Dr Melvin Wingfield

Job: Senior Research Fellow

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: Leicester Castle Business School

Research group(s): Local Governance Research Unit

Address: De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 207 8781

E: wba@dmu.ac.uk

W: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/pol

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Publications and outputs

Are Independent Councillors Really Conservatives in Disguise?
Are Independent Councillors Really Conservatives in Disguise? Copus, Colin; Wingfield, M. A feature of English local political folk-lore is the belief among national political parties, that Independent councillors are Conservatives in disguise. Yet, little evidence is given to support this idea because little is known about these councillors’ beliefs and assumptions or how they distinguish themselves from the party politics they eschew. In this paper we address the question: Are all Independent councillors really Conservatives? The paper answers the question by reporting the finings of research conducted among Independent and Conservative councillors in England to explore the complex, multi-dimensional and fluid world that is Independent politics. The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm: why we need councillors and councils
Repoliticising and redemocratising local democracy and the public realm: why we need councillors and councils Copus, Colin; Sweeting, David; Wingfield, M.
A Place to Party?: Parties and Nonpartisanship in Local Government
A Place to Party?: Parties and Nonpartisanship in Local Government Copus, Colin; Wingfield, M.; Steyvers, Kristof; Reynaert, Herwig
Are governmental culture departments important? An empirical investigation.
Are governmental culture departments important? An empirical investigation. Gray, Clive; Wingfield, M.
Preventing Support for Violent Extremism through Community Interventions: A Review of the Evidence - Rapid Evidence Assessment Full Final Report
Preventing Support for Violent Extremism through Community Interventions: A Review of the Evidence - Rapid Evidence Assessment Full Final Report Pratchett, Lawrence; Thorp, Leila; Wingfield, M.; Lowndes, Vivien; Jabbar, Ruby
The barriers to local e-democracy in the UK
The barriers to local e-democracy in the UK Pratchett, Lawrence; Wingfield, M.; Karakaya Polat, Rabia
Electronic voting in the United Kingdom: lessons and limitations from the UK experience
Electronic voting in the United Kingdom: lessons and limitations from the UK experience Pratchett, Lawrence; Wingfield, M.
Balancing security and simplicity in e-voting: is there an effective compromise?
Balancing security and simplicity in e-voting: is there an effective compromise? Fairweather, N. Ben, 1966-; Pratchett, Lawrence; Wingfield, M.; Rogerson, Simon

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Research interests/expertise

Local politics
Councillors
Research methods

Areas of teaching

British Politics
Research Methods
Governance

Qualifications

Labour Studies Diploma, Ruskin College, Oxford, BSocSci University of Birmingham, PhD De Montfort University.

Courses taught

Popp 1102, Popp 1407

Membership of professional associations and societies

Political Studies Association.