UK voter behaviour revision grid

1979 1997 2017 2019

Turnout • 76% • 71.4% • 68.7% • 67.3%

Class • Conservatives did better in • Conservatives lead AB (41- • Almost no evidence of class • Conservatives m
Expected ABC1 (51-24) 31) based voting in working class
Not • Labour did better in DE (49- • Labour led DE (59-27) • Conservatives lead AB (46- • Conservatives w
expected 34) • Labour gained across all 38) and C2 voters (47-40) class
social classes • Labour lead C1s (43-41) and • Conservatives le
DEs (44-41) voters (43-33)
• Conservatives le
C2DEs (48-33)


Age • Conservatives won all • Labour did well in every age • Very significant factor • Labour and cons
• 18-24 (42-41) bracket • Conservative and labour crossover takes
• 25-34 (38-24) • Labour led 18-24 (49-27) crossover takes place at 47 • Conservatives le
• Labour led 18-24 (66-19) 14)
• Conservatives led 70+ (69- • labour led 18-24
19)
• Labour got more votes up
till the 50-59 category


Gender • Slight preference amongst • Men slightly preferred labour • Women equally split (43- • Slight preferenc
women for conservatives (43- (45-44) 43) men for conserv
37) • Women slightly preferred • Men had a slight preference 44)
• Men preferred labour (40-35) conservatives (33-31) for the conservatives (45- • Slight preferenc
39) women for labo