Professor David Denver

Professor

Current Teaching

He teaches the following courses:

• POLI 213 The United Kingdom: State, Politics and Policies
• POLI 317 Electoral Analysis
• POLI 428 Introduction to Statistics and Computing

Research Interests

Professor David Denver specialises in studying elections and also has a research interest in Scottish politics. He is the author of a widely used text on electoral behaviour (Elections and Voters in Britain) and of numerous other pieces on the subject. Among other positions held, he is the Chair of the editorial board of the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties and Chair of the publications subcommittee of the Political Studies Association.

David is a nationally known figure in his field - frequently commenting on matters connected with elections in the press, radio and television, especially in Scotland. In his spare time David sings in the university choir and plays golf.

Research Grants Recent research funding has included awards from the Electoral Commission to study the North East regional referendum (2004) and constituency campaigning in the 2005 general election, and from the ESRC to work on a compilation of local election results in Britain.

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Publications

Among the recent publications are:

Elections and Voters in Britain (Palgrave, 2003).

Media Guide to the New Scottish Constituencies (LGC Elections Centre, 2004).

Central Debates in British Politics (joint editor) (Pearson, 2003).

'The results: how Britain voted' in A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Britain Decides: The UK General Election 2005 (Palgrave, 2005).

'The electoral impact of constituency campaigning in Britain, 1992-2003', Political Studies, Vol. 52 No 2, June 2004.

'Exploring Variations in Turnout: Constituencies and Wards in the Scottish Parliament elections of 1999 and 2003', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol.6 No. 4, 2004.

'Labour's targeted constituency campaigning: nationally directed or locally produced?', Electoral Studies, Vol.23 No. 4 (December 2004)

'Valence Politics: How Britain Votes Now', British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 7 No. 2, May 2005

Associated Keywords: Campaigning, Election campaigning, Elections, Politics, Voting

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