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TLC Zoom
Wednesday 17th January 2024 @ 18:00 GMT
Peter Kellner CBE
Figuring out the coming British election
2024 will be another unforgettable year and I don’t need to be a fortune teller to guarantee that prediction.
TLC will be looking at many of the crucial issues that we face and without doubt the General Election, when it comes, is likely to be siesmic.
So, who better to guide us other than the renowned and hugely respected psephologist – Peter Kellner CBE
With his vast experience Peter will provide an analysis of the various possible outcomes, rather than a discussion of the parties’ rival programmes. He will expand on a range of options and scenarios and then discuss in more detail the various winning posts (in terms of both votes and seats), related matters such as tactical voting and also Scotland; and how to make sense of the polls. This is SERIOUSLY not to be missed.
Biography
Peter Kellner CBE is a political analyst, Visiting Scholar at Carnegie Europe and former President of the pioneering online survey research company, YouGov.
He was Chairman of YouGov from 2001-7 and President from 2007-16. He was named as Chairman of the Year in the 2006 Quoted Companies Alliance awards.
He has written for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the Times, Sunday Times, Independent, Observer, Evening Standard, New Statesman and Prospect. He has also been a regular contributor to Newsnight (BBC2), A Week in Politics (Channel Four), Analysis (Radio Four) and BBC TV election night results programmes. He has written, and contributed to, a variety of books and leaflets about politics, elections and public affairs. He was awarded Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards in 1978.
Peter has also been a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Policy Studies Institute, London, and served as a member of committees set up by the Economic and Social Research Council to commission research into elections and social exclusion. He received a Special Recognition Award from the Political Studies Association in 2011.
Peter has served as a trustee with various charities, including Action on Smoking and Health, the National Literacy Trust, the Hansard Society, UpRising (a mentoring charity) and NIESR, the National Institute for Economic and Social Research. He has also chaired the Royal Commonwealth Society (2009-13) and NCVO, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (2016-19). He was awarded his CBE in the 2023 New Year honours list for his services to charity.
Before joining YouGov, he acted as a consultant on public opinion research to a number of organisations, including the Bank of England, Corporation of London, Foreign Office, National Westminster Bank and Trades Union Congress.
