The end of the EU affair: the UK general election of 2019
The end of the EU affair: the UK general election of 2019
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DOI：
10.1080/01402382.2020.1773640
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发表时间：
2020-06
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Christopher Prosser
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作者：
Christopher Prosser
摘要2019年12月12日的英国大选-五年来的第三次选举和连续第二次提前选举-由鲍里斯约翰逊领导的保守党多数政府和自1935年以来工党议员人数最少。在2016年公投后的三年半，政府终于获得了足够的议会支持，英国于2020年1月底脱离欧盟。选举结果在很大程度上可以解释为英国退欧的持续重要性。在2017年举行的上一次选举中，沿着英国退欧路线的政党分类有所增加-离开者转向保守党，而留欧派转向工党。2019年的选举在脱欧方面延续了这一进程，保守党继续赢得脱欧者的支持，但在留欧方面略有逆转，一些留欧者放弃了工党，转而支持更公开的亲欧盟政党，如自由民主党。
Abstract The UK election of 12th December 2019 – the third election in five years and the second snap election in a row – returned a Conservative majority government led by Boris Johnson and the lowest number of Labour MPs since 1935. Three-and-a-half years after the 2016 referendum, the government finally had sufficient parliamentary support for Brexit, and at the end of January 2020 the UK left the European Union. The result of the election can largely be explained by the continuing importance of Brexit. The previous election, held in 2017, had seen an increase in party sorting along Brexit lines – Leavers had shifted towards the Conservatives, whilst Remainers shifted towards Labour. The 2019 election saw a continuation of that process on the Leave side, as the Conservatives continued to win over Leavers, but a slight reversal on the Remain side, with some Remainers abandoning Labour for more avowedly pro-EU parties such as the Liberal Democrats.