Britain Votes 2017 offers a comprehensive analysis of one of the most extraordinary elections ever.

Jonathan Tonge, University of Liverpool, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, University of Liverpool, Stuart Wilks-Heeg, University of Liverpool

Professor Jonathan Tonge is Professor of Politics at the University of Liverpool and his research focuses on the politics of Northern Ireland, British parties and elections, devolution in the UK.

Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira is Professor of Politics at the University of Leeds, and her research focuses on the relationship between parliament and citizens, particularly public and digital engagement.

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg is Head of the Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool, and he is a leading expert on the UK democratic process, particularly with regard to issues associated with the mechanics of the electoral process.

• Introduction: The Mislaying of a Majority


• The Results: How Britain Voted


• How the Electoral System Failed to Deliver - Again


• 'We Didn't See it Coming': The Conservatives


• 'Jez We Can!': Labour's Campaign; Defeat with a Taste of Victory


• The Liberal Democrats: Green Shoots of Recovery or Still on Life Support?


• The Rug Pulled from Under Them: UKIP and the Greens


• Referendums as Critical Junctures? Scottish Voting in British Elections


• The Election in Wales: Campaign and Party Performance


• Northern Ireland: Double Triumph for the Democratic Unionist Party


• The Brexit Context


• Party Finance


• Digital Campaigning: The Rise of Facebook and Satellite Campaigns


• Out with the Old, In with the New? The Media Campaign


• The (Anti-)Politics of the Election: Funnelling Frustration in a Divided Democracy


• More Stable than Strong: Womens Representation, Voters and Issues


• Young Voters


• Conclusion: An Election that Satisfied Few and Solved Little


• Index