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Location: 3.01, 31 Tavistock Square
Telephone:听020 3108 1879 (Internal: 51879)
贰尘补颈濒:听tom.fleming@ucl.ac.uk
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Career
Tom Fleming is a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. He joined the Constitution Unit in September 2021. His research largely focuses on parliament, but he has also written on a number of other topics including cabinet reshuffles and constitutional reform processes. Tom has provided evidence to several recent parliamentary inquiries in the UK.
Before joining UCL, Tom was a Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of York between 2020 and 2021. Prior to that, he completed a doctorate in Politics at the University of Oxford.
Research
Tom鈥檚 research focuses largely on legislative politics, from both a British and comparative perspective.
His recent work has focused particularly on understanding how parliamentary rules are chosen and reformed. As part of this research agenda, Tom is currently leading the ESRC-funded project 'The Politics of Parliamentary Procedure'. He also jointly runs the project, which collects and publishes data on formal parliamentary rules in the UK and beyond. Tom鈥檚 doctorate explored how legislative politics might be changed by voters鈥� waning attachments to political parties.
Beyond this, Tom has also written on a range of other related topics. In particular, his recent projects have explored the government鈥檚 power to prorogue parliament, the Johnson government鈥檚 proposals for establishing a Constitution, Democracy, and Rights Commission, and the causes and consequences of cabinet reshuffles.
- Publications
- Fleming, T. G., Hix, S., and Zubek, R. (2024)听鈥樷��,听Legislative Studies Quarterly. Early View.
- Fleming, T. and Kelly, H. (2024)听Delivering House of Commons Reform: What Works?听London:听Constitution Unit.
- Barrie, C., Fleming, T. G., and Rowan, S. S. (2024) 鈥樷��, British Journal of Political Science. 54(2), pp. 456鈥�473.
- Fleming, T. G. and James, L. (2024) 鈥樷��, Parliamentary Affairs. 77(1), pp. 25鈥�45.
- Fleming, T. G. and Ghazi, T. (2023) 鈥�, The Political Quarterly. 94(3), pp. 412鈥�419.
- Fleming, T. G. (2023) 鈥樷��, Political Studies. 71(3), pp. 935颅鈥�955.
- Schleiter, P. and Fleming, T. G. (2023) 鈥樷��,听British Politics. 18(1), pp. 21鈥�39.
- Fleming, T. G. (2022) 鈥樷��,听Legislative Studies Quarterly. 47(3), pp. 505鈥�538.听
- Fleming, T. G., Gonz谩lez-Bustamante, B., and Schleiter, P. (2022) 鈥樷��, Government and Opposition. FirstView.
- Fleming, T. G. (2022) 鈥樷��, Political Studies. 70(1), pp. 195鈥�215.
- Schleiter, P. and Fleming, T. G. (2021) 鈥樷��, The Political Quarterly, 92(1), pp. 83鈥�84.
- Schleiter, P. and Fleming, T. G. (2021) 鈥樷��, The Political Quarterly, 92(1), pp. 74鈥�79.
- Fleming, T. G. and Schleiter, P. (2021) 鈥樷��, Parliamentary Affairs. 74(4), pp. 964鈥�978.
- Fleming, T. G. (2021) 鈥樷��, Parliamentary Affairs. 74(4), pp. 943鈥�963.
- Schleiter, P. and Fleming, T. G. (2020) 鈥樷��, The Political Quarterly, 91(3), pp. 641鈥�648.
- Goet, N. D., Fleming, T. G., and Zubek, R. (2020) 鈥樷��, Legislative Studies Quarterly, 45(1), pp. 35鈥�67.
- Fleming, T. G. (2019) 鈥樷��, European Journal of Political Research, 58(2), pp. 536鈥�556.
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- Blog posts
听 Petra Schleiter听and听Thomas Fleming听examine the power to prorogue parliament. They outline the legal basis of prorogation, survey how it is used in the UK and other Westminster systems, and discuss how the UK could reform its prorogation process.听听 The UK government has the power to suspend parliament, in a process known as prorogation. Prorogation is [鈥
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Teaching
听Tom is co-teaching two undergraduate modules in the academic year 2024/25: British Politics and Introduction to Politics.