Lynn Bennie is Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics and Inter[1]national Relations at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests cover elections, political parties and environmental politics. Recent works include publications on the small parties in Scotland, and candidate selection for the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly. Colin Rallings is Professor of Politics and co-Director of the Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre at the University of Plymouth. Jonathan Tonge is Professor of Politics and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at the University of Salford. He has recently completed three ESRC projects on political parties in Northern Ireland. Paul Webb is Professor of Politics at the University of Sussex. His research interests focus on representative democracy, particularly party and electoral politics.