The British General Election of 2005
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'...the Nuffield series...has consistently offered both the best insider account and best analysis.' - Peter Riddell, Times
'No British election is complete without David Butler. His Nuffield studies, a unique cocktail of analysis, narrative and insider insight, are the authoritative guide to postwar electoral politics.' - Andrew Adonis, Times Literary Supplement
'A formidable achievement...The Nuffield election studies have become by now almost part of our democratic fabric.' - Anthony Howard, The Listener
'The renowned Nuffield election books demand shelf space and deserve frequent reference. Essential to the scholar of the British politics of our time.' - Robert Worcester, MORI, Parliamentary History
'Anyone familiar with previous volumes knows what a joy this book is, how it is packed with juicy morsels of political fact and incisive analysis.' - Jay Adams, Times Higher Education Supplement
'If generations to come want to know exactly what happened they have a reliable source to look it up in...the solid, objective, verifiable story of what happened, when and why, set in impeccably numerate context.' - David McKie, Guardian
'The best series anywhere on national elections.' - Lancelot L. Farrar, Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science
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DAVID BUTLER, a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, has been associated with the Nuffield election studies since 1945 and has been the author or co-author of each one since 1951. He is well known for his election commentaries on television and radio, and he has written widely on British, American and Australian politics.