| Devolution to local government in England M Sandford House of Commons Library Briefing Paper 7029, 2016 | 106 | 2016 |
| Territory, power and statecraft: understanding English devolution S Ayres, M Flinders, M Sandford Regional Studies 52 (6), 853-864, 2018 | 99 | 2018 |
| Local government in England: structures M Sandford House Commons Libr London, 2017 | 69 | 2017 |
| The new governance of the English regions M Sandford Springer, 2005 | 50 | 2005 |
| Signing up to devolution: The prevalence of contract over governance in English devolution policy M Sandford Regional & Federal Studies 27 (1), 63-82, 2017 | 49 | 2017 |
| Policy-making ‘front’and ‘back’stage: Assessing the implications for effectiveness and democracy S Ayres, M Sandford, T Coombes The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 19 (4), 861-876, 2017 | 46 | 2017 |
| Citizen participation and changing governance: Cases of devolution in England B Prosser, A Renwick, A Giovannini, M Sandford, M Flinders, W Jennings, ... Policy & Politics 45 (2), 251-269, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Combined authorities M Sandford House of Commons Briefing Paper SN06649), Westminster, House of Commons …, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| What place for England in an asymmetrically devolved UK? M Sandford Regional Studies 36 (7), 789-796, 2002 | 36 | 2002 |
| Why are second chambers so difficult to reform? M Russell, M Sandford Journal of Legislative Studies 8 (3), 79-89, 2002 | 36 | 2002 |
| Local government: alternative models of service delivery M Sandford | 35 | 2016 |
| English regionalism through the looking glass: Perspectives on the English question from the North-East and Cornwall M Sandford National Identities 8 (1), 77-93, 2006 | 35 | 2006 |
| Directly elected mayors M Sandford London, House of Commons Library, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| The abolition of regional government M Sandford House of Commons Library Standard Note: SN/PC/05842, 2013 | 26 | 2013 |
| Local government in England: capital finance M Sandford House of Commons Library, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
| Adult social care funding (England) H Cromarty, R Harker, M Sandford House of Commons Library, 2017 | 25 | 2017 |
| Public services and local government: the end of the principle of ‘funding following duties’ M Sandford Local Government Studies 42 (4), 637-656, 2016 | 23 | 2016 |
| Conceptualising ‘generative power’: Evidence from the city-regions of England M Sandford Urban Studies 57 (10), 2098-2114, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| ‘Taking back control’, the UK’s constitutional narrative and Schrodinger’s devolution M Sandford, C Gormley-Heenan Parliamentary Affairs 73 (1), 108-126, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Elected mayors I: Political innovation, electoral systems and revitalising democracy M Sandford Local Government Studies 30 (1), 1-21, 2004 | 22 | 2004 |
