In an established parliament any proposal for the allocation of seats will affect sitting members and their parties and is therefore likely to be evaluated by incumbents in terms of its effects on the seats that they hold. This paper evaluates the Cambridge Compromise’s formula in relation to...

This article introduces a matrix model to account for variations in turnout as a function of the interaction between individual attributes and perceptions, stressed by the Michigan model, and stimuli from political mobilization and government performance, stressed by institutional theories....