Sentences with phrase «by psephologist»

The report has been produced by psephologist Lewis Baston for Westbourne Communications, the lobbying agency led by top Tory operator and former candidate Lord James Bethell.

But the gain in seats was well behind the 490 identified by the psephologists Michael Thrasher and Colin Rallings as the number required to show that it is a potentially winning force.

By lunchtime, with counting continuing, Labour had gained 153 seats — well short of the 490 gains expected by the psephologists Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher.

Not exact matches

Research conducted by the eminent psephologist, Professor John Curtice, found that middle class people needed more reassurance than their working class compatriots that independence would not have an adverse effect on the country's economy.

I watched us beating the Tories by 3 or 4 points on local and European election nights, and poured scorn on the psephologists who said the gains weren't really enough for Labour to hope to win.

The respected psephologist John Curtice has calculated that the Tories could gain 71 seats from Labour without winning a higher share of the vote than in 2001, simply by a swing to the Lib Dems splitting the progressive vote in our marginals.