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Which age group did Labour perform better with in the 2017 UK general election?
Which age group did Labour perform better with in the 2017 UK general election?
What was the increase in turnout among under 24s from 2015 to 2017 UK general election?
What was the increase in turnout among under 24s from 2015 to 2017 UK general election?
Which party did the university-educated voters tend to support in the 2017 UK general election?
Which party did the university-educated voters tend to support in the 2017 UK general election?
Which class swung to Labour in the 2017 UK general election?
Which class swung to Labour in the 2017 UK general election?
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Which newspaper had the most pro-Conservative readership in the 2017 UK general election?
Which newspaper had the most pro-Conservative readership in the 2017 UK general election?
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Which group tended to support Labour in the 2017 UK general election?
Which group tended to support Labour in the 2017 UK general election?
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Which party did black and minority ethnic voters support in the 2017 UK general election?
Which party did black and minority ethnic voters support in the 2017 UK general election?
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Study Notes
Why People Voted the Way They Did in the UK General Election 2017
- Age was the biggest dividing factor in the 2017 UK general election, with Labour doing better among under 50s and the Tories with older voters.
- Turnout among under 24s increased by 16 percentage points from 2015 to 54%, but older people were still considerably more likely to vote.
- A university education was an indicator of how someone might have voted, with Labour and the Lib Dems doing better the more educated a voter was, while the Conservatives' support decreased.
- Class is no longer a good indicator of voting intention, with the middle classes swinging to Labour and working classes to the Conservatives.
- The Tories and Labour kept 90% of their 2015 voters, while only half of the Lib Dems' voters from last time around stayed with the party.
- Labour won among black and minority ethnic voters, with their lead increasing by six points to 54 points.
- Remainers tended to back Labour, while Leavers supported the Tories.
- The most pro-Conservative readership was the Daily Telegraph, followed by the Express and the Mail, while Guardian readers were most likely to back Labour.
- The Lib Dems' vote share was only slightly down from 2015, with roughly the same number of Labour and Tories switching to the party.
- Ipsos Mori gave the Tories a 17-point lead among people with no qualifications and a seven-point lead with voters educated to below degree level.
- Labour had a 15-point lead among graduates, according to Ipsos Mori, while YouGov gave them a 17-point lead here.
- The middle-class swung to Labour, while the working class swung to the Conservatives, reversing the traditional class divide in British politics.
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Discover the key factors behind the UK General Election 2017 results with this informative quiz. Explore how age, education, class, and Brexit influenced voters' choices and which newspapers had the most pro-Conservative readership. Test your knowledge on the latest voting trends and see if you can predict the voting behaviour of different demographics. Take the quiz now and become an expert on the 2017 UK General Election!
