2017 UK General Election

How young voters have flocked to Labour since 2015

According to new Ipsos MORI data, age has replaced class as the biggest determiner of how people vote in the UK. Labour was always a popular choice for younger voters and in 2017, the party's success can be attributed to the highest turnout of young people since 1992. As can be seen on the following infographic, young voters have flocked to Labour since 2015. Read the full story in the Independent.

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This chart shows the change in voter share between the 2015 and 2017 UK general elections.

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Distribution of General Election votes in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by age group
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Voter turnout of adults in Great Britain during the 2017 UK general election in 2017, by employment status
Voting intentions of all first-time voters who are "certain to vote" in Great Britain in 2014*
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Party voted for by Great British adults in the general elections by level of education in 2017
If you were to vote in the general election for which party would you vote?
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Number of voters in general elections by political party in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1918 to 2015 (in millions)

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