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Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️‍🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social · Jul 10

Happy Birthday! It was an excellent workshop with lots of great papers from a sampling of chapters & wider discussions. The weather also held up nicely so we had lunch on the Square! I'm certain the book will be a valuable contribution to leadership & #Conservative studies. @livunipol.bsky.social

Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Jul 10

Celebrating my final day of being 32 by hosting an academic workshop at @livunipol.bsky.social for our upcoming book 'The Truss and Sunak premierships: the challenges of party renewal in the post-Johnson Conservative Party', with @andrewcrines.bsky.social.

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Jul 10

Celebrating my final day of being 32 by hosting an academic workshop at @livunipol.bsky.social for our upcoming book 'The Truss and Sunak premierships: the challenges of party renewal in the post-Johnson Conservative Party', with @andrewcrines.bsky.social.

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · Jun 24

MPs voted to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales on June 20.

56 MPs switched their vote between rounds, but how did religion affect their choice?

#UoL's @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social investigates in our latest article written for @theconversation.com.

👉 theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...

Assisted dying: 56 MPs switched their vote between rounds – here’s how religion affected their choices

A group of MPs switched their vote between second and third reading, with those identifying as religious more likely to end up opposing the law change.

theconversation.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Jun 24

👏 @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social

Assisted dying: 56 MPs switched their vote between rounds – here’s how religion affected their choices

A group of MPs switched their vote between second and third reading, with those identifying as religious more likely to end up opposing the law change.

theconversation.com

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Jun 18

Thanks to our brilliant academic speakers @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social‬ ‪@liverpooluni.bsky.social‬ @and Cristina Leston-Bandeira @universityofleeds.bsky.social‬ who spoke at yesterday's Seminar for UK #Teachers: The Work of a Peer with @ukparliament.parliament.uk

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Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️‍🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great reps from @livunipol.bsky.social, meeting MPs, journalists, & our brilliant professional #alumni networking in #Westminster! A great way into a professional career is through #postgraduate study, such as our Public Admin Policy MA! www.liverpool.ac.uk/courses/publ... @prfandrwrssll.bsky.social

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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · May 21

Following the recent #UK-#EU summit, #Britain is moving closer to the EU again.

So why does the idea of Britain rejoining the customs union, single market or the EU itself still seem so unlikely?

Mitya Pearson @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social & @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social on @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social‬

Is the UK-EU reset a step to Britain rejoining the single market?

There is support in the UK for closer relations with the EU, but there remain major obstacles to taking more ambitious steps like rejoining the single market.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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LSE EUROPP Blog @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · May 20

💥 New: Is the UK-EU reset the first step toward Britain rejoining the single market?

✍️ Mitya Pearson @uni-of-warwick.bsky.social‬ & @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social‬

Is the UK-EU reset a step to Britain rejoining the single market?

There is support in the UK for closer relations with the EU, but there remain major obstacles to taking more ambitious steps like rejoining the single market.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · May 16

"What do MPs really think about immigration? We surveyed them to find out" @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social and Mitya Pearson

What do MPs really think about immigration? We surveyed them to find out

Members of the public are more likely than MPs to think immigration has been too high in recent years.

theconversation.com

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · May 14

Ahead of the assisted dying vote on Friday, I'm in @uk.theconversation.com looking at how religion, party, and demographics influenced the 2nd reading vote.

Assisted dying bill: religious MPs were more likely to oppose law change in first round of voting theconversation.com/assisted-dyi...

Assisted dying bill: religious MPs were more likely to oppose law change in first round of voting

MPs will soon vote on Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill. Analysis of the second reading shows how religion, identity and party shaped support and opposition.

theconversation.com

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · May 9

Liverpool might seem solidly Labour but Reform could soon become the city's main opposition.

This map shows 2nd-placed parties from the 2014/15 local elections - north Liverpool is almost as purple as our wheelie bins (...and might explain Dan Carden’s shift towards blue Labour)

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Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️‍🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social · Apr 30

NEW! Delighted to have a new article in Parliamentary Affairs that deals with the topic everyone is talk about - #Badenoch's election as @Conservatives leader! With @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social and Tim Heppell, the article can be found here: academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a... @livunipol.bsky.social

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨 We've got a new journal article out analysing bases of support in the Conservative Party leadership election.

🧐The decline of ideology as a key determinant of MPs' voting behaviour is striking.

🤓and since the contest ended in Nov, this is a quick turnaround for academia!

Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️‍🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social · Apr 30

NEW! Delighted to have a new article in Parliamentary Affairs that deals with the topic everyone is talk about - #Badenoch's election as @Conservatives leader! With @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social and Tim Heppell, the article can be found here: academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a... @livunipol.bsky.social

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

No problem at all - hope it's useful!

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Patrick Smith @drpaddysmith.bsky.social · Apr 25

Quick comparison to the population at large, because I was curious. MPs % first, then Wikipedia's % from combined census data from 2021-22:

Christian 54.7 vs 46.53
None 36.4 vs 37.75
Muslim 3.9 vs 5.97
Jewish 2 vs 0.41
Sikh 1.9 vs 0.79
Hindu 0.9 vs 1.59
Buddhist 0.2 vs 0.43

Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

🚨Today, MPs are voting on assisted dying.

Religion plays a key role in this debate - but until now, we haven’t had good public* data on MPs’ religious affiliations.

So I built a dashboard to fix that:
🔗https://davidjeffery.shinyapps.io/mp-religion/

⬇️ Here's the breakdown of the religion of MPs

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Yep, it's on the dashboard (it has its own tab) and in the dataset (mp_swear_book)

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

*well, HumanistsUK had the data, but they wouldn't share it. Which is not very Humanist of them, if you ask me.

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Is this data perfect? No. Some MPs will be quietly agnostic or atheist but still choose to swear on the Bible, for instance, for whatever reason.

But it is certainly better than what went before - nothing.

Let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good!

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

I'll be updating the dashboard and data with the outcome of the third reading on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill today.

The raw data can be downloaded from github.com/davidjeffery...

GitHub - davidjeffery/mpreligion

Contribute to davidjeffery/mpreligion development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Why does this matter? 🧐

🗳️ MPs don’t have to declare their religion. But it often shapes how they vote - especially on moral issues like assisted dying.

🧠This dashboard gives voters, journalists, and researchers an evidence-based look at where MPs stand, beyond party lines.

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Some highlights:
🛐 Most MPs are classed as Christian, but a sizable number have no religion
📖 MPs used 14 different texts to swear in, from the Bible (in various forms) to the Quran, Bhagavad Gita, and affirmation on no text
📈 Assisted dying voting patterns differ by religion

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

Using a mix of religious group memberships, public statements, and swearing-in texts, I’ve classified the religion of every current MP.

You can explore:
📚Which religious texts MPs used to swear in
🎚️How religious affiliation links to AD votes
📊Religion by party
...and more!

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 25

🚨Today, MPs are voting on assisted dying.

Religion plays a key role in this debate - but until now, we haven’t had good public* data on MPs’ religious affiliations.

So I built a dashboard to fix that:
🔗https://davidjeffery.shinyapps.io/mp-religion/

⬇️ Here's the breakdown of the religion of MPs

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Dr Emily Jones @jonesemily.bsky.social · Apr 17

Calling all Disraeli fans 📢📢 Our new edited volume is out now, Open Access! Ft. essays by @jonparryhis.bsky.social @davidjeffery.bsky.social, Peter Ghosh, Freya Johnson, Alex Middleton and many, many more. Please share! journals.openedition.org/cve/15440

101 Printemps | 2025 Benjamin Disraeli (1804‒1881): His Lives and ...

Les articles réunis dans ce volume sont issus du colloque de la SFEVE sur « Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) : His Lives and Afterlives » organisé les 25 et 26 janvier 2024 par Catherine Marshall, en...

journals.openedition.org

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Dr David Jeffery @drdavidjeffery.bsky.social · Apr 16

Very glad that my article 'Competing Disraeli-isms: Tory Democracy and One-Nation Conservatism' is now out in Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens

(and here's me meeting the man himself in Ormskirk on Saturday)

🔗 doi.org/10.4000/13qsw

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