Kirkland, Christopher

• Senior Lecturer in Politics
• School of Humanities, Religion & Philosophy

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Article

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 and Deva, Sagar (2022) Weakness not crisis: Brexit and the UK constitution. British Politics, 18. pp. 603-622.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 and Wood, Matthew (2017) Legitimacy and Legitimization in Low Turnout Ballots. Government and Opposition, 52 (3). pp. 511-531.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2015) Thatcherism and the Origins of the 2007 Crisis. British Politics, 10 (4). pp. 514-535.

Book

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2022) Labour's economic ideology since 1900 : developed through crises. Bristol, Bristol University Press

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2020) Classifying Elections in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2017) The Political Economy of Britain in Crisis. 1st ed. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan

Other

Lockwood, Thomas and Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2024) Tactical voting: why is it such a big part of British elections? The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 and Lockwood, Thomas (2024) This is billed as a ‘change’ election – but Britain’s electoral system means hardly any seats are true multi-party contests. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2024) UK election called for 4 July – what happens next? The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2022) Boris Johnson wins ‘no-confidence’ vote: but the margin will make him nervous. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2020) Post-coronavirus economic thinking could go one of two ways in the UK. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2019) How important is turnout in a UK election? The recent actions of the parties give you a good idea. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2019) Jeremy Corbyn’s unity government plan: these are the numbers he would need to block no-deal Brexit. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2019) Beyond Brexit, these are the issues Conservative leadership candidates should be debating. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2019) Brexit: what are Theresa May’s options for a ‘plan B’? The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2018) Ministers found in contempt of parliament over legal advice – why it matters for Brexit. The Conversation.

Kirkland, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0759-3104 (2018) Will Theresa May really end austerity? Some questions you need to ask yourself. The Conversation.