Election Case Study Evidence Flashcards
What % of ABC1 voters voted for the Conservatives in 1983? What % voted for Labour? - Elections Evidence
55% of ABC1 voters voted for the Conservatives in 1983, with only 16% voting for Labour.
What % of women voted for the Conservatives in 1983 compared to the % voting for them in 1974? - Elections Evidence
46% of women voted for the Conservatives in 1983, compared to 39% in 1974.
What % of DE voters voted for the Conservatives in 1983? - Elections Evidence
33% of DE voters (traditionally Labour supporting) voted for the Conservatives in 1983.
What % of the vote did the Alliance take in 1983? What % of seats did this translate to? - Elections Evidence
The Alliance took 25.4% of the vote, only translating into 23 seats.
What % of the vote in London did Labour take in 1997? - Elections Evidence
Labour took 49% of the vote in London in 1997.
By what % did Labour’s share of the ABC1 vote rise by in 1997? - Elections Evidence
Labour’s share of the ABC1 vote rose by 12% in the 1997 General Election.
What % of over 65s voted for Labour in 1997? - Elections Evidence
41% of over 65s voted for Labour in 1997.
What was the % swing towards Labour in the 1997 General Election? How many seats gained did this translate to? - Elections Evidence
Labour achieved an 8.8% swing of the vote towards them, with this leading to an increase of 1/4 of the Commons seats on the last election.
What % of over 70s voted Conservative in 2017? - Elections Evidence
69% of over 70s votes for the Conservatives in 2017.
What % of ABC1 voters voted for Labour and the Conservatives respectively in 2017? - Elections Evidence
44% of ABC1 voters voted Conservative, while 40% voted for Labour.
What % of C2DE voters voted for Labour and the Conservatives respectively in 2017? - Elections Evidence
44% of C2DE voters voted Conservative, with 42% voting for Labour.
What % of those with degree education voted for Labour in 2017? - Elections Evidence
49% (or nearly HALF) of all degree educated voters voted for Labour in 2017.
What percentage of low skilled (GCSE or below) voters voted for the Conservatives in 2017? - Elections Evidence
55% of low skilled voters voted Conservative in 2017.
For every 10 years older a voter was in 2017, by how many percentage points did their chance of voting Conservative increase by? - Elections Evidence
For every 10 years that a voter aged by in 2017, their chances of voting Conservative increased by 9 percentage points.
