Uk Election Turnout By Year

The lib dems also saw an increase in their vote share of nine points among 35 54 year olds in social class ab.

Uk election turnout by year. The tipping point the age at which a voter is more likely to have voted conservative than labour is now 39 down from 47 at the last election. England s turnout was down on the 2017 general election from 69 1 to 67 4. Turnout at the 2019 general election was 67 3 across the uk a decrease of 1 5 percentage points from 2017 68 8 but still the second highest turnout since 1997.

In fact for every 10 years older a voter is their chance of voting tory increases by around nine points and the chance of them voting labour decreases by eight points. In july 2016 theresa may became prime minister of the united kingdom having taken over from david cameron who had resigned in the wake of the 2016 brexit referendum her party the conservative and unionist party had governed the uk since the 2010 uk general election initially in coalition with the liberal democrats and after the 2015 uk general election alone with a small majority. The november 2020 election is on track to see the highest voter turnout in 100 years in part due to early and mail in voting.

How did turnout vary by country. This insight looks at the parts of the uk where turnout was highest and lowest. Between 1922 and 1997 voter.

General election turnout since 1945 by region election year uk england wales scotland n. Turnout estimates should be treated with caution but show a broadly similar pattern to previous elections of higher turnout among older people and graduates and lower among younger people renters and bme voters. In the 2019 united kingdom general election voter turnout was 67 3 percent of eligible voters a 1 5 percent drop compared with the previous general election in 2017.