Mel Kennedy

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Researcher


Mel works as a researcher at the Disability Policy Centre. She is a PhD student in the University of Liverpool’s Department of Politics. Her work focuses on voter perceptions of disabled political candidates and disability representation in politics. Mel has led on our Accessible Voting research project, as well as our research into Disabled Candidates and Disabled MPs.