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. 26 (2), 569-596
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)
