For once, it could serve the interests of the governing party to change the voting rules.
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Professor of Medieval History, University of Exeter
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Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and History, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Quantitative British Politics and Co-director of The Elections Centre, University of Exeter
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Ecological Entomologist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Victorian Culture, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Politics in the Department for Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy and Athropology, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor, Natural Environment, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter
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Professor of Law, University of Exeter
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Exeter
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Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter
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Research Impact Fellow, Green Futures Solutions and Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Environment and Civil Engineering, University of Exeter
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Professor of Climate Change, University of Exeter