TY - JOUR
T1 - Representing A Territory
T2 - Constituency Boundaries for the British House of Commons of the 1980 s
AU - Hibbing, John R.
AU - Patterson, Samuel C.
N1 - Funding Information:
•Our fellowships during 1984-85 provided us the time and resources to conduct this research: Hibbing was a NATO Fellow in Science; Patterson was a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow. Although Hibbing's work on this project was supported by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under a grant awarded in 1984, the findings, opinions, and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors alone, and do not necessarily reflect the view of NATO. Hibbing thanks the Department of Government, University of Essex, Colchester, England; and, Patterson thanks The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., for their hospitality during 1984-85. Hibbing appreciates the financial aid of the University of Nebraska Research Council. We are grateful for the helpful comments of Ivor Crewe, University of Essex, and Gregory A. Caldeira and Gerhard Loewenberg, University of Iowa, on an earlier version of this paper.
PY - 1986/11
Y1 - 1986/11
N2 - In 1983, the boundary lines for constituencies of the British House of Commons were revised in the light of major shifts in population since the previous redistribution of seats. A massive proportion—nearly 90 percent—of the parliamentary constituencies were changed in some way. In this analysis of the 1983 redistribution, we examine why some constituencies have so many more people than others. Our models include a variety of independent variables impinging upon “redistribution biases”—country (England, Scotland, Wales), rounding error in assigning seats, population density, and the dominant political party in constituencies. All these variables are found to play a part in the decisions of the boundary commissions. However, although “political” in certain ways, we detected no significant direct partisan influences in the 1983 redistribution of seats.
AB - In 1983, the boundary lines for constituencies of the British House of Commons were revised in the light of major shifts in population since the previous redistribution of seats. A massive proportion—nearly 90 percent—of the parliamentary constituencies were changed in some way. In this analysis of the 1983 redistribution, we examine why some constituencies have so many more people than others. Our models include a variety of independent variables impinging upon “redistribution biases”—country (England, Scotland, Wales), rounding error in assigning seats, population density, and the dominant political party in constituencies. All these variables are found to play a part in the decisions of the boundary commissions. However, although “political” in certain ways, we detected no significant direct partisan influences in the 1983 redistribution of seats.
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U2 - 10.2307/2131009
DO - 10.2307/2131009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84974220379
SN - 0022-3816
VL - 48
SP - 992
EP - 1005
JO - The Journal of Politics
JF - The Journal of Politics
IS - 4
ER -