Should the 1997 general election be viewed as a 'critical election'?
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PL2013 031947237 Bibliography Party Membership in Twenty European Democracies, 1980-2000 - Peter Mair and Ingrid van Biezen, 2001 New Labour Triumphs- Britain at the Polls: Anthony King Http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/main.asp British Politics: Continuities and Change. 4th edn (2000)- D Kavenagh How the general election was won and lost 1997: Nicholas Jones PL2013 031947237 Should the 1997 general election be viewed as a 'critical election'? A critical election is one, which has significant implications for the long-term party order as well as long lasting realignments in the electorate. In order to assess whether the 1997 election was critical I must initially look to the criteria for an election to be considered critical. I then intend on commentating on the main parties fortunes in the run up to the election and since, followed by a brief comparison to the 1979 general election that is viewed as critical. Along the way I hope to explain how the 1997 general election in my opinion...


