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Spatial Scale and the Neighbourhood Effect: Multinomial Models of Voting at Two Recent British General Elections

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2005

RON JOHNSTON
Affiliation:
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
CAROL PROPPER
Affiliation:
Centre for Markets and Public Organizations, Department of Economics, University of Bristol
SIMON BURGESS
Affiliation:
Centre for Markets and Public Organizations, Department of Economics, University of Bristol
REBECCA SARKER
Affiliation:
Centre for Markets and Public Organizations, Department of Economics, University of Bristol
ANNE BOLSTER
Affiliation:
Centre for Markets and Public Organizations, Department of Economics, University of Bristol
KELVYN JONES
Affiliation:
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol
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Few studies of the neighbourhood effect in British voting patterns have addressed the important issue of spatial scale: at what level do these effects operate (if any), and do they operate simultaneously at more than one? Using the British Household Panel Study data, to which information on the characteristics of the population in the areas around each individual respondent's home have been added, this article finds significant differences in the propensity of individuals to vote either Conservative or Liberal Democrat rather than Labour at two neighbourhood levels as well as at the regional level.

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© 2005 Cambridge University Press