Curtice has frequently appeared on BBC News during broadcast coverage of general elections in the United Kingdom, giving his predictions of the results in 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017.[12] With David Firth he developed the methodology used in the exit poll estimation used in the general election coverage.[13] He has picked up a strong following on social media, and was mentioned frequently on Twitter during the 2017 election, though he shuns this attention, adding "I've no wish to become a media celebrity".[14]
Books
Curtice is an author and co-author of several books[15] including:
British Social Attitudes: the 24th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M. Phillips, M. Johnson and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2008[3][ISBN missing]
British Social Attitudes: the 25th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M. Phillips, and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2009[3][ISBN missing]
Revolution or Evolution?: The 2007 Scottish Elections, (with D. McCrone, N. McEwen, M. Marsh and R.Ormston), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009[3][ISBN missing]
British Social Attitudes: the 26th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M Phillips, and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2010.[3][ISBN missing]
British Social Attitudes: the 27th report (ed. with A. Park, E. Clery and C. Bryson), London: Sage, 2010[3][ISBN missing]
Curtice married Lisa Joan Riding in 1978.[2] She is a social scientist[19] who later retrained as a priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church.[20][21] They have one daughter[10] and two granddaughters.[22] He is a member of the National Liberal Club.[2]
Curtice and Riding previously lived in the West End district of Glasgow[7] but have since moved to Port Glasgow in Inverclyde due to Riding becoming the new rector of St Mary's Episcopal Church.[22]
References
^ a b cAnon (2012). "Professor John Curtice, MA(Oxon), FRSA". University of Strathclyde. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012.
^ a b c d e f g hAnon (2017). "Curtice, Prof. Sir John (Kevin)". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U256201. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ a b c d e f g h i jAnon (2008). "Staff profile of Prof. John Curtice". strath.ac.uk. Strathclyde University. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015.
^"John Curtice". natcen.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017.
^Curtice, John (25 February 2008). "Where stands the Union now? Lessons from the 2007 Scottish Parliament election". Institute for Public Policy Research. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010.
^Directory of European Political Scientists. Hans Zell Publishers. 7 November 2016. p. 100. Retrieved 22 May 2024. [ISBN missing]
^ a b cBrooks, Libby (14 June 2024). "'Uncharted waters': elections guru Prof Sir John Curtice on 4 July predictions". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
^Trewhela, Lee (11 December 2019). "Cornwall polling guru Sir John Curtice's surprise general election prediction". Cornwall Live.
^ a bCastle, Stephen (2024). "Meet the One Man Everyone Trusts on U.K. Election Nights". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024.
^ a bCrace, John (31 May 2005). "John Curtice: top tipster". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
^"CREST-Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends". web.archive.org. 2 June 2009.
^Anon (30 December 2017). "Polling expert John Curtice gets 'unanticipated' knighthood". bbc.co.uk. BBC News. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^Curtice, John; Firth, David (2008). "Exit polling in a cold climate: The BBC/ITV experience in Britain in 2005 (with discussion)". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society). 171: 509–539. doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2007.00536.x. S2CID 16758864.
^Anon (9 June 2017). "The cult of Curtice: social media love for polling guru". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^John Curtice publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
^"British Academy announces 42 new fellows". Times Higher Education. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^Anon (2024). "Dr. Lisa Curtice, Director". craighead.org.uk. Craighead Institute, Scotland. Archived from the original on 4 June 2024.
^Chakelian, Anoosh (25 March 2023). "John Curtice on how the Tories are "stuffed"". New Statesman.
^United Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, "New Priest in Charge Appointed for Heartlands Churches", 21 April 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ a bTinney, Lorraine (7 October 2024). "Top political pundit praises scenery of area as he makes Inverclyde his home" – via www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk.