Ed Morgan Jones co authors piece on Prime minister powers to call early elections on the UCL constitution unit blog. <\/p>\n
As the\u00a0Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill<\/a>\u00a0makes its way through parliament,\u00a0Edward Morgan-Jones<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Matthew Loveless<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0report on the results of their recently published\u00a0comparative study<\/a>, which explores the impact of the rules surrounding the dissolution of parliament and early election calling on citizen satisfaction with democracy.<\/p>\n Returning to the prime minister the ability to call early elections whenever they wish increases the likelihood that early elections will be called for\u00a0partisan and strategic reasons,\u00a0that these elections will be called in conditions that favour the incumbent,\u00a0and also makes it\u00a0more likely that the prime ministers\u2019 party will win such elections.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read the full constitution unit blog here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"