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Meg Russell FBA is a constitutional scholar of British politics. [1] She is Professor of British and Comparative Politics at University College London. [2]

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Russell worked in the House of Commons and for the British Labour Party before taking up a role with UCL at the Constitution Unit. [3] In 2006 she was awarded the Richard Rose Prize from the Political Studies Association. [4] She has served as an advisor to the Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons and the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee. [3] Russell is a senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe research institute [5] and an Associate of the Institute for Government. [3] She was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2020. [6]

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