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Tackling social inequality. Will your vote make a difference? Danny Dorling 3 March 2010 Eila Campbell Lecture Birkbeck University, London A talk in three parts Thanks to Ben Hennig for Slides, John Pritchard for many of the later cartograms and many others For the data see last slide http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/elections/constituencies/dorling_animation.html
PART 1 1987 and all that : winners ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=83
What to expect ,[object Object],[object Object]
1987 2 nd  placed ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=84
My central argument ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
1987 vote mix ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=82
Think forward from 1987 to now ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
1987 cartogram ,[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=81
1987 was no key election ,[object Object],[object Object]
Local votes ,[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=86
We all have a different memory ,[object Object],[object Object]
Voting Space ,[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=86
Here is David’s view of 1906-1974 ,[object Object]
The View continued ,[object Object],[object Object]
Voting spacetime ,[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=126
1987 and all that ,[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=152
My view of 1918-1986 ,[object Object]
My view continued ,[object Object],[object Object]
Swinging in ‘87 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=145
End of context ,[object Object],[object Object],Image available at: http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/thesis/print_display.php?print=136
Part 2 – trends 1918-2010  ,[object Object],[object Object]
Consider three time series ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Inequality: 1918 to 2008/9/10
Inequalities in survival chances to age 65 by area in Britain, 1920-2006 + 2007/8 Graph is figure 12 in “Injustice: why social inequality persists, published April 2010” Lines show excess mortality of the  worse off 30%  and fewer deaths to the  best off 10%
Share of all income received by the richest 1% in Britain, 1918–2009 Graph is figure 14 in “Injustice: why social inequality persists, published April 2010” Lines show pre- and post-tax shares (below). Note divergence again by 2009
Concentration of Conservative votes, British general elections, 1918–2010 Graph is figure 14 in “Injustice: why social inequality persists, published April 2010” ? Proportion of Conservative voters to move to spread them geographically equally
Are times changing? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Are we asking new questions? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Are we suggesting new possibilities? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
And, as before, are allegations of direct self-interest being made? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Part 3 – what about your vote? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/elections/elections.htm
Local and General Elections ,[object Object],http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/elections/elections.htm
Conclusion: I would say ,[object Object],[object Object]
Others obsessed with growth ,[object Object],[object Object]
Could we come to think that?: ,[object Object],How many brains do you need to understand this?
Final thanks to: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tackling social inequality. Who’s vote makes the most difference? The fully animated version of this slideshow is available as a PowerPoint document on http://sheffield.ac.uk/geography/staff/dorling_danny/lectures.html

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Tackling social inequality. Will your vote make a difference?

  • 1. Tackling social inequality. Will your vote make a difference? Danny Dorling 3 March 2010 Eila Campbell Lecture Birkbeck University, London A talk in three parts Thanks to Ben Hennig for Slides, John Pritchard for many of the later cartograms and many others For the data see last slide http://sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/maps/elections/constituencies/dorling_animation.html
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  • 25. Share of all income received by the richest 1% in Britain, 1918–2009 Graph is figure 14 in “Injustice: why social inequality persists, published April 2010” Lines show pre- and post-tax shares (below). Note divergence again by 2009
  • 26. Concentration of Conservative votes, British general elections, 1918–2010 Graph is figure 14 in “Injustice: why social inequality persists, published April 2010” ? Proportion of Conservative voters to move to spread them geographically equally
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