Race, ethnicity, immigration and the British general election Jupp, James 10.4225/03/590c09e0c7a66 https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Race_ethnicity_immigration_and_the_British_general_election/4976021 The 2005 election in Britain saw Labour under Tony Blair lose 47 seats, yet still comfortably retain Government. This article explores the influence of immigration issues and ethnic communities’, voting patterns on the election outcomes. It concludes that Labour was able to neutralise public concern about the management of immigration by introducing a series of control measures prior to the election. Copyright. Monash University and the author/s 2017-05-05 04:18:02 monash:64065 Australia 1959.1/481243 Immigration issues journal article Election outcomes 1039-4788 Ethnic communities