Our publications

We have published many articles analysing constituency campaigning. A selection of them are listed here, with some available for free download:

• Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse & David Cutts (2024) ‘Delayed Shock? How Brexit Conditioned Campaign Effects in British General Elections’ Party Politics. 30 (4): 606-621.
• Justin Fisher & Yohanna Sällberg (2020) ‘Electoral Integrity – The Winner Takes It All? Evidence from Three British General Elections’ British Journal of Politics & International Relations, 22 (3): 404 –420
• Edward Fieldhouse, Justin Fisher & David Cutts (2020) ‘Popularity equilibrium: testing a general theory of local campaign efficacy’. Party Politics, 26 (5): 529-542
• Justin Fisher, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Bettina Rottweiler (2019), ‘The Impact of Electoral Context on the Electoral Effectiveness of District Level Campaigning: Popularity Equilibrium and the Case of the 2015 British General Election’, Political Studies 67 (2): 271-290 DOI: 10.1177/0032321718764800
• Justin Fisher, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Bettina Rottweiler (2018) ‘District Level Explanations for Supporter Involvement in Political Parties: The Importance of Electoral Factors’, Party Politics 24(6): 743–754
• Justin Fisher, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Bettina Rottweiler (2017) ‘District-level explanations for supporter involvement in political parties : The importance of electoral factors’ Party Politics. Published Online Early
• Justin Fisher, Ron Johnston, David Cutts, Charles Pattie & Edward Fieldhouse (2014) ‘You get what you (don’t) pay for: The impact of volunteer labour and candidate spending at the 2010 British General Election’, Parliamentary Affairs. 67 (4): 804-824.
• Justin Fisher, Edward Fieldhouse & David Cutts (2014) ‘Members Are Not the Only Fruit: Volunteer Activity in British Political Parties at the 2010 General Election’, British Journal of Politics & International Relations. 16 (1): 75-95.
• Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Justin Fisher (2013) ‘The Long and the Short of it: Local Campaigning at the British 2010 General Election’, Political Studies. Published Online Early. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12011
• David Cutts, Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie & Justin Fisher (2012) ‘Laying the foundations for electoral success: Conservative pre-campaign canvassing before the 2010 UK general election’, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 22 (3): 359-75.   
• Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, David Cutts & Justin Fisher (2012) ‘We’ve got them on the list: contacting, canvassing and voting in a British general election campaign’, Electoral Studies. 31 (2): 317-29.
• Justin Fisher, David Cutts & Edward Fieldhouse (2011) ‘The Electoral Effectiveness of Constituency Campaigning in the 2010 British General Election: The ‘Triumph’ of Labour?’, Electoral Studies. 30 (4): 816-28.
• Ron Johnston, Charles Pattie, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Justin Fisher (2011) ‘Local Campaign Spending at the 2010 General Election and its Impact:  Exploring what Wider Regulation has Revealed’, Political Quarterly. 82 (2): 169-82.
• Edward Fieldhouse & David Cutts (2009) ‘The effectiveness of local party campaigns in 2005: combining evidence from campaign spending and agent survey data’   British Journal of Political Science, 39 (2): 367-88.
• Justin Fisher & David Denver (2009) ‘Evaluating the Electoral Effects of Traditional and Modern Modes of Constituency Campaigning in Britain 1992-2005’, Parliamentary Affairs. 62 (2): 196-210.
• Justin Fisher & David Denver (2008) ‘From Foot-Slogging to Call Centres and Direct Mail: A Framework for Analysing the Development of District-Level Campaigning’, European Journal of Political Research. 47 (6): 794-826.
• Justin Fisher, David Denver & Gordon Hands (2006) ‘The Relative Electoral Impact of Central Party Co-ordination and Party Size at Constituency Level’, Electoral Studies. 25 (4): 664-76.
• Justin Fisher, David Denver & Gordon Hands (2006) ‘Unsung Heroes?  Constituency Election Agents in British General Elections’, British Journal of Politics & International Relations.8 (4): 569-86.
• Justin Fisher, David Denver & Gordon Hands (2006) ‘Party Membership and Campaign Activity in Britain: The Impact of Electoral Performance’, Party Politics. 12 (4): 505-19.
• David Denver, Gordon Hands, Justin Fisher & Iain McAllister (2003) ‘Constituency Campaigning in Britain 1992-2001: Centralisation and Modernisation’, Party Politics.  9 (5): 541-59.
• David Denver, Gordon Hands, Justin Fisher & Iain McAllister ‘The Impact of Constituency Campaigning in the 2001 General Election’, British Elections & Parties Review Volume 12: The 2001 General Election. pp.80-94.
• Justin Fisher (2014) ‘Can’t buy me votes (necessarily): money and elections’ in Cowley & Ford (eds) Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box. London: Biteback Publishing. pp. 225-8. (free access available via Google Books)
• Justin Fisher (2011) ‘Legal regulation and political activity at the local level in Britain’ in Ewing, Tham & Rowbottom (eds) The Funding of Political Parties. London: Routledge.  pp. 110-23.
• Justin Fisher, David Cutts & Edward Fieldhouse (2011) ‘Constituency Campaigning in 2010’ in Wring, Mortimore & Atkinson (eds) Political Communication in Britain: TV Debates, the Media and the Election. Basingstoke: Palgrave. pp.198-217.
• Andrew Russell, David Denver, David Cutts, Edward Fieldhouse & Justin Fisher (2008) ‘Non-Party Activity in the 2005 UK General Election: “Promoting or Procuring Electoral Success”?’ in Farrell & Schmitt-Beck (eds) Non-Party Actors in Electoral Politics. Baden-Baden: Nomus. pp. 103-25.
• Justin Fisher, David Denver, Edward Fieldhouse, Andrew Russell & David Cutts (2007) ‘Constituency Campaigning in 2005: Ever More Centralization?’ in Wring, Green, Mortimore & Atkinson (eds) Political Communications: The British General Election of 2005. Basingstoke: Palgrave. pp. 79-92.
• David Denver, Gordon Hands, Justin Fisher & Iain McAllister (2002) ‘Constituency Campaigning in 2001: The Effectiveness of Targeting’ in Bartle, Mortimore & Atkinson (eds), Political Communications: The British General Election of 2001. London: Frank Cass, 2002. pp.159-80.