Butler's British Political Facts
This book is the most comprehensive single volume reference work available for British political facts. Covering the period from 1900 to the present, it is the latest edition in a series previously edited by David Butler and various collaborators. This ne
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Edited by Roger Mortimore and Andrew Blick
Butler’s British Political Facts
Roger Mortimore · Andrew Blick Editors
Butler’s British Political Facts
Editors Roger Mortimore King’s College London London, UK
Andrew Blick King’s College London London, UK
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Preface
The first edition of this work, British Political Facts 1900–1960, was p ublished in 1963, as an attempt to set out in a compact and accessible form the essential facts and statistics of politics of the previous six decades. The Tenth Edition, British Political Facts, was published in 2011, covering events from the premiership of the Third Marquess of Salisbury to the end of the Blair/ Brown era. David Butler was responsible for editing or co-editing every edition up to that point. He then honoured the present editors by asking us to assume responsibility for revising and updating the text. We had originally intended that this edition, renamed Butler’s British Political Facts, should take the United Kingdom through to the election of 2015. But as we were completing our task it became clear that the imminent referendum on EU membership might bring further important changes, for which we should wait; and there was then a further unexpected general
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