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Dr Steph Luke

@drstephanieluke.bsky.social

Lecturer in Politics at Cardiff University. Political Parties, Elections, and Campaigning.

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I had the pleasure of talking to @campaign-lab.bsky.social about Labour's response to Reform during the UK Local Elections. ๐Ÿ‘‡

11.09.2025 08:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The UKโ€™s digital imprint regime - is it working? New requirements for digital imprints in online campaign material were rolled out in the 2024 general election. We review the guidance and recommend how to improve transparency requirements.

๐ŸŒŸNew: At the last #UK General #Election, new โ€œdigital imprintโ€ rules required online campaign content to state who is behind it.

Katharine Dommett, Stephanie Luke & Hazel Gordon (@sheffielduni.bsky.social) find few campaigners fully complied.

@electoralcommission.org.uk #Transparency

22.08.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congratulations! ๐ŸŽ‰

15.08.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When Attack Strategies Backfire: How can progressives fight Reform UK on social media ยท Zoom ยท Luma Join us on Zoom for the next entry in our academic series. Dr Stephanie Luke analyzes how progressive actors and Reform UK engage with each other throughโ€ฆ

Progressives vs Reform UK on social media have fiery conversations.

But are these tough discussions actually helping Reform grow?

Join Dr. Stephanie Luke as she delivers the next lecture in our Academic series.

๐Ÿ”— lu.ma/ux80dni5

๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Zoom

๐Ÿ• 28th August 13:00 - 14:00

29.07.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข LESS THAN TWO DAYS TO SEND YOUR PROPOSAL๐Ÿšจ

Are you passionate about research in Intersectionality & identity or Far right & populism? ๐Ÿค” Come and present your paper at the #ECN25 Conference ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Send your proposal by Friday 20 June at 5pm GMT! โฌ‡๏ธ

19.06.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Friends or just fellow travellers? What Reform has in common with other populist right parties in Europe (and what it doesnโ€™t) | Heinrich Bรถll Stiftung | Brussels office - European Union Populist and far-right parties across Europe share many of the same traits, says Ros Taylor. But Reform has not yet embraced the pro-natalist agenda of a lot of its counterparts.

Why Reform has never seriously dabbled in pro-natalism โ€” unlike MAGA and its European counterparts.

New piece for @boelleu.bsky.social.

eu.boell.org/en/2025/04/3...

30.04.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More than 4 million Australians have already voted. Major political parties take note Applications for postal votes close tonight at 6pm but early voters are wasting no time having their say.

The boom in early voting has consequences for campaign timing and strategies

Today I spoke with the ABC about how major, minor and independent candidates are adapting their campaigns to this new normal in different ways

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

30.04.2025 06:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thatโ€™s a wrap for #ECN25 & #PSA25! ๐ŸŽ‰

From the ECN committee, we would like to thank everyone who attended our Pre-Conference Day & the events during the main conference! These events wouldnโ€™t have been possible without the incredible participation of ECs.๐Ÿคฉ

Some reflections๐Ÿงต

17.04.2025 15:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿšจ My article 'Political Outsiders? A Study of โ€œTealโ€ Independent Campaign Demographics in the 2022 Australian Federal Election' has been published as part of an upcoming special issue of @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social edited by @chriswallace.bsky.social and Sybil Nolan

17.04.2025 05:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Using a mixed methods approach, our analysis finds mixed evidence of a 'rural disadvantage' in campaign contact. Our findings suggest that while campaigners perceive there to be greater challenges when campaigning in a rural constituency, in practice the picture is more nuanced.

03.04.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How does rurality affect campaigning? In the UK, some constituencies are physically small and take in parts of densely populated cities, while others span huge geographic areas and may conโ€ฆ

๐ŸšจHow does rurality affect campaigning?

In a new study, Charles Pattie, Luke Temple, Kate Dommett, and I explore how rurality affects campaign activity. @electoralstudies.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

03.04.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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