Publications

Papers 

Hargrave, L., Smith, J. C., Valgarðsson, V., Devine, D., Bunting, H. & Leicht, C. (Forthcoming) Who is Trusted to Navigate the Storm? Gendered Leadership Preferences in Times of Crisis. Electoral Studies [paper] [replication materials]

Hargrave, L. (Forthcoming) Unity and Division in the Public's Policy Preferences After the 2024 General Election. The Political Quarterly [paper] [blog summary]

Hargrave, L. (2024) Earning Their Stripes? How Political Experience Shapes Gendered Policy Prioritisation. Legislative Studies Quarterly,  49(3):  429-454. [paper] [replication materials]

• Awarded the APSA Legislative Studies Section’s 2025 Jewell-Loewenberg Prize in Comparative Politics
  
  

Hargrave, L. & Smith, J. C. (2024) Working Hard or Hardly Working?  Gender and Voter Evaluations of Legislator Productivity. Political Behavior, 46: 909-930. [paper] [replication materials]

Hargrave, L. (2023) A Double Standard? Gender Bias in Voters' Perceptions of Political Arguments. British Journal of Political Science, 53(2): 327-245. [paper] [replication materials]

 
Hargrave, L.  & Blumenau, J. (2022) No Longer Conforming to Stereotypes? Gender, Political Style, and Parliamentary Debate in the UK. British Journal of Political Science, 52(4): 1584-1601. [paper] [replication materials]

Hargrave, L. & Langengen, T. (2021) The Gendered Debate: Do Men and Women Communicate Differently in the House of Commons? Politics & Gender, 17(4): 580-606. [paper] [blog summary]

Book chapters 

Curtice, J., Fisher, S., Hargrave, L. & English, P. (2025) How Geography Decisively Shaped the Outcome of the 2024 Election. In The British General Election of 2024 (eds. Ford, R., Bale, T. , Jennings, W. and Surridge, P.) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 565-616. [book]

Curtice, J., Fisher, S., Hargrave, L. & English, P. (2025) Further Analysis of the Results. In The British General Election of 2024 (eds. Ford, R., Bale, T. , Jennings, W. and Surridge, P.) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 651-722. [book]

Curtice, J., Fisher, S., Hargrave, L. & English, P. (2025) The Voting Statistics. In The British General Election of 2024 (eds. Ford, R., Bale, T. , Jennings, W. and Surridge, P.) London: Palgrave Macmillan, 723-767. [book]

Hargrave, L. (2019) Marion Fellows. In The Honourable Ladies: Volume II Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019 (eds. Dale, I. and Smith, J. ) Hull: Biteback Publishing, 655-656. [book]