C. Pattie et al., A DEBT-OWING DEMOCRACY - THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF HOUSING-MARKET RECESSION AT THE BRITISH GENERAL-ELECTION OF 1992, Urban studies, 32(8), 1995, pp. 1293-1315
The 1992 British general election took place in the context of a sever
e housing recession which hit hardest in those regions from which the
government usually drew much of its electoral support, The slump notwi
thstanding, however, the government went on to win its fourth successi
ve election victory, The paper investigates the impact of the housing
recession on the geography of the vote at the 1992 general election, P
arty fortunes were linked to local housing market conditions, and the
failure of the housing market was a factor in reducing support for the
government, Negative equity is identified as a particularly important
problem in this regard.