Index

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Afzal, Maulana Nabeel ref1, ref2

Ahmed, Nadeem ref1

Ainsley, Claire: The New Working Class ref1

Al-Madinah Institute, Coventry ref1

Amazon (online retailer) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

anti-establishment feeling ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

apprenticeships ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Asghar, Najeeda ref1

Ashton-under-Lyne ref1

asylum seekers ref1, ref2

austerity policies ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

Austin, Ian ref1

Aziz, Abdul ref1

Balls, Ed ref1, ref2, ref3

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bamford ref1

Barber, Benjamin ref1

Barber, Sir Michael ref1

Barratt Homes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bassetlaw ref1, ref2, ref3

Bates mine ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Batley and Spen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Battersea ref1, ref2

Beal, Philip ref1

Beeching cuts (1960s) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Begum, Shamima ref1

Benn, Hilary ref1

Benn, Tony ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bernstein, Howard ref1, ref2

Bethell, Jill and Tony ref1

Betjeman, John ref1

Beveridge, William ref1

Bickley, John ref1

Biden, Joe ref1, ref2, ref3

Birmingham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Bishop Auckland ref1, ref2, ref3

Blair, Tony: Alan Johnson and ref1, ref2; Boris Johnson and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Brexit and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; change agenda ref1; Corbyn and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; cultural split in Labour voting base, on ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; David Miliband and ref1, ref2; devolution agenda ref1; Ed Miliband and ref1; education policies ref1, ref2; general election (2019) and ref1, ref2; House of Lords reform ref1; immigration and ref1; Iraq War and ref1, ref2, ref3; Labour’s economic message and ref1, ref2; majority after 1997 ref1; modernization of Labour Party ref1; New Labour coalition, on break-up of ref1; New Labour record in red wall and ref1, ref2; patriotism and ref1; record criticized by subsequent Labour leaders ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; red wall, on rebuilding of ref1; Robinson and ref1; Sedgefield and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; Starmer and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Thatcher and ref1; unemployment and ref1

Blake, William ref1, ref2

Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bloodworth, James ref1

Blunkett, David ref1

Blyth Dock and Shipbuilding Company ref1

Blyth Valley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

Bolsover ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bone, Pat ref1, ref2

Boohoo ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

boundary reviews/changes ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Boyers, Martin ref1, ref2, ref3

Brabin, Tracy ref1, ref2

Bradford South ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Bradley, Ben ref1

Brexit: anti-establishment feeling and ref1; Article 50 ref1, ref2; Blair and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Blyth Valley and ref1, ref2, ref3; Boris Johnson and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12; Corbyn and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; Coventry North West and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Don Valley and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; Ed Miliband and ref1, ref2; Elliott and ref1; ethnic minorities and ref1; Farage/UKIP and see Farage, Nigel and UKIP; Fishing for Leave campaign ref1; free movement and ref1; Gateshead and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; general election (2017) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; general election (2019) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28; Gove and ref1; Grimsby and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; Labour Party and see Labour Party; Mandelson and ref1, ref2, ref3; May and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; McDonnell and ref1, ref2; North East Derbyshire and ref1, ref3, ref4, ref5; North West Durham and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; parliamentary deadlock over ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; People’s Vote campaign ref1, ref2, ref3; red wall seat definition and ref1, ref2; second referendum ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; Sedgefield and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; Starmer and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; supply chains and ref1; two nations divide and ref1; Vote Leave ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Wakefield ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; withdrawal deal ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Brexit Party ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Briggs, Charles ref1

Britishvolt ref1, ref2

Brooks, Michael ref1

Brown, Gordon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Brown, Mark ref1, ref2, ref3

Bruce, Richard ref1

BT ref1, ref2

Burdon, John ref1

Burke, Edmund ref1

Burley, Alan ref1

Burnham, Andy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Burnley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Burnley Bondholders scheme ref1

Burnley College ref1, ref2

Burnley FC ref1, ref2

Bush, George W. ref1

Business for Britain ref1

Cameron, David ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Campbell, Alan ref1, ref2, ref3

Campbell, Alastair ref1

Campbell, Deirdre ref1, ref2, ref3

Campbell, Ronnie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

carpetbagging candidates ref1

Carswell, Douglas ref1, ref2

Casey, Dame Louise ref1, ref2, ref3

centralization of decision-making ref1, ref2, ref3

Centre for Towns ref1

child sexual exploitation gangs ref1

Chipperfield, David ref1

Clarke, Simon ref1

Clarkson, Chris ref1, ref2

Cleary, Tony ref1

Cleverley, James ref1

Clinton, Bill ref1, ref2

coalition government (2010) ref1, ref2

Cod Wars ref1, ref2

collectivism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Committee on Climate Change ref1

community spirit ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27

Conisbrough ref1, ref2, ref3

Conservative Party: austerity policies see austerity policies; Brexit and see Brexit; candidate selection ref1; cultural Toryism emerging under Boris Johnson ref1; deindustrialization under see individual industry name; elections see general elections and individual election name; ethnic-minority populations and ref1; home ownership, champions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; leaders see individual leader name; leftward policy shift ref1; levelling-up agenda see levelling-up agenda; MPs kicked out by Boris Johnson ref1, ref2; National Health Service and ref1; Opinium survey of forty first-time Tory constituencies (2021) ref1; red wall gains 2017 ref1; red wall gains 2019 ref1, ref3 see also individual seat name; red wall target map for 2019 election ref4

Consett ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Consett Steel Company ref1

Cooper, Julie ref1

Cooper, Yvette ref1

COP26 climate conference ref1

Corbyn, Jeremy: Blair and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Blunkett and ref1, ref2; Blyth and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Brexit and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; Burnham and ref1; David Miliband and ref1; Ed Miliband and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; general election (2017) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; general election (2019) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; housing and ref1; IRA and ref1; Labour leadership contest (2015) and ref1, ref2; Lammy on ref1; Lavery and ref1; McDonnell and ref1; national security issues and ref1, ref2; New Labour criticized by ref1; North West Durham and ref1, ref2; patriotism and ref1; popularity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22; Robinson on ref1, ref2; Starmer and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; terrorism and ref1, ref2; Wilson and ref1, ref2, ref3; working-class voters and ref1, ref2; young voters and ref1

coronavirus pandemic ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44, ref45, ref46, ref47, ref48

cotton industry ref1, ref2

Coventry North West ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Coventry University ref1

Cowling, Simon ref1, ref2

Coyle, Diane ref1

Creagh, Mary ref1, ref2

crime ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Crosby, Sir Lynton ref1

Crosland, Anthony ref1

Crossrail Two ref1

cultural regeneration projects ref1, ref2

culture wars ref1, ref2, ref3

Cummings, Dominic ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Darlington ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

deindustrialization ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

Democratic Unionist Party ref1

Derwentside College ref1

devolution ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

Disraeli, Benjamin ref1, ref2

Doncaster North ref1, ref2, ref3

Doncaster Royal Infirmary ref1

Doncaster Sheffield Airport ref1, ref2

Don Valley ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Dronfield ref1, ref2, ref3

Dronfield Heritage Trust ref1

Dudley North ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Duffy, Gillian ref1

East Cleveland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Elddis Transport ref1

Elliott, Matthew ref1

Engel, Natascha ref1, ref2, ref3

ethnic minorities ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

European Coal and Steel Community ref1

European Economic Community (EEC) ref1, ref2

European Parliament elections: (1999) ref1; (2014) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; (2019) ref1, ref2

European Union (EU) ref1, ref2; Brexit and see Brexit; Common Fisheries Policy ref1, ref2; Common Market ref1; Eastern European countries join (1 May 2004) ref1, ref2; European elections see European elections; Lisbon Treaty ref1; Maastricht Treaty ref1; origins of ref1; UK–EU trade deal ref1, ref2

Farage, Nigel ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Ferryhill Station ref1

financial crisis (2008) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Financial Times ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Fishburn ref1

fishing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12

Fishing for Leave campaign ref1

Fleming, Carol ref1

Fletcher, Nick ref1

Flint, Caroline ref1, ref2, ref3

focus groups ref1, ref2

food poverty ref1

Foot, Michael ref1, ref2

Forshaw, Gary ref1

free market ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Freeman, Steve ref1, ref2

Gaitskell, Hugh ref1

garden festivals ref1

Gateshead ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

general elections: (1951) ref1; (1979) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; (1983) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; (1992) ref1, ref2, ref3; (1997) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; (2001) ref1, ref2; (2005) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; (2010) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15; (2015) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28; (2017) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43, ref44, ref45, ref46, ref47, ref48, ref49, ref50, ref51, ref52, ref53, ref54, ref55; (2019) Brexit and see Brexit; Conservative Party manifesto ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Conservative Party red wall gains ref1, ref2; Conservative Party red wall target map ref3; Corbyn and see Corbyn, Jeremy; election campaign ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19; election night ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; Johnson and see Johnson, Boris; Labour manifesto ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; red wall seats and see individual seat name

gentrification ref1, ref2

Golby, Clare ref1

Good Work report ref1

Gove, Michael ref1

Grainger, Julie ref1

Gray, John ref1, ref2, ref3

Greater Manchester ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13

Great Grimsby ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Great Yorkshire Way ref1

green belt ref1

Green Book ref1

green energy ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Green New Deal ref1

Greggs ref1, ref2

Grimsby Town Football Club ref1

Halfon, Rob ref1

Hanretty, Chris ref1, ref2

Harrison, Walter ref1

Hartlepool ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Hartley Colliery ref1

Heath, Ted ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Henry Moore Institute ref1

Hepworth, Barbara ref1, ref2

Hepworth Gallery Wakefield ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Heron Foods ref1

Heseltine, Michael ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Heywood and Middleton ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Higginbotham, Antony ref1, ref2

High Speed 2 ref1, ref2

Hill, Mike ref1

Hinchliffe, David ref1, ref2, ref3

Holden, Richard ref1, ref2

Homes England ref1

Hornsea One ref1

Houchen, Ben ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

housing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42; council housing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14; social housing ref1

Howell, Paul ref1

Hudson, Neal ref1

Hughes, Eddie ref1

Hughes, Michael ref1, ref2

Hymer, Erwin ref1

identity politics ref1, ref2, ref3

immigration ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

individualism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

infrastructure ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27

International Cuisine ref1

iPort ref1, ref2, ref3

Iraq War (2003) ref1, ref3, ref4

Islam ref1, ref2

isolation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

Ivanhoe Community Centre ref1

Jackson, Dan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Jacques, Brian ref1

Javid, Sajid ref1, ref2, ref3

Jeffcote, John ref1, ref2, ref3

Johnson, Alan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Johnson, Boris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22; Blair and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Brexit and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12; ‘Build Back Better’ pledge ref1; Cabinet ref1; campaigner, effective ref1; climate change and ref1, ref2; communication skills ref1; Conservative Party leadership contest (2019), wins ref1; Conservative Party MPs kicked out of Party by ref1; coronavirus and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; cultural Toryism emerges under ref1; culture wars and ref1, ref2; desire to be liked ref1; devolution and ref1; election victory (2019) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; electoral pledges ref1; electoral success ref1, ref2; Farage and ref1, ref2; fishing deal, signs with EU ref1, ref2; ‘full devolution’, pledges ref1; Gray on ref1; Grimsby Fish Market, visits ref1; Hartlepool by-election (2021) and ref1, ref2; hospitals, pledge to build new ref1; housing and ref1; Johnsonian Conservatism ref1; levelling up agenda and see levelling-up agenda; London mayor ref1, ref2; majority without red wall gains ref1; optimism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; policing and ref1; political ideology ref1; popularity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; race to succeed ref1; Sedgefield, visits ref1; Starmer and ref1, ref2; Thatcher and ref1, ref2; underestimation of ref1; working-class voters and ref1

Johnson, Samuel ref1

Kanagasooriam, James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Khan, Imran Ahmad ref1

Khan, Karim ref1

Khan, Sadiq ref1, ref2

Killamarsh Heritage Society ref1

Kilroy-Silk, Robert ref1

Kinnock, Neil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Kumari, Pooja ref1

Kwarteng, Kwasi ref1, ref2

LabourList ref1

Labour Party: age differential in voters ref1; Blair and see Blair, Tony; Brexit and see Brexit; centralization of decision-making and ref1, ref2, ref3; Corbyn and see Corbyn, Jeremy; cultural split in voting base ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; David Miliband and see Miliband, David; economic message ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25; Ed Miliband and see Miliband, Ed; ethnic minorities and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; European Parliament elections see European Parliament elections; financial crisis (2008) and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; general elections see general elections; housing and see housing; immigration and see immigration; individualism and see individualism; jobs market and ref1; leadership contest (2010) ref1, ref2; leadership contest (2015) ref1, ref2; leadership contest (2020) ref1; left–right divide within ref1, ref2; left-wing activist base ref1, ref2, ref3; local elections and see local elections; manifesto (2017) ref1, ref2, ref3; manifesto (2019) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; New Labour and see New Labour; Opinium survey of forty first-time Tory constituencies (2021) and ref1; rebuilding red wall ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22; red wall constituencies definition and ref1; red wall seats and see individual seat name; security, building a narrative around ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Starmer and see Starmer, Keir; trust breakdown between traditional supporters and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12; turnout in red wall seats and ref1; Workington Man and ref1

Lammy, David ref1

Lanchester Wines ref1, ref2

Lansman, Jon ref1

Lavery, Ian ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Leeds ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17

Leeds Art Gallery ref1

Leese, Richard ref1, ref2

Leicester East ref1

Leicester West ref1

Leigh ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

levelling-up agenda ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34; levelling-up fund ref1

Levido, Isaac ref1

Levy, Ian ref1, ref2, ref3

Liberal Party ref1, ref2, ref3

Liberal Democrat ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

liberalization of society ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

local elections: (2016) ref1; (2021) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

local government ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

local identity ref1, ref2

London Bridge terror attack (2017) ref1

loneliness ref1, ref2, ref3

Long-Bailey, Rebecca ref1

Lowes, Brian and Janine ref1, ref2, ref3

Macmillan, Harold ref1, ref2

Mahmood, Arshad ref1

Mahmood, Fazal ref1

Mandelson, Peter ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Mansfield ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

manufacturing ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29

Marching to the Fault Line (Beckett/Hencke) ref1

May, Theresa ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26

McDonnell, John ref1

McElearney, Barry and Irene ref1, ref2

McNichol, Carol ref1

Merriman, Huw ref1

‘metro lands’ ref1

metro mayors ref1, ref2

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Midlands Engine ref1

Milburn, Alan ref1, ref2

Miliband, David ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Miliband, Ed ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

Milne, Eddie ref1

mining ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39; miners’ strike (1984) ref1, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Mitchell, Austin ref1

Mondeo Man ref1

Moore, Barbara ref1, ref2

Moore, Barry ref1

Moore, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Morrison, Herbert ref1

Mosley, Oswald ref1

Motorway Man ref1

MPs expenses scandal ref1, ref2

Mummery, June ref1, ref2

Nandy, Lisa ref1, ref2, ref3

National Health Service (NHS) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

National Minimum Wage ref1, ref2

National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) ref1, ref2, ref3

Neil, Andrew ref1

Newcastle ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

New Labour ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; asylum seekers and ref1; Boris

Johnson’s domestic policy and ref1; Brexit and ref1, ref2; centralization of decision-making and ref1; cities, focus on ref1; cultural attitudes ref1; economic competence, reputation for ref1, ref2; education policies ref1, ref2; general election (1997) ref1, ref2; Labour leadership contest (2010) and ref1; legacy criticized by leaders following Blair and Brown ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; modernization agenda ref1, ref2; Mondeo Man and ref1; northern England, legacy in ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15; Sedgefield and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; voter coalition (Hampstead–Humberside alliance) ref1, ref2, ref3

Newton Aycliffe ref1, ref2

new towns ref1, ref2, ref3

Nici, Lia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Nissan ref1, ref2, ref3

North East Derbyshire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

North East Technology Park (NETPark) ref1, ref2

Northern Powerhouse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Northumberland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Northumberland Line railway ref1

North West Durham ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

nostalgia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

Nuneaton ref1, ref2, ref3

Ohio, US ref1

Oliver, Robert ref1

O’Neill, Jim ref1

O’Neill, Con ref1

Onn, Melanie ref1, ref2

Opinium survey of forty first-time Tory constituencies (2021) ref1

optimism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21

Ørsted ref1

Osborne, George ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

Owatemi, Taiwo ref1

Owen, Vera ref1

Padiham ref1, ref2

Pakistan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Patel, Priti ref1, ref2

patriotism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Payne, Bronwen ref1, ref2, ref3

Payne, Charles Trevor ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Peacock, Elizabeth ref1

People’s Vote campaign for second referendum ref1, ref2, ref3

Peterborough ref1, ref2

Pheby, Helen ref1, ref2

Pidcock, Laura ref1, ref2, ref3

populism ref1, ref2, ref3

Post Office ref1

poverty ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16

poverty of aspiration ref1

Powell, Enoch ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

Preston ref1

Priestley, J. B.: English Journey ref1, ref2

productivity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10

Project Genesis ref1

Putney ref1

Radford ref1

Rayner, Angela ref1, ref2

Reckless, Mark ref1

Redcar ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

red wall seats: categories of ref1; Conservative Party gains 2017 ref1; Conservative Party gains 2019 ref1, ref3; Conservative Party research into ref4, ref5; Conservative Party target map for 2019 election and ref1; criteria that define ref1, ref2; distribution of seats ref1, ref2; elections and see general elections and individual election name; generational shift or one-off event, turnover in seats as ref1, ref2; Kanagasooriam model of ref1, ref2, ref3; Labour Party retention of seats in 2019 election ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; Labour Party possibility of rebuilding ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20; New Labour legacy in see New Labour; Opinium survey of forty first-time Tory constituencies in (2021) ref1; pandemic and see coronavirus; turnout in ref1; Thatcher’s legacy in see Thatcher, Margaret; typical marginals and ref1. See also individual seat name

Reid, Suzanne ref1

regional assemblies ref1

RenewableUK ref1, ref2

Richards, Stephen ref1

Ridley, Gary ref1

Ridley, Matt ref1

Right to Buy ref1, ref2, ref3

Robinson, Geoffrey ref1, ref2

Rolls-Royce ref1, ref2

Rother Valley ref1, ref2, ref3

Rotheram, Steve ref1

Rowley, Lee ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Rudd, Amber ref1

Runnymede Trust ref1

Safran Nacelles ref1

Samuel Smith pubs ref1

Scargill, Arthur ref1

Scotland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Scott, George Gilbert ref1

Scottish Conservatives ref1

Scottish National Party (SNP) ref1, ref2

Second World War (1939) ref1, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Sedgefield ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Sewell report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities ref1, ref2, ref3

Shotley Bridge project ref1

Sikh community ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Skelton, Dave ref1, ref2; Little Platoons ref1

Skinner, Dennis ref1

Social Democratic Party (SDP) ref1

socialism ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Sohal, Balbir ref1, ref2

Starmer, Keir: author interviews ref1; Blair and ref1; Brexit and ref1, ref2, ref3; Creagh on ref1; cultural issues and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; David Miliband and ref1; Ed Miliband and ref1, ref2; Flint on ref1; general election (2019) and ref1; Gove on ref1; Kinnock on ref1, ref2; Lavery and ref1; left–right divide in Labour Party voter base and ref1; left-wing activist base in Labour Party and ref1; Mandelson on ref1; McDonnell and ref1, ref2; patriotism and ref1; popularity ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; Rayner and ref1; red wall and ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Robinson on ref1; virtual tour of UK ref1

Staveley ref1

steel industry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22

Street, Andy ref1, ref2, ref3

Stuart, Gisela ref1

Stubbs, Vivian ref1

Sultana, Zarah ref1

Sunak, Rishi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7

supply chains ref1, ref2

Sure Start programme ref1, ref2, ref3

Survation ref1

Tatoli, Frank ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Taylor, Matthew ref1

Tebbit, Norman ref1, ref2, ref3

Thatcher, Margaret ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29, ref30, ref31, ref32, ref33, ref34, ref35, ref36, ref37, ref38, ref39, ref40, ref41, ref42, ref43

Timothy, Nick ref1

Todmorden Curve ref1

Toulson, Emma ref1

Tow Law ref1

towns fund ref1, ref2, ref3

towns, importance of ref1

transport links ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

Trimdon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Trump, Donald ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9

UKIP (UK Independence Party) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14

unemployment ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18

United States Presidential Election: (2016) ref1; (2020) ref1, ref2, ref3

university education ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5

University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) ref1

Velocity Composites ref1

Verdion ref1

Vote Leave ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Wakefield ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Wales ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Wallis, Simon ref1, ref2, ref3

Walsall North ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Wansbeck ref1

Warsi, Sayeeda ref1

WASPI women compensation ref1

Webbe, Claudia ref1

Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin ref1

West Cumbria Coal Mine project ref1

West Marsh ref1

West Midlands Mayor ref1, ref2

West Wylam ref1, ref2

West Yorkshire ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11

Wigan ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6

Williams, Jennifer ref1

Williamson, Gavin ref1

Williams-Walker, Shelley ref1

Wilson, Harold ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4

Wilson, Phil ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8

Wimpey ref1, ref2

wind farms ref1, ref2, ref3

Wolf, Rachel ref1, ref2, ref3

Workington Man ref1

Wynee, Jayne ref1

Yorkshire Sculpture Park ref1, ref2, ref3

Youngstown, Ohio ref1

zero-hours contracts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8