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Staff List
Research
Research Interests
- Political Representation
- UK Politics
- European Politics
Current Research Projects
- Electoral Incumbency Under Mixed-Mode Electoral Systems (funded by a Hong Kong Baptist University Tier 2 Research Grant)
- The Scottish and Welsh Party Systems Under Devolution
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Publications (Peer Reviewed)
Recent Publications
- ‘Unprecedented Times, a Very Precedented Result: the 2021 Senedd Election’, Political Quarterly (2021): 92: 469-473
- (with Laura McAllister) ‘For Wales, Do Not See England’, Parliamentary Affairs (2021) 74: 138-157
- The End of British Party Politics? (Biteback, 2018)
- (with Jac Larner) ‘A Successful Defence: the 2016 Welsh Assembly Election’, Parliamentary Affairs (2017) 70: 507-529
- (with Charlie Jeffery, Ailsa Henderson, Robert Lineira, Dan Wincott & Richard Wyn Jones) ‘England, Englishness and Brexit’, Political Quarterly (2016) 87: 187-199
- (with Charlie Jeffery, Ailsa Henderson & Richard Wyn Jones) ‘England’s Dissatisfactions and the Conservative Dilemma’, Political Studies Review (2016) 14: 335-348
- (with Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie and David Cutts) ‘Getting the vote out: constituency campaigning and canvassing for support at the 2011 National Assembly for Wales election’, Politics (2016) 36: 49-62
Authored Books
- (with Richard Wyn Jones) Wales Says Yes: Devolution and the 2011 Welsh Referendum (University of Wales Press, 2012)
- (with David M. Farrell) Representing Europe’s Citizens? Electoral Systems and the Failure of Parliamentary Representation in Europe (Oxford University Press, 2007)
- Becoming Europeans? Attitudes, Behaviour and Socialisation in the European Parliament (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Major Articles
- (with Richard Wyn Jones) ‘The Public Legitimacy of The National Assembly for Wales’, Journal of Legislative Studies (2015) 21: 515-533
- ‘More Scottish than Welsh? Understanding the 2011 Devolved Elections in Scotland and Wales’, Regional and Federal Studies (2013) 23: 591-612
- (with Richard Wyn Jones) ‘Still Three Wales? Social Location and Electoral Behaviour in Wales’, Electoral Studies (2012) 31: 656-667
- (with Simon Hix & David Farrell) ‘National or European Parliamentarians? Evidence from a New Survey of Members of the European Parliament’, Journal of Common Market Studies (2012) 50: 670-683
- (with David Farrell) ‘The European Parliament: One Parliament, Several Modes of Political Representation?’, Journal of European Public Policy (2010) 17: 36-54
- (with Richard Wyn Jones) ‘Devolution and Electoral Politics in Scotland and Wales’, Publius: The Journal of Federalism (2006) 36: 115-134
- (with David Farrell) ‘Electing the European Parliament: How Uniform are ‘Uniform’ Electoral Systems?’, Journal of Common Market Studies (2005) 43: 969-984
- (with Richard Wyn Jones & Dafydd Trystan) ‘Turnout, Participation and Legitimacy in Post-Devolution Wales’, British Journal of Political Science (2004) 34: 519-37
- (with Richard Wyn Jones) ‘Minor Tremor but Several Casualties: the 2003 Welsh Election’, British Elections and Parties Review (2004) 14: 191-210
- (with Dafydd Trystan & Richard Wyn Jones) ‘Explaining the Quiet Earthquake: Voting Behaviour in the First Election to the National Assembly for Wales’, Electoral Studies (2003) 22: 635-650
- (with Simon Hix & Tapio Raunio) ‘Fifty Years On: Research on the European Parliament’, Journal of Common Market Studies (2003) 41: 191-202
- (with David Farrell) ‘MEPs as Representatives: Individual and Institutional Roles’, Journal of Common Market Studies (2003) 41: 269-288
- (with David M. Farrell) ‘Electoral Reform and the British MEP’, Journal of Legislative Studies (2003) 9: 14-36
- (with Kent J. Kille) ‘Executive Heads and the Role of Intergovenmental Organisations: Expansionist Leadership in the United Nations and the European Union’, Political Psychology (2003) 24: 175-198
- (with Richard Wyn Jones & Dafydd Trystan) ‘Why do the Conservatives always do (even) worse in Wales?’ British Elections and Parties Review (2002) 12: 229-245. (Winner of Politicos Prize for best paper in that year’s Review)
- (with Samuel C. Patterson) ‘Ideology, Partisanship and Legislative Decision-Making’, Party Politics (2001) 7: 131-156
- ‘Voters, Parties and Europe’, Party Politics (2001) 7: 515-523
- ‘Nowhere to Run...? British MEPs and the Euro’, British Elections and Parties Review (1999) 9: 186-199
- ‘The European Parliament, Euro-Elections and the Democratic Deficit', Representation (1999) 36: 235-242
- ‘MEPs and the Building of a “Parliamentary Europe”’, Journal of Legislative Studies (1998) 4: 91-107
- ‘Policy Influence and Participation in the European Parliament’, Legislative Studies Quarterly (1997) 22: 233-252
- (with Anthony Mughan) ‘Accounting for Change in Free Vote Outcomes in the House of Commons’, British Journal of Political Science (1997) 27: 640-647
- (with Anthony Mughan & Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier) ‘Mapping Legislative Socialization’, European Journal of Political Research (1997) 32: 93-106
- ‘The European Parliament and the Co-Decision Procedure: A Re-Assessment’, Journal of Legislative Studies (1997) 3: 58-73
Research Grants (External)
- National Assembly for Wales Renumeration Board, £28,896 (Principal Investigator), ‘Barriers and Incentives to Standing for National Assembly Elections’, 2017
- Economic and Social Research Council, £226,615.00 (Principal Investigator), ‘The 2016 Welsh Election Study’, (ES/M011127/1) 2015
- Economic and Social Research Council, £81,043.16 (Principal Investigator), ‘The 2011 Welsh Referendum Study’, (Ref: RES-000-22-4496) 2011
- Economic and Social Research Council, £89,203.79 (Principal Investigator), ‘The 2011 Welsh Election Study’, (Ref: RES-062-23-2625) 2010
- Economic and Social Research Council, £101,697.95 (with Simon Hix & David Farrell), ‘A Survey of MEPs in the 2009/14 European Parliament’, (Ref: RES-062-23-1983) 2009
- Welsh Assembly Government, £100,000 (with Richard Glendinning & Richard Wyn Jones), ‘Research to Support the All Wales Convention’, 2008
- National Assembly for Wales Commission, £75,000, ‘What People Think About the National Assembly’, 2008
- Economic and Social Research Council, £43,147 (with John Curtice & Richard Wyn Jones), ‘Welsh Election Survey 2007’ (Ref: RES-062-23-0513), 2007
- Economic and Social Research Council, £32,757 (with David M. Farrell, Simon Hix & Mark Johnson), ‘A Survey of MEPs in the 2004-09 European Parliament’ (Ref: RES-000-22-1554), 2005
- Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Research Capacity Development Fund, £999,472 (with Ken Booth, Colin McInnes and Richard Wyn Jones), ‘Wales in the World’, 2003
- Economic and Social Research Council, £90,867.16 (with David M. Farrell), ‘Electoral Reform, Parliamentary Representation and the British MEP’ (Ref: R-000-23-9231), 2001
- Economic and Social Research Council, £274,984 (with Richard Wyn Jones, Anthony Heath & Katarina Thomson), ‘Welsh Electoral Surveys 2001/03’ (Ref: L-219-25-2043), 2000
Research Grants (Internal)
- Hong Kong Baptist University Tier 2 Research Grant, HK$177,537.50 (Principal Investigator) ‘Understanding Incumbency Effects in Mixed-Member Electoral Systems’, 2021
- Hong Kong Baptist University Tier 1 Research Grant, HK$100,000.00, 2021
- Cardiff University Research Leave Scheme, £12,000, 2017