2019 General Election

• Age:

  • 56% of 18-24 - year olds voted labour (pro-remain)
  • For every 10 years older a voter was the chance of them voting Tory +9%
  • More young men voted Tory than young women
• Social class:

  • People with a low level of education voted Tory (58%)
  • Although people with a university degree were also inclined to vote Tory
• Brexit

  • 74% of leave voters voted Conservative
  • They trusted Boris Johnson to deliver brexit
• Turnout

  • 67% turnout -1.5% from 2017 , (Conservatives fo best where turnout falls)
  • Conservatives won 43% of the vote, +47 seats
  • It was bad weather, December (first time since 1923), older voters + labour voters tend to not vote.
• Region


  Northeast= 43% Labour

  Southeast= 54% Conservatives

  Scotland= 45% SNP

  Wales= 40% Labour
• Social factors

  • Conservatives breached the Labour ‘red wall’, winning seats in the North and Midlands that had been considered safe for generations 
  • Conservatives maintained areas that voted leave, Labour failed to do this in remain areas
  • Age: (similar to 2017) 56% of 18-24 year olds voted Labour, 57% of 60-69 year olds voting Conservative. 
• Results:

  • Tories: 80 seat majority 
  • Labour reduced to just 203 seats - worst defeat since 1935
  • The Liberal Democrats’ hoped for a comeback but failed - 11 seats on fewer than 2017
  • SNP dominated Scotland- 48/49 seats
• 1964 64% of DE voted Labour, and in 2019 that dropped to 34%