Louise Luxton
@louiseluxton.bsky.social
Research Associate at the University of Strathclyde working on the ParliView project | Visiting researcher at the University of Manchester | Gender, political communication, political parties, text analysis (She/her)
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What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ?
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Louise Luxton
🆕 in @bjpols.bsky.social: "Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments"
We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe
We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position
Open access!
We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe
We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position
Open access!
NEW -
Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments - https://cup.org/4fPucuL
- @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, Bonnie M. Meguid & @anacweeks.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments - https://cup.org/4fPucuL
- @jmfernandes86.bsky.social, Bonnie M. Meguid & @anacweeks.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
July 23, 2026 at 9:42 AM
🆕 in @bjpols.bsky.social: "Thinly Veiled: The Use of Femonationalist Speech in European Parliaments"
We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe
We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position
Open access!
We describe the ⬆️ of femonationalist speech over time & across party families in Europe
We find the far right use it esp when other parties converge on their anti-immigration position
Open access!
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Voters (especially younger ones) don’t like politicians using AI
🖋️ @tbalogh.bsky.social, @louiseluxton.bsky.social, @elisefrelin.bsky.social and @zdgreene.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
🖋️ @tbalogh.bsky.social, @louiseluxton.bsky.social, @elisefrelin.bsky.social and @zdgreene.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Voters don’t like politicians using AI | LSE British Politics
Politicians are using AI as part of their campaigns. But while voters are OK with AI use for data analysis, they disapprove of it for image and video creation.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Voters (especially younger ones) don’t like politicians using AI
🖋️ @tbalogh.bsky.social, @louiseluxton.bsky.social, @elisefrelin.bsky.social and @zdgreene.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
🖋️ @tbalogh.bsky.social, @louiseluxton.bsky.social, @elisefrelin.bsky.social and @zdgreene.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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@tbalogh.bsky.social Presents work from the @parliview.bsky.social project at our @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 panel. Check out parliview.org to sign up as an early test user of the platform!
@strathplacelab.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social
@strathplacelab.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 10:35 AM
@tbalogh.bsky.social Presents work from the @parliview.bsky.social project at our @epssnet.bsky.social 2026 panel. Check out parliview.org to sign up as an early test user of the platform!
@strathplacelab.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social
@strathplacelab.bsky.social @strathpolir.bsky.social
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Three (gendered!) things I think are important to understanding Labour support. 1) Their "core voter" for the last few elections is female, young, has a degree 2) Especially in seats where the Greens/other left options are viable, this vote is splitting, with the youngest women going Green...
A bit on the gender divide in the Makerfield by election
And confirmation the GM by election would take place on July 30 (ie very quickly)
as.ft.com/r/d1d7ea16-9...
And confirmation the GM by election would take place on July 30 (ie very quickly)
as.ft.com/r/d1d7ea16-9...
Gender divides emerge as big factor in Burnham by-election
Labour appear to have heavy advantage among female voters following Reform candidate’s contentious comments
as.ft.com
June 9, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Three (gendered!) things I think are important to understanding Labour support. 1) Their "core voter" for the last few elections is female, young, has a degree 2) Especially in seats where the Greens/other left options are viable, this vote is splitting, with the youngest women going Green...
I'm delighted to be co-editing a Research Topic in Frontiers in Political Science with Zoe Lefkofridi and Vera Beloshitzkaya on gender backlash, public opinion, and institutional responses in Europe.
We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6.
bit.ly/4uZeDGh
We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6.
bit.ly/4uZeDGh
Frontiers | Contemporary attacks on democracy and gender equality in public opinion and institutional agendas in Europe
Attacks on gender equality and democracy have intensified in recent years in Europe and the U.S. This anti-gender backlash has shaped democratic politics. De...
bit.ly
June 9, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I'm delighted to be co-editing a Research Topic in Frontiers in Political Science with Zoe Lefkofridi and Vera Beloshitzkaya on gender backlash, public opinion, and institutional responses in Europe.
We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6.
bit.ly/4uZeDGh
We're now inviting abstracts. Deadline: September 6.
bit.ly/4uZeDGh
Some v. interesting patterns in our pre-2026 locals data e.g., the share of younger women saying they would vote Green appears considerably higher than the share reporting a Green vote in 2024.
Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇
Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇
New from me and @louiseluxton.bsky.social : a little taste of our new project/paper in development looking at splits on the left & gender. Big thanks to @psaepop.bsky.social for giving us the opportunity to collect some new data! @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-leftwing...
The leftwing vote is splitting – we looked at who is moving to the Greens and what they care about
The findings could have serious consequences for Labour.
theconversation.com
June 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Some v. interesting patterns in our pre-2026 locals data e.g., the share of younger women saying they would vote Green appears considerably higher than the share reporting a Green vote in 2024.
Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇
Lots more to dig into, but it's one of several changing dynamics on the left that we explore here 👇
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work.
We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
June 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Last year, we shared a paper showing that Labour's accommodation of the radical right did not work.
We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
We now have a new version of the paper online: osf.io/preprints/so...
Reposted by Louise Luxton
In which I discuss Makerfield, what it means nationally, and my ever favourite topic - gender gaps in undecided voters! 👇
All eyes on Makerfield! The town that might decide the UK's future PM
Our latest podcast features @lottehargrave.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk helping Urban Radar better understand the factors shaping the outcome of the Makerfield by-election
Listen here
www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...
Our latest podcast features @lottehargrave.bsky.social from @manchester.ac.uk helping Urban Radar better understand the factors shaping the outcome of the Makerfield by-election
Listen here
www.buzzsprout.com/2451716/epis...
27. MAKING A PRIME MINISTER IN MAKERFIELD? Predicting election results, +Ebola in African cities, +domestic worker activism, +global sand crisis, +housing and the World Urban Forum and more - Urban Ra...
In this episode Beth and Tom are joined by Dr Lotte Hargrave from the University of Manchester to discuss whether psephology - the study of elections and voting behaviour - can predict the next Prime ...
www.buzzsprout.com
May 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
In which I discuss Makerfield, what it means nationally, and my ever favourite topic - gender gaps in undecided voters! 👇
New research from colleagues at UCD found that while AI chatbots can give useful information about upcoming elections, they sometimes return incomplete, inconsistent, or outright false answers & the choice of chatbot matters!
See our full blog here: bit.ly/4dzKjvF
🧵 Below!
See our full blog here: bit.ly/4dzKjvF
🧵 Below!
🤖🗳️ A new study examining AI chatbots responding to questions ahead of Irish by-elections found some failed to answer basic questions about the contests, and that significant problems emerged when tasked with more complex political questions.
@jamespcross.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
@jamespcross.bsky.social @ucdpolitics.bsky.social
May 27, 2026 at 1:36 PM
New research from colleagues at UCD found that while AI chatbots can give useful information about upcoming elections, they sometimes return incomplete, inconsistent, or outright false answers & the choice of chatbot matters!
See our full blog here: bit.ly/4dzKjvF
🧵 Below!
See our full blog here: bit.ly/4dzKjvF
🧵 Below!
Very excited to have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant with @lottehargrave.bsky.social for a project I've been desperate to work on since my PhD.
Look out for us presenting this at conferences soon!
Look out for us presenting this at conferences soon!
May 21, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Very excited to have been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant with @lottehargrave.bsky.social for a project I've been desperate to work on since my PhD.
Look out for us presenting this at conferences soon!
Look out for us presenting this at conferences soon!
Reposted by Louise Luxton
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
1 doctoraatspositie in kiesgedrag
1 PhD position to research how parties build connections with social groups
www.kuleuven.be
May 19, 2026 at 5:32 AM
🚨 I'm recruiting a PhD student for a new project on Parties' social group ownership, based in the @vd-researchgroup.bsky.social research group at KU Leuven!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
Deadline for applying is 26 June, estimated starting date is 1 Oct 2026.
All info is here 👉 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...
Share widely!
Very happy that our piece in Scottish Election Analysis 2026 is out bit.ly/49bWmww. Some interesting (& unsettling) insights into how voters are using AI to engage with elections.
Thread from @strathplacelab.bsky.social | with @tbalogh.bsky.social @elisefrelin.bsky.social @zdgreene.bsky.social
Thread from @strathplacelab.bsky.social | with @tbalogh.bsky.social @elisefrelin.bsky.social @zdgreene.bsky.social
AI chatbots –ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc. – are becoming part of everyday life, but we know very little about whether & how citizens use these tools to gain political information. Ahead of Holyrood elections, we surveyed over 1,000 Scottish voters with @Survation.bsky.social. Here’s what we found 🧵
May 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Very happy that our piece in Scottish Election Analysis 2026 is out bit.ly/49bWmww. Some interesting (& unsettling) insights into how voters are using AI to engage with elections.
Thread from @strathplacelab.bsky.social | with @tbalogh.bsky.social @elisefrelin.bsky.social @zdgreene.bsky.social
Thread from @strathplacelab.bsky.social | with @tbalogh.bsky.social @elisefrelin.bsky.social @zdgreene.bsky.social
Coming to @ecprgender.bsky.social #ECPG2026 and working with quant methods or curious about using them in gender & politics research?
Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻
📍 Two by Two Brewery
🕡 18:30, 14 June
RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F
Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻
📍 Two by Two Brewery
🕡 18:30, 14 June
RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F
May 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Coming to @ecprgender.bsky.social #ECPG2026 and working with quant methods or curious about using them in gender & politics research?
Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻
📍 Two by Two Brewery
🕡 18:30, 14 June
RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F
Come along & meet other researchers at the @strathplacelab.bsky.social pre-conference social 🍻
📍 Two by Two Brewery
🕡 18:30, 14 June
RSVP here: bit.ly/4dPyr8F
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🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
🪑 @louiseluxton.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/kOdHSfI
#Gender #Governance #Government #Voting #Communication
✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
🪑 @louiseluxton.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/kOdHSfI
#Gender #Governance #Government #Voting #Communication
Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
European Conference on Gender and Politics, Newcastle University, 15 – 17 June 2026
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Panels and Papers ⤵️
✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
🪑 @louiseluxton.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/kOdHSfI
#Gender #Governance #Government #Voting #Communication
✍️ Gender and Political Communication: Empirical Perspectives
🪑 @louiseluxton.bsky.social, Daphne van der Pas
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/kOdHSfI
#Gender #Governance #Government #Voting #Communication
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Delighted to say I'm chairing a section at ECPG 2026 with @jess-smith.bsky.social @rosieshorrocks.bsky.social @gefjonoff.bsky.social and @liranharsgor.bsky.social on Elections, Parties, and Voters! Please send your abstracts in - full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... @ecprgender.bsky.social
🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔
Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.
Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.
Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🔔 Call for papers for ECPG 2026 is now open! 🔔
Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.
Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Submit your empirical gender & political communication papers/panels to our section by Nov 7th.
Full info here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Interested in Labour's lost voters since the 2024 UK GE?
Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released?
Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇
Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released?
Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇
🚨New Research 🚨
Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE.
Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters.
🧵⬇️
tinyurl.com/3m62exph
Ahead of the release of Wave 30 of the BES Internet Panel, the team has examined Labour's decline since the 2024 GE.
Labour's support has splintered into mostly indecision or left-liberal parties, but they've also lost their few right-wing voters.
🧵⬇️
tinyurl.com/3m62exph
Looking for Labour’s lost voters - The British Election Study
www.britishelectionstudy.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Interested in Labour's lost voters since the 2024 UK GE?
Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released?
Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇
Want to get a sneak peak at some of the results from wave 30 of the BESIP before it is released?
Then we have a new blog for you! 👇👇
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Have you seen our #SpecialCollection on...
📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe?
Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe?
Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe
Explore the article collection: Gender and Sexuality in Southern Europe. Published in South European Society and Politics.
www.tandfonline.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Have you seen our #SpecialCollection on...
📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe?
Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
📚 #Gender and #Sexuality in Southern Europe?
Explore 14 #FreeAccess articles on topics of growing prominence in the journal
#Equality #LGBTIQ* #Sexism #Feminism #Rights
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/journals/fse...
Reposted by Louise Luxton
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
📣 NEW PAPER ALERT! 🚨
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
"School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support"
Just published in @wepsocial.bsky.social with @nspmartin.bsky.social and @rolandkappe.bsky.social.
doi.org/10.1080/0140...
🧵👇
What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ?
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
July 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
What do women’s parties want? And how do their platforms differ?
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Very happy to share the first paper from my PhD out now in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! In it, I present a comparative empirical analysis of European women’s parties’ issue concerns in 30yrs of party manifestos. 🧵⬇️
Really enjoyed this! It’s a quick read but with some brilliant deep insights on gender and the 2024 UK GE.
New from me, @annasanders.bsky.social , @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and Rosie Shorrocks: some first reflections on gender & the 2024 UK election @politicalquarterly.bsky.social . More to come from the same team too- watch this space! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 20, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Really enjoyed this! It’s a quick read but with some brilliant deep insights on gender and the 2024 UK GE.
Parties’ stances on trans rights have shifted too. Tory manifestos 2015-19 only mention tackling trans hate crime. By 2024, they propose banning puberty blockers, mandating single-sex spaces & amending the Equality Act. I wrote about this for the Elections Analysis Report:
shorturl.at/aonwe
shorturl.at/aonwe
Pretty striking from the British Social Attitudes Survey: In 2016, 58% of Brits supported trans people's right to change their legal sex; by 2022 that number had halved to just 31%
November 18, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Parties’ stances on trans rights have shifted too. Tory manifestos 2015-19 only mention tackling trans hate crime. By 2024, they propose banning puberty blockers, mandating single-sex spaces & amending the Equality Act. I wrote about this for the Elections Analysis Report:
shorturl.at/aonwe
shorturl.at/aonwe
Reposted by Louise Luxton
Also seems like a great time to remind everyone that I am hosting a workshop with @genelectnet.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social & Rosie Shorrocks on the 16/17 December in Oxford and our call for papers is open! genelectnetwork.wordpress.com
GenElect Network
Connecting scholars of gender and intersectionality in Elections, Public Opinion & Parties and women in EPOP. We run a media list, distribute research and opportunities to our members, and have…
genelectnetwork.wordpress.com
November 16, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Also seems like a great time to remind everyone that I am hosting a workshop with @genelectnet.bsky.social @jess-smith.bsky.social & Rosie Shorrocks on the 16/17 December in Oxford and our call for papers is open! genelectnetwork.wordpress.com
Reposted by Louise Luxton
🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚
Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣
go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd
Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣
go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd
November 16, 2024 at 3:30 PM
🎓✨Here’s your starter pack for experts on gender and its intersections in elections, public opinion, political parties, and the women in the EPOP discipline. 💡📚
Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣
go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd
Nominate yourself and others! 📣 📣
go.bsky.app/HC7Pvbd