Containing contributions from leading names in British politics, this review continues to publish front-rank research on parties, elections and voting behaviour in Britain.

Introduction; Political Knowledge and Electoral Choice; Downs, Stokes and Modified Rational Choice: Modelling Turnout in 2001; Old Extremism or New Moderate Centrism? The 2001 Elections in Northern Ireland; Did Devolution Make a Difference? The First Post-Devolution UK Election in Scotland; The Impact of Constituency Campaigning in the 2001 General Election; European Integration, Party Politics and Voting in the 2001 Election; Electoral Strategies and Female Candidacy: Comparing Trends in the 2001 and 1997 General Elections III; Distortion Magnified: New Labour and the British Electoral System, 1950-2001; Trade Unions and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (2000) in the 2001 General Election: Tentative Third Parties and Trammelled Officers; The Barnett Formula and the 2001 General Election; Micro-Geography and Socialization: New Ways of Investigating the Turnout Problem; Was There a Rural Rebellion? Labour and the Countryside Vote in the 2001 General Election; Why Do the Conservatives Always Do (Even) Worse in Wales?