Social Class

• Social Class and voting statistics

  • In 2017; 59% of the DE social class voted for Labour.
  • In 2017; 43% of the AB social class voted Conservative.
• Voting on the basis of class has declined

  • Class dealignment; tendency for fewer people to define themselves by their class.
  • Rise of centrist policies; Liberal Democrats after the 1980s have adopted moderate centrist policies to appeal to a broad spectrum of society.
  • Rise in other influences on voter behaviour such as valence - replacing social class.
  • Rise of instrumental voting; 64% of DE social class voted for Brexit because it would benefit them, not purely because of their social class.