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The New Sub-National Politics of the British Labour Party

Martin Laffin

Durham Business School, University of Durham, martin.laffin{at}durham.ac.uk

Eric Shaw

University of Stirling, e.d.shaw{at}stirling.ac.uk

Gerald Taylor

University of Glamorgan, grtaylor{at}glam.ac.uk

The response of national, state-level political parties to the challenges of competing for power at the devolved, regional levels is a neglected research topic. This article seeks to remedy this by analysing how the British Labour Party has responded to these challenges at the sub-national level following UK devolution. British Labour remains formally a unitary party despite devolution. Nonetheless, the national party leadership has allowed the Scottish and Welsh Labour Parties considerable freedom, in practice, to select candidates, conduct regional-level elections and implement some distinctive policies. Meanwhile, the Scottish and Welsh Labour Parties have shifted significantly from being traditional, centralized parties with a single hierarchical organization towards being more pluralist, less hierarchical organizations.

Key Words: British Labour Party • devolution • party organization • Scotland • Wales

Party Politics, Vol. 13, No. 1, 88-108 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1354068806071265
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