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Dyadic representation in a Westminster system

Hanretty, Chis; Lauderdale, Benjamin E.; Vivyan, Nick

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Chis Hanretty

Benjamin E. Lauderdale



Abstract

Is policy representation in contemporary Westminster systems solely a function of programmatic national parties, or does the election of legislators via single-member districts result in MPs whose policy positions are individually responsive to public opinion in their constituencies? We generate new measures of constituency opinion in Britain and show that, in three different policy domains and controlling for MP party, the observed legislative behavior of MPs is indeed responsive to constituency opinion. The level of responsiveness is moderate, but our results do suggest a constituency-MP policy bond that operates in addition to the well-known bond between voters and parties.

Citation

Hanretty, C., Lauderdale, B. E., & Vivyan, N. (2017). Dyadic representation in a Westminster system. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 42(2), 235-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12148

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 3, 2016
Online Publication Date Aug 1, 2016
Publication Date May 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 27, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Legislative Studies Quarterly
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 42
Issue 2
Pages 235-267
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12148

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Advance online version © 2016 The Authors Legislative Studies Quarterly published by WileyPeriodicals, Inc. on behalf of Washington University in St. Louis This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.






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