Anthony King

Professor Anthony King (born 17 November 1934) is a Canadian-born professor of government in the United Kingdom at Essex University, psephologist and commentator. King gained a B.A. in History and Economics at Queen's University, Ontario, before he came to the UK as a Rhodes Scholar in the 1960s, and he initially taught at Magdalen College, Oxford, before transferring to Essex. Since 1969, he has been Professor of Government at Essex. He regularly appears on election results and their implications. On a monthly basis, he analyses political opinion polls on voting intentions for The Daily Telegraph. He has also written many books on politics and was co-editor of the Britain at the Polls series of essays and, in 2008, The British...