Where now for Britain? The 2015 General Election and its Consequences

In this one-day workshop and mini-conference a group of scholars from the University of Oxford and Sciences Po will bring a variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives to bear on Britain’s potentially historic 2015 General Election.

The result confounded the pollsters and arguably saw the final demise of two-party politics in Britain.  Its result will have major implications for the future of Britain as an integrated polity and for the European Union. 

10 am – 12.30 pm: Session 1

Chair: Florence Faucher (Sciences Po, CEE)

Speakers:
– Catherine de Vries (University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations)
Turning against the EU? The Outcome of the UK Elections in a Comparative Perspective.

– Chris Prosser (University of Manchester & University of Oxforfd, Department of Politics and International Relations)
Same party, different colour tie? Perceptions of Labour-Conservative policy difference and support for minor parties at the 2015 election.

Discussant: Nicolas Sauger (Sciences Po, CEE)

– Ben Jackson (University of Oxford, Department of History)
After the referendum: the irresistible rise of Scottish nationalism?

Discussant: Jenny Andersson (Sciences Po, CEE, CNRS)

2 – 2.45 pm: Session 2

Chair: Nicolas Roussellier (Sciences Po, Centre d’histoire)

– Nick Owen (University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations)
– Hung Parliaments and Government Formation in Britain since 1900.

Discussant: Olivier Rozenberg (Sciences Po, CEE)

3 – 4.30 pm: Session 3

Round table: Jenny Andersson, Florence Faucher, Patrick Le Galès (Sciences Po, CEE, CNRS),  Colin Hay (Sciences Po, CEE), Stephen Whitefield (Oxford University, Department of Politics and International Relations)

The conference will take place in English