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May
2015
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11:27
Europe/London

Manchester Prof prepares for ITV’s election special

The University of Manchester’s Professor Jane Green is making the final preparations before she takes the hot seat in ITV’s coverage of the election night on Thursday.

The Co-Director of the British Election Study will join Political Editor Tom Bradby and News at Ten anchor Julie Etchingham as well as fellow psephologist Professor Colin Rallings, to follow the twists and turns of the closest and most unpredictable battle for Number 10 in a generation.

Expert analysis and reaction will be in high demand and the team will share their interpretation of the results as they happen.

They will be fronting ITV’s team of 120 reporters at counts across the UK, who’ll be supporting the network programme throughout the night, contributing to rolling news coverage online.

Based at ITV News’ Grays Inn Road studio Coverage begins at 9.55pm until 6am, when a special edition of Good Morning Britain with Susanna Reid will take over.

Professor Green will be turning to British Election Study data throughout the night, which has been monitoring British electoral behaviour since 1964, to give viewers an informed and impartial view of where the parties stand.

The British Election Study is run by the University of Manchester in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Nottingham.

She said: “Even at this late stage, absolutely no-one can say which way this exciting and unpredictable election will go, so viewers will quite rightly demand impartial and dependable analysis.

“There are so many unknowns: how well will the Lib Dem vote hold up? Who will be the largest party? How big will swing to the SNP eventually be in Scotland?

“We’re looking forward to finding out the answers to these and many other questions. Do join us.”

Alex Chandler, Programme Editor of ITV’s Election Programme, said: “First with the results, fast with analysis and focused on telling the story of the election as it happens, ITV’s overnight programme will guide viewers through the most complex and unpredictable race in a generation with comprehensive coverage of the battle for Number 10 and what lies ahead once the results are in.”

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