e9 Glossary 2!

  • Proportional
  • Representation
  • Party
  • Party member
  • Party donation
  • Party leader
  • Party policy
  • Party conference
  • Population
  • Electorate
  • Registered voter
  • Voter
  • Turnout
  • Adherent
  • Floating voter: A registered voter who is likely to vote but has no firm disposion to vote for any specific political party and will decide when they know what candidates are standing, what policies their parties are currently advocating, and who their party leader currently is. A small but important minority whom all parties seek to attract.
  • Whip
  • Independent
  • Civil Service
  • Ministry
  • Minister
  • Junior minister
  • SPAD: A “special adviser”. A person paid by HMG but appointed by and reporting to a minister to help develop policies and plans without the constraint of the constitutional political neutrality of the permanent Civil Service.
  • Constituency
  • Region
  • Whip removal
  • MP
  • Opposition
  • Politician
  • Lobby