David Denver is Emeritus Professor of Politics at Lancaster University and is the author of numerous books and articles focussing on elections and voting behaviour in Britain.
Mark Garnett has taught Politics at Lancaster University since 2007. He is the author of numerous books and articles on UK Politics, specialising in the Conservative Party and the relationship between ideas and political practice.

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The Way Things Were: Elections, 1964-70


• 3: 'Decade of Dealignment': Elections, 1974-9


• 4: Conservative Hegemony? Elections, 1983-92


• 5: The Triumph of New Labour: Elections, 1997-2005


• 6: Conservative Revival and the Rise of 'Others': Elections, 2010-15


• 7: 2017-2019: The Brexit Elections


• 8: Conclusion: Diversity, Dealignment and Disillusion

The first book to look at a succession of British general elections in significant detail. By starting the survey in 1964 rather than the traditional date of 1945, it can also focus more rigorously on the changes which began in the 1960s and still affect general elections today.