Journal

Parliamentary Affairs

A journal of representative democracy.

Established in 1947, Parliamentary Affairs is the Hansard Society’s quarterly journal, covering all aspects of representation and politics connected to parliaments and legislatures in the UK and around the world. The journal is published in partnership with Oxford University Press.

New and recent issues

Journal / Parliamentary Affairs (vol 73, issue 3, 2020)

Articles on themes including the development of Sweden's now 100-year-old parliamentary democracy, strategic voting among Lib Dem supporters in the 2015 general election, policy areas associated with personal attacks at Prime Minister's Questions, UK intergovernmental relations and spending after the Conservative-DUP 'confidence and supply' deal, and more.

Journal / Parliamentary Affairs (vol 73, issue 2, 2020)

Articles on themes including the mental wellbeing of politicians, the efficacy of the petitions system in the UK Parliament and devolved legislatures, the rate of equivocacy in former Prime Minister Theresa May's answers during PMQs, the emergence of international inter-parliamentary institutions, and more.

Journal / Parliamentary Affairs (vol 73, issue 1, 2020)

Articles in this latest edition cover topics as diverse as political finance regulation, devolution, young people and the EU referendum, candidate campaigning in general elections, the policisation of abortion and the electoral success of women candidates, as well as reflections on the Turkish, Australian, Irish and EU Parliaments.

Journal / Parliamentary Affairs: special issue on '40 years of departmental select committees in the House of Commons' (vol 72, issue 4, 2019)

To mark the 40th anniversary of the creation of departmental select committees, this special issue of Parliamentary Affairs draws together contibutions from House of Commons officials and leading academics on the past, present and future of one of the most significant reforms to the UK Parliament.

Journal / Parliamentary Affairs (vol 72, issue 3, 2019)

Articles on topics including political trust and behaviour, the different campaign strategies deployed during the 2017 UK general election, diversity among UK Conservative Brexiteers in the UK Parliament, and constitutional conventions in Westminster democracies.