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Analyzing the 2005 Scottish Election: A Democratic Deficit?

The 2005 Scottish Election unveiled significant trends, marked by the second-lowest voter turnout since 1918 and the first time Labour secured a majority for a third consecutive term, despite achieving the lowest vote share for a majority government ever. Notably, the Conservative and Labour combined vote was at its lowest since 1910, while the Liberal Democrats saw a historic rise in representation. This analysis examines the reasons behind the low voter engagement, the electorate's responses to party performance, and the implications of the current electoral system for future democratic participation.

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Analyzing the 2005 Scottish Election: A Democratic Deficit?

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  1. A Democratic Deficit? The 2005 Election John Curtice Strathclyde University

  2. The Result

  3. The Result in Scotland

  4. The Records • Second lowest turnout since 1918 • First time Labour has won a majority for third time in a row • Lowest ever vote share for a majority government • Lowest ever vote for Con and Lab combined • Highest vote for GB Others since 1918

  5. And a few more • Biggest ever drop in votes for a Lab govt. • More than twice as many LD gains from Lab (11) as in whole post-war period (5). • First ever period of Lab govt in which LD vote has risen. • Most LibDem MPs since 1923. • More non-nationalist GB others (3) elected than at any time since 1945.

  6. Scottish Records • Lib Dems in top two for first time since 1910 • Conservatives come fourth for first time ever • Combined vote for Con and Lab lowest since 1910

  7. The Questions • Why did so few people vote? • Why did so few vote Labour (or Conservative) • How did Labour win so many seats?

  8. Interest in Politics

  9. Interest Matters More

  10. Final Poll Leads

  11. Still little difference?

  12. The Widening Age Gap

  13. Labour Vote 1945-2005

  14. Rise and Fall of Two-Party Vote

  15. Muslim Seats

  16. Respect in Muslim Seats

  17. Why not vote Labour?

  18. Labour Student Seats

  19. Conservative Image

  20. The Other Vote

  21. Country Differences

  22. A democratic deficit? • The electorate held Labour to account for its ‘failures’ • But their ability to do so was constrained by the working of the electoral system • And a one-sided contest with no choice failed to mobilise voters again.

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