Visiting fellow, TrustGov, University of Southampton
Dr Hannah Bunting is visiting fellow at TrustGov, an ESRC-funded project at the University of Southampton that aims to investigate trust and trustworthiness in national and global governance.
She is also Associate Lecturer in Social Data Analysis and SMART Skills Co-ordinator at the Exeter Q-Step Centre.
Hannah gained her undergraduate degree from the University of Plymouth in Politics and International Relations, where she was awarded the Elections Centre Prize for the Best Student in the Field of Electoral Studies, before coming to Exeter for postgraduate study. She won an ESRC 1+3 Studentship to complete her MRes and PhD in Politics. Hannah's doctoral thesis was entitled Electoral Competitiveness and Turnout: How System and Preference Uncertainty Impact the Decision to Vote in Britain. As a quantitative researcher, her interests include British elections, parties and party systems, gender, political trust and measurement. Her work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
Low turnout in the 2024 election may have been due to undecided voters being overwhelmed by choice
Nov 25, 2024 23:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Turnout at the 2024 general election was just 60% one of the lowest in modern history. This is not an isolated phenomenon: there was a decline in turnout for the 2024 local elections, and the byelections held during the...