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We are thrilled to announce that @nathan_coyne will be speaking at #BPEx2024!
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Great to see our report being referenced by @polimapper this week!
Tomorrow is set to bring a great deal of #Change to the nation...
If you haven't already, take a look at our Analysis of the MPs standing down at the 2024 #GeneralElection inflect.co.uk/analysis-of-th…
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This data suggests that:
(1) Sunak had his hands tied in ruling out a May election as CCHQ wasn't ready; or
(2) The PM never had any intention of calling a May election
Should also dampen speculation as to June/July elections
@polimapper @tomorrowsmps
politics.co.uk/news/2024/03/…
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🗳️ NEW: The Conservative Party is lagging behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats with its election candidate selection
🔵 The Conservatives have selected 77% of their “prime candidates”
🔴 Labour is on 89%
🟡 And the Lib Dems lead with 95%
Full story 👇
politics.co.uk/news/2024/03/…
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Part 1 of our 3 part blog series on the animation process is out now. This week, take a deep dive into the art of scriptwriting... ✍️ ✍️ ✍️ buff.ly/3Pm6bxV
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Interesting discussion around the upcoming #GeneralElection this afternoon at our PUBCOM meeting with @polimapper @Politics_co_uk @PragmatixA
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News: @polimapper's ‘Class of 24’ White Paper has revealed a lack of professional diversity amongst ‘prime candidates’ in the upcoming 2024 #GeneralElection --> read more and download on the #PublicAffairs #news page: tinyurl.com/mvjep7k2
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2 charts from excellent @polimapper report profiling candidates for next #GeneralElection help explain why quality of our elected representatives might not be what it once was - they are overwhelmingly drawn from #politics backgrounds & localism more important than talent 1/
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.@polimapper's @nathan_coyne: “The median length of an MP’s service is 13 years, so the impact of the recent parliamentary selections is likely to be felt on UK public life well into the 2040s”
Click here to read the full @polimapper report ⤵️
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Some 70% of the candidates within the Class of 24 were local to their constituency at the time of their selection
This data feeds into the wider debate as to whether ‘too much localism’ is resulting in sufficiently high quality MPs:
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A notable number of the ‘Class of 24’ have previously served as a special advisor to the prime minister, a cabinet minister, a devolved first minister, or the mayor
of London:
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It is the SNP that has the highest proportion of candidates whom the @polimapper White Paper has classified as professional politicians (64%):
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A professional background ‘in and around politics’ is the most dominant hinterland of the candidates selected so far
Some 76 of the 275 candidates in the Class of 24 (28%) have spent the majority of their professional lives working ‘in and around politics’:
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9 out of 10 of the candidates that make up the ‘Class of 24’ attended university. This is a similar proportion of the current crop of MPs
17% of the Class of 24 graduated from Oxford or Cambridge universities. This is slightly below the 22% of current MPs who attended Oxbridge:
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Two thirds of the candidates within the Class of 24 are currently aged between 30 & 49.
In the last 10 elections, the average age of a newly elected MP has consistently been around the age of 40:
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Ethnic minority candidates account for 30 of the 275 candidates (10.9%) who make up the Class of 24.
There is no notable difference between the Conservatives (11%) and Labour (12%). The figure was lower for the Liberal Democrats, and zero for the SNP:
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.@polimapper's review of the 275 candidates that so far comprise the ‘Class of 24’ suggests there may be only limited changes to the diversity of the UK’s House of Commons after the next election
Female candidates comprise 107/275 candidates (39%) who make up the Class of 24:
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But Westminster will experience a changing of the guard even before the British electorate heads to the polls
Retirements, boundary changes, and party disagreements are in themselves likely to result in over 100 MPs stepping down from Westminster at the next general election:
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The 1945 election is the only post war election in which >50% of MPs were newly elected. A moderate Labour win in 24/25 would see the number of newly elected MPs mirror 1997 and 2010 outcomes
A result that mirrors current polling could put the 1945 record under threat:
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🚨 NEW: The first detailed analysis of those set to make up the next House of Commons, released today, reveals:
— Only 39% of ‘prime candidates’ are women
— Only 10% are from an ethnic minority background
— Parties are embracing ‘localism’
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