1st Edition
Migration on the Ballot? Smethwick and the 1964 General Election
Introduction
1 ‘Smethwick…will forever be changing’: Place, continuity, and change in a Black Country town
2 Smethwick’s changing electorate: Municipal policies, demographic movement, and changing boundaries
3 Cultivating local xenophobia: Migration, activism, and Smethwick politics before 1964
4 The Lie of the Land: Smethwick and the political dynamics of the West Midlands
5 Cyphers or agents? Smethwick candidates in the ‘three-way fight’ of 1964
6 Political momentum in 1964: Reconsidering Smethwick’s year of elections
7 A Smethwick ‘effect’: Impacts and aftermath, 1964–1974
8 Interpreting Smethwick: An intellectual history
Conclusion: Smethwick as political history
Biography
Marc Collinson is Lecturer in Political History at Bangor University. His research focuses on elections, place, and governance in post-war British politics. Recent publications have explored Eton and Slough during the 1964 election and the 1965 Leyton by-election (both 2024).
