My tribute to Byron Criddle

Byron Criddle, whose work on profiles on MPs particularly within the context of the British Election Studies, passed away last weekend.

A politics lecturer at Aberdeen University, Byron Criddle will be best remembered for his collection of profiles of MPs, which were accurate, informative, and gave interesting information yet were impartial and thus a crucial contribution to psephology. He also contributed to the British Election Studies from 1974 onwards, giving detailed and meticulous accounts of the political effects of boundary changes, selection battles, the changing profiles of Parliament as a whole, and much, much more. 

Farewell, Dr Criddle. Your detailed analyses were an inspiration to my own analyses of general elections, both quantiative and qualitative, and helped spark my passion for psephology.

In memory of Byron Criddle, psephologist and lecturer, born 1942, who departed this life on 22 January 2021, aged 78 years.

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