patterns, electoral forecasting, seasonal factors affecting electoral turnout, the re-emergence of two-party politics in English local government, mayoral voting and the supplementary vote system, the measurement of electoral bias, split-ticket voting in synchronous elections and the characteristics of and attitudes among local election candidates.