Electoral reform reformed : the Arbuthnott Commission and Scottish Parliament elections

Mitchell, James and Pattie, C. (2006) Electoral reform reformed : the Arbuthnott Commission and Scottish Parliament elections. Representation, 42 (3). 195 - 207. ISSN 0034-4893 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00344890600844756)

Abstract

Since the opening of Scotland's devolved Parliament in 1999, the country has been embarked on a major constitutional experiment. Part of the experiment involved one of the most substantial exercises in electoral reform ever carried out in the UK, the adoption of AMS voting. However, after two AMS elections, concerns over the new system led to the establishment of the Arbuthnott Commission, charged with reviewing Scotland's electoral system. The commission's 2006 report makes suggestions, some straightforward and others more radical, for further reform. These are critically reviewed in this paper.

• Share and Export
  

  MPEG-21 DIDLASCII CitationHTML CitationRefWorksMETSSimple MetadataRDF+XMLMultiline CSVEndNoteEP3 XMLBibTeXRDF+N3AtomData Cite XMLMODSJSONOpenURL ContextObject in SpanRDF+N-TriplesDublin CoreReferOpenURL ContextObjectRIOXX2 XMLRIS (EndNote Online, Zotero, Ref manager, etc)
• Item metadata

  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	36271
  Dates:	Date Event 2006 Published
  Subjects:	Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) > Scotland
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	02 Dec 2011 13:10
  Last modified:	19 Nov 2024 15:34
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36271