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Voting Behaviour

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Voting Behaviour

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    1. Voting Behaviour

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    3. 1. Introduction

    4. Some Basic Considerations Relative Parameters of Party Support Fluctuations within the parameters Problem of distinguishing between temporary and long term changes in party support

    5. Influences on Voters Social Class Employment Sector National/Regional Location Housing Tenure Age Sex Religion/Ethnicity

    6. 2. Participation Post-War Average circa 73 per cent Highest 84.0 per cent, 1950 Lowest 59.4 per cent, 2001 1992, 77.7 per cent

    7. 1992-1997 Conservative Vote 14.1 m to 9.6m Labour Vote 11.6m to 13.5 m LibDems 6.0m to 5.2m Referendum Party 0.8m from Labour 1.5m from Conservatives Conservative Abstention around 1.0 m.

    8. 3 Results 1992- 2005

    9. 4 Voting by Social Class

    10. Social Class Distribution of the electorate A. Upper Managerial 4% B Lower Managerial & Professional 25% C1 Other Non-Manual 22% C2 Skilled Manual Workers 27% D Semi-Skilled Manual Workers 16% Unskilled Manual Workers 5% Other 1%

    11. Voting by Social Class, 2005

    12. Class Voting by Con Lead over Lab Oct 1974-2005

    13. Voting by House Tenure 2001

    14. 5. Voting by the Nations and Regions

    15. Voting by Nation 2005

    16. Voting by Nation 2005: Northern Ireland 2001 & 2005

    17. Turnout Nations, 2005

    18. Voting By English Regions 2005 (a)

    19. Voting By English Regions 2005 (b)

    20. 6 Voting by Sex, 1992, 2001 & 2005

    21. 7 Voting By Age, 2005

    22. Turnout By Age, 2005

    23. 8 Religion and Ethnicity Northern Ireland, especially Ethnic Minorities

    24. 9 Conclusions Class remains the basis of voting behaviour ...but there has been a measure of class dealignment Decline in strength of party identification Voters are become more instrumental A general rise in support for Third Parties

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