Voting Behaviour And The Media- Social And Demographic Factors Affecting Voter Behaviour, Region

Question 1

Regional voting, significant or not?

Answer 1

Regional voting patterns appear to be significant.

Question 2

Regions to consider

Answer 2

Northeast
London
Eat midlands
Southeast
Wales
Scotland

Question 3

Which years voting by region data can we look at?

Answer 3

2019 General election

Question 4

Voting by region
Northeast
2019 General Election

Answer 4

38.3%- Conservative

42.6%- Labour

6.8%- Liberal Democrats

N/A%- SNP

Question 5

Voting by region
London
2019 General Election

Answer 5

32.0%- Conservative

48.1%- Labour

14.9%- Liberal Democrats

N/A%- SNP

Question 6

Voting by region
East Midlands
2019 General Election

Answer 6

54.8%- Conservative

31.7%- Labour

7.8%- Liberal Democrats

N/A%- SNP

Question 7

Voting by region
Southeast
2019 General Election

Answer 7

54.0%- Conservative

22.1%- Labour

18.2%- Liberal Democrats

N/A%- SNP

Question 8

Voting by region
Wales
2019 General Election

Answer 8

36.1%- Conservative

40.9%- Labour

6.0%- Liberal Democrats

N/A%- SNP

Question 9

Voting by region
Scotland
2019 General Election

Answer 9

25.1%- Conservative

18.6%- Labour

9.5%- Liberal Democrats

45.0%- SNP

Question 10

Summary of region data of 2019 General elections :

Answer 10

+ The Labour Party has strong support in London and a plurality of support in Wales and in the north of England.

+ The Conservative Party is strongly supported in the southeast of England. It also fares well in the east of England.

+ The SNP appears to dominate in Scotland.

Question 11

Vote share change between the 2017 and 2019 General elections in constituencies where 60% or more votes to Leave or Remain in the 2016 EU:

Conservatives

Answer 11

Strong Leave Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
+6.1

Strong Remain Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
-2.9

Question 12

Vote share change between the 2017 and 2019 General elections in constituencies where 60% or more votes to Leave or Remain in the 2016 EU:

Labour

Answer 12

Strong Leave Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
-10.4

Strong Remain Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
-6.4

Question 13

Vote share change between the 2017 and 2019 General elections in constituencies where 60% or more votes to Leave or Remain in the 2016 EU:

Liberal Democrats

Answer 13

Strong Leave Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
+2.6

Strong Remain Constituencies
(% change from 2017 GE)
+4.7

Question 14

Vote share change between the 2017 and 2019 General elections in constituencies where 60% or more votes to Leave or Remain in the 2016 EU

What does the data show:

Answer 14

+ The pro-Brexit Conservative Party performed better in Leave areas than in Remain areas.

+ Labour, while performing poorly overall in 2019, did far worse in Leave-voting constituencies.

+ The Liberal Democrats, who campaigned to ‘Stop Brexit’, did better in Remain constituencies than in Leave constituencies.

Question 15

Regional voting role

Answer 15

Region plays an important part in the way people vote, but perhaps it is too closely linked to economic conditions and to class to be considered the sole determinant of voting behaviour.

Now that the UK has left the EU, it is difficult to determine how important the issue of Brexit will be in perpetuating regional voting patterns.