Factors effecting voting behaviour

Question 1

2017 election turnout by age

Answer 1

57% of 18-19 year olds

84% of over 70s

Question 2

2017 election votes by age

Answer 2

18-19 : 66% voted labour, 19% voted for Con and 15% voted for a small party
70+ : 19% voted Labour, 69% voted Con and 12% voted for a small party

Question 3

What increases every ten years ?

Answer 3

For every 10 years older a voter is, there chances of voting Tory increase by around 9%

Question 4

2017 Class breakdown

Answer 4

• AB : 46% voted Tory and 38% voted Labour
• DE : 41% voted Tory and 44% voted labour

This seems to be a declining factor

Question 5

Education (2017)

Answer 5

• Low levels (GCSEs or below) : 55% voted Con and 33% voted Lab
• High levels (degree or above) : 32% voted Con and 49% voted Lab

Question 6

Gender (2017 and 1979)

Answer 6

Only a very small gender gap

• 43% of women voted for Con and Lab
• 45% of men voted Con and 39% voted Lab

Women = 47% voted Con and 35% Lab 
Men = 43% voted Con and 40% Lab

Question 7

Employment status (2017)

Answer 7

Retired : 63% Con and 24% Lab
Full time work : 39% Con and 45% Lab
Student : 19% Con and 64% Lab

Question 8

Newspaper readership (2017)

Answer 8

Guardian : 73% Labour

Telegraph : 79% Con

Question 9

SNP and Lib Dem support across classes

Answer 9

LD : AB - 10%
DE - 5%

SNP : AB - 3%
DE - 5%

Question 10

Voting by region

Answer 10

• South East is prosperous and high levels of home ownership (Con perform well)
• London/ethnically diverse cities and the industrial North are more likely to vote Labour
• 2017 (only 71 seats changed hands)

Question 11

Ethnicity

Answer 11

• Labour has been associated with multiculturalism eg Race relations act
• Labour won 49/73 seats in Greater London which has a population of 45% white-British