✅Voting behaviour (age)

How 18-24 y/os voted 2024

• 41% labour, 16% lib dem, 8% conservative

How 65+ y/os voted 2024

• 22% labour, 11% lib dem, 41% conservative

Why age has become the main dividing line in voting behaviour:

Reflects shifting economic position of Britain.

The rise of the gig economy

As people age they acquire more assets

Young voters are less likely to vote,

how has the shifting economic position of Britain made age a main dividing line in voting behaviour?

• In the 80-90s, Britain moved from an industrial economy to a services-based economy, meaning fewer jobs in 'class-based' sectors + more focus on office-based jobs where position comes with age

how the rise in the gig economy has made age a dividing line in voting behaviour

• focuses more on young people and so they aren't interested in conservative traditional policies

proof young people are less likely to vote

the 2017 'youthquake' was only 54%,