READ ME File For 'Dataset for 'The decline of Duverger? The impact of evolution on party systems in the United Kingdom"'

Dataset DOI: 10.17034/XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Date that the readme file was created: Year, Month, Date (XXXX-XX-XX)

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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Title: "Dataset for 'The decline of Duverger? The impact of evolution on party systems in the United Kingdom'"

Creator(s): Eoghan Kelly Queen's University Belfast https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5404-3025

Rights-holder: Queen's University Belfast

Publication year: 2025

Date of data collection: ADD IN COLLECTION DATES; suggested format 2024-06-30

Information about geographic location of data collection (if relevant); 
Scotland, Wales and & Northern Ireland


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PROJECT INFORMATION
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Funder Name: Universities Ireland
Project Number or Grant Identifier: North/South Postgraduate Scholarship


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CONTACT INFORMATION
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Author/Principal Investigator information
Name: Eoghan Kelly
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5404-3025
Institution: Queen’s University, Belfast
Email: eoghankll@gmail.com


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Recommended citation for the data: Kelly, Eoghan (2025), Dataset for "name of article," Submitted/Accepted, Name of Journal


Ark (2023). 'Who Won What When and Where?'
https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/
The Electoral Commission. (2003). 'The National Assembly for Wales Elections 2003: the Official Report and Results.'  ISBN: 978-1904363309
House of Commons Library, (2024). https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/type/research-briefing
Rallings & Thrasher. (2015). 'The Elections Centre,' https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/?page_id=956
Scottish Parliament (2022) 'Elections' https://www.parliament.scot/msps/elections



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Number of variables: 13

Number of cases/rows: 644

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