Ipsos published estimates of how different groups voted at the 2024 general election, based on a survey of more than 17,000 adults carried out in the days after polling day.
The findings are widely used in analysis of voting behaviour. The 2024 election can serve as the case study of an election since 1997 that the specification requires.
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These estimates are some of the strongest evidence that age has replaced class as the main social dividing line in British voting. They are essential for questions on class dealignment and on the relative importance of social factors, and they show Reform UK’s support among groups that once leaned Labour or Conservative.
The figures come from a survey weighted to the result and are subject to a margin of error. They should be described as estimates, not counts.
Housing tenure, education and region are linked to class. A weaker direct class effect may hide class influence operating through these.
The gap between AB and C2DE turnout suggests class may matter more for whether people vote than for how they vote.
The facts and their significance still stand.
The standard source for social patterns in a recent election, with a large published sample.
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