Wall of noise? How useful are theories of electoral geography built on socio-demographic composition?

Renewal - ISSN 0968-5211
Volume 30 Number 2 (2022)

Wall of noise? How useful are theories of electoral geography built on socio-demographic composition?
Patrick English pages 57-64

Abstract

Since the Conservatives’ capture of seats described as the ‘red wall’ in 2019, there has been a scramble to identify the next set of vulnerable seats. What are we to make of the ‘blue wall’, ‘yellow belt’ and ‘yellow halo’? Can such typologies really help us to understand the UK’s changing electoral geography?

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To cite this article
Patrick English (2022) Wall of noise? How useful are theories of electoral geography built on socio-demographic composition?, Renewal, 30(2), 57-64

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