2024 election

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Last updated 1:44 PM on 4/26/26
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Context: C party image

  • Awful on the economy

    • Awful inflation (and shrinkflation)

    • Horrific minibudget

    • Levelling Up empty slogan in N.

  • Sunak only achieved 1 of his 5 promises

  • Immigrations seen as out of control

  • Pinchergate and Partygate

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Context: L party image

  • McSweeney had purged party of antisemites and left-wingers

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Why the election was called

  • Inflation had fallen to 2.3% so Sunak thought it would make them not lose so many seats…

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Gender

  • Little importance, only important when looking at men voting for RUK

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Class

  • Again, little importance as all parties performed equally across classes (apart from RUK 25% C1)

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Age

  • Most important long-term factor in 2024

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% of 18-24 y/o voting L

41%

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% of 70+ y/o voting L

20%

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Valence/governing competence

  • Mainly re economy

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Leaders

  • Neither popular

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2 focuses of L campaign

  1. Marginal seats

  2. ‘Change’

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Turnout

59.7%, lowest since 2001

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L seats won

411

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C seats won

121