Dr Thomas McMeeking

Teaching

I joined the school in 2021 as a Visiting Lecturer, and I currently am involved in the following programmes:

• LAW4003M Constitutional Law
• LAW5002M European Union Law
• LAW3004M Anatomy Of Crime
• LAW3006M Independent Project

Research

My research is multi-disciplinary, spanning both law and social sciences, involving (but not exclusively) the study of politics, political leadership, political parties, politics and the constitution, politics and European integration, and politics and crime. I am interested in personal relationships to power, whether that be within the institutions themselves (and if they are effective), between institutions, and how psychology can impact upon effective governance.

Publications and Conferences

Books

• McMeeking, T. (2021) The Political Leadership of Prime Minister John Major (Basingstoke: Palgrave: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership, 284p). Available at :https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030589370

Journals

• Heppell, T. and McMeeking, T. (2021) ‘The Conservative Party Leadership Transition from Theresa May to Boris Johnson: Party Popularity and Leadership Satisfaction’, Representation, 57, No. 1, pp. 59-73.

Chapters in Books

• McMeeking, T. (2021) ‘The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1965’, in Roe-Crines, A. and Heppell, T. (eds.), Politics and Policies under Prime Minister Edward Heath (Basingstoke: Palgrave: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership). Available at: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030536725
• Heppell, T. and McMeeking, T. (2021) ‘The Election and Re-election of Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party’, in Roe-Crines, A. (ed.), Corbynism in Perspective: The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn (New York: Columbia University Press). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/corbynism-in-perspective/9781788212915
• Heppell, T. and McMeeking, T. (2021) ‘Corbyn and Leadership Satisfaction Ratings’, in Roe-Crines, A. (ed.), Corbynism in Perspective: The Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn (New York: Columbia University Press). https://cup.columbia.edu/book/corbynism-in-perspective/9781788212915
• Heppell, T. and McMeeking, T. (2015) ‘The Oratory of John Major’ in Hayton, R. and Crines, A. (eds.), Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron (Manchester: Manchester University Press). https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719097249/
• Heppell, T. and McMeeking, T. (2015) ‘The Oratory of Hugh Gaitskell’, Hayton, R. and Crines, A. (eds.), Labour Orators from Bevan to Brown (Manchester: Manchester University Press). https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719089800/

Selected Conferences

• McMeeking, T. (2019) ‘Greenstein: The Presidential Difference and the Trump Presidency’, Political Studies Association American Studies Specialist Group Early Career Network Conference, The British Library, London, Continuity and Change in the Trump Presidency, 4 July. https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/group-events/continuity-and-change-trump-presidency
• McMeeking, T. (2019) ‘Conservative Leaders: A Personality Framework’, Political Studies Association Conservatism Studies Specialist Group Workshop, University of Hull, 13-14 June. https://www.psa.ac.uk/specialist-groups/group-events/annual-conservatism-studies-specialist-group-workshop Profiled in PSA News at: https://www.psa.ac.uk/sites/default/files/page-files/PSA%20News%20Vol30%20No3.pdf

Professional Activities

I am a member of the Political Studies Association, attending their conferences on multi-disciplinary areas of research around law, political science and political psychology.