Class and age in 1997 vs 2017 & 2019 gen elec.

Question 1

give stats to show that class dealignment is prevalent in the recent voting behaviour trends. of the C2DE class for Labour?

Answer 1

1997
over 50% voter turnout from C2DE for Lab. but 37% turnout for cons.

2017
C2DE for lab = 42% ; cons C2 class ; up from 27% to 47%.

2019 
C2DE for lab = less than 40% whereas Cons gain across all social classes with over 40% turnout even in C2DE = class dealignment

Question 2

1997 north region Turnout for labour?

Answer 2

over 60% = traditional party voting (may have been exaggerated by tony blairs new labour campaign)

Question 3

traditional region voting aligned with class in 1997 how?

Answer 3

over 60% of NE voters turnout for lab. - in line with over 50% in C2DE for lab.

over 40% of AB class vote cons (despite strong tony blair new labour campaign) - predominantly located in south where over 40% of SE eng voters vote cons.

Question 4

significance of age in the 2019 and 2017 election?

Answer 4

18-24 yr olds vote labour by over 55% in both 2019 and 17, less than 21 % voted for cons.

over 70’s vote at values above 60% for both elections

Question 5

significance of relationship between age and region in 2019 election?

Answer 5

Greater London has a significantly high proportion of young adult pop. , could be linked to the success in gaining more seats than any other party
+ won 55/77 student seats in the UK.

Question 6

how has ethnicity influenced voting behaviour and has it changed since the late 20th century?

Answer 6

2017; over 70% BME vote labour and nearly 50% white people vote cons.

2019 ; fall in BME votes for Labour to 64% and cons gained 1% in BME voter turnout and also gained 48% amongst white voter turnout.

Question 7

why might one argue that party leaders are important factors that influence voting behaviour?

Answer 7

In a poll taken on the morning of the 2019 general election, only 17% of the participants deemed Jeremy Corbyn to be a ‘competent leader’. resulting in only 32.2% of the seats and a vote share loss of 7.8%

in direct contrast to 2017 election where he was seen as a suitable leader to many labour voters ; via social media use and successful campaign that appealed to young BME voters. with 1.1million likes on social media compared to May’s 410,000 - celebrity support for corbyn. Gained 40% of the seats , gain of 9.5% seen as a victory despite not winning.

Question 8

turnout by young vs old in 2017 election ?

Answer 8

2017
less than 60% turnout
over 70’s at 84%.