Major Party Council Candidates in Scotland and Wales, 1999

The study of Scottish and Welsh council candidates was carried out in tandem with the principal investigators' study of candidates for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly (held at the Archive under SN:4058). Many commentators suggested that the establishment of the Parliament and Assembly would usher in a new style of politics, with a new type of politician. A postal survey of the attitudes, experience and individual characteristics of those standing in local authority elections allowed comparison and contrast of these politicians with candidates standing for the new national bodies.