2024 General Election Conference

Loughborough University's Centre for Research in Communication and Culture and Ipsos in conjunction with the British Polling Council present The 2024 UK General Election Conference.

The latest in a series of post-mortems that date back to the 1979 election and which each have produced the Political Communication books (the most recent of which was published by Springer), the gathering will hear from those who contested, reported, and analysed another momentous campaign.

Dedicated sessions will explore the role of the parties, media and polling and examine the issues and personalities that shaped and defined the election.

This conference brings together various leading experts to reflect on their experiences of the 2024 General Election.

Confirmed participants so far include Simon Atkinson (Chief Knowledge Officer, Ipsos), Ric Bailey (Chief Political Adviser, BBC), Tim Bale (Queen Mary London), Jen Birks (University of Nottingham), David Deacon (Loughborough University), James Dennis (University of Portsmouth), Ivor Gaber (University of Sussex), Isla Glaister (Data and Elections Editor, Sky News), Mirander Green (Financial Times), Emily Harmer (University of Liverpool), Lord Hayward (Conservatives), Emma Hoskyns (Head of Special Events, ITV News), Dan Jackson (Bournemouth University), Kishan Koria (Editor, ITV Peston), Beth Kuenhel Mann (Senior Research Executive, YouGov), Sarah Ledoux (YouGov/ University of Manchester), Liam McLoughlin (University of Liverpool), Roger Mortimore (King's College London), Nathan Ritchie (Loughborough University), David Smith (University of Leicester), Ros Southern (University of Liverpool), Paula Surridge (University of Bristol), Luke Tryl (Director, More in Common), Alex Wilson AM (Reform UK), Dominic Wring (Loughborough University)