Dr Tom Quinn
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872505
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Location
5.012, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment (please email me)
Profile
Qualifications
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BSc (Econ) Queen Mary, London
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MSc, PhD London School of Economics
Research and professional activities
Research interests
UK party leadership elections
the Labour Party, including links with trade unions
party organisation and intra-party democracy
strategic positioning of British political parties
UK party system
Current research
UK party leadership elections
UK party system change
plurality electoral system ('first-past-the-post') and accountability
Publications
Journal articles (31)
Quinn, T., Allen, N. and Bartle, J., (2024). Why Was There a Hard Brexit? The British Legislative Party System, Divided Majorities and the Incentives for Factionalism. Political Studies. 72 (1), 227-248
Quinn, T., (2023). Parliamentarians versus Party Members? Leadership Selection Systems in the British Conservative and Labour Parties. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations
Quinn, T., (2023). What Would the British Party System Look Like under Proportional Representation?. Political Quarterly. 94 (4), 653-661
Quinn, T., (2019). The Conservative Party's Leadership Election of 2016: Choosing a Leader in Government. British Politics. 14 (1), 63-85
Quinn, T., (2018). From the Wembley Conference to the 'McDonnell Amendment': Labour’s Leadership Nomination Rules. Political Quarterly. 89 (3), 474-481
Quinn, T., (2017). Jean-Benoit Pilet and William P Cross (eds), The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies: A Comparative Study, reviewed by Thomas Quinn. Party Politics. 23 (1), 76-77
Quinn, T., (2017). Third-Party Strategy under Plurality Rule: The British Liberal Democrats and the New Zealand Social Credit Party. Political Studies. 65 (3), 740-763
Quinn, T., (2016). The British Labour Party’s leadership election of 2015. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 18 (4), 759-778
QUINN, T., (2016). Throwing the rascals out? Problems of accountability in two‐party systems. European Journal of Political Research. 55 (1), 120-137
Quinn, T., (2015). Paul ’t Hart and John Uhr (eds), How power changes hands: Transition and succession in government, reviewed by Thomas Quinn. Party Politics. 21 (3), 495-496
Quinn, T., (2015). Book Review: Britain and Ireland: The Blair Supremacy: A Study in the Politics of Labour's Party Management. Political Studies Review. 13 (4), 609-610
Quinn, T. and Heppell, T., (2015). Leaders of the opposition: From Churchill to Cameron. PARTY POLITICS. 21 (3), 495-496
Quinn, T., (2013). Book Review: Britain and Ireland: Cameron and the Conservatives: The Transition to Coalition Government. Political Studies Review. 11 (2), 287-287
Quinn, T., (2013). From Two-Partism to Alternating Predominance: The Changing UK Party System, 1950–2010. Political Studies. 61 (2), 378-400
Quinn, T., (2012). Spin doctors and political news management: A rational-choice ‘exchange’ analysis. British Politics. 7 (3), 272-300
Quinn, T., (2011). From New Labour to New Politics: The British General Election of 2010. West European Politics. 34 (2), 403-411
Quinn, T., (2011). Choosing the Labour Leader: Labour Party Leadership Elections from Wilson to Brown. POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW. 9 (3), 426-426
Quinn, T., Bara, J. and Bartle, J., (2011). The UK Coalition Agreement of 2010: Who Won?. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 21 (2), 295-312
Quinn, T., (2010). Ten years of New Labour. British Politics. 5 (3), 386-387
Quinn, T., (2010). MEMBERSHIP BALLOTS IN PARTY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS IN BRITAIN. Representation. 46 (1), 101-117
Quinn, T., (2010). New Labour and the Trade Unions in Britain. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 20 (3), 357-380
Quinn, T., (2009). Book Review: Will Leggett, After New Labour: Social Theory and Centre-Left Politics. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. £16.99 (pbk), viii + 196 pp. ISBN 1 4039 4659 0. David Coates, Prolonged Labour: The Slow Birth of New Labour Britain. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. £17.99 (pbk), xii + 255 pp. ISBN 1 4039 9360 2. Meg Russell, Building New Labour: The Politics of Party Organisation. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. £18.99 (pbk), xiv + 323 pp. ISBN 1 4039 3994 2. Party Politics. 15 (2), 243-247
Quinn, T., (2009). Choosing the Tory Leader: Conservative Party Leadership Elections from Heath to Cameron. POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW. 7 (1), 145-145
Quinn, T., (2009). After New Labour: Social Theory and Centre-Left Politics. PARTY POLITICS. 15 (2), 243-247
Quinn, T., (2009). Building New Labour: The Politics of Party Organisation. PARTY POLITICS. 15 (2), 243-247
Quinn, T., (2008). The Cost of Democracy: Party Funding in Modern British Politics. POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW. 6 (2), 224-225
Quinn, T., (2008). The Conservative Party and the ?Centre Ground? of British Politics. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. 18 (2), 179-199
Quinn, T., (2006). Choosing the least-worst government: The British general election of 2005. West European Politics. 29 (1), 169-178
Quinn, T., (2005). Leasehold or Freehold? Leader-Eviction Rules in the British Conservative and Labour Parties. Political Studies. 53 (4), 793-815
Quinn, T., (2002). Block Voting in the Labour Party. Party Politics. 8 (2), 207-226
Quinn, T., (2001). Labour's first century. POLITICAL STUDIES. 49 (1), 153-154
Books (1)
Quinn, T., (2012). Electing and Ejecting Party Leaders in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 9781349305056
Book chapters (3)
Quinn, T., (2021). The Conservative Party: the victory of the Eurosceptics. In: Breaking the Deadlock Britain at the Polls 2019. Editors: Allen, N. and Bartle, J., . Manchester University Press. 9781526152367
Quinn, T., (2018). Revolt on the Left: Labour in Opposition. In: None past the post Britain at the polls, 2017. Editors: Allen, NJ. and Bartle, J., . Manchester University Press. 34- 57. 978-1-5261-3006-8
Quinn, T. and Clements, B., (2011). Realignment in the Centre: The Liberal Democrats. In: Britain at the Polls 2010. SAGE Publications Ltd. 63- 88. 9781849208468
Grants and funding
2014
Mandates, Manifestos and Coalitions: UK Party Politics after 2010
The Constitution Society
Contact
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By appointment (please email me)
