This graph shows the percentage of respondents who intend to vote in the forthcoming General Election in the United Kingdom (UK). The sample was sorted by social grade and gender. Statistically, men within the A,B and C1 brackets were 20 percent more likely to vote than women in the C2,D and E brackets.
If the UK General Election were to be held tomorrow, do you think you would vote?
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Results are sorted into NRS social grade, The grade classifactions are based on the occupation of the head of the household, equating to middle class and working class.
A: Upper middle class; workers of higher managerial, administrative or professional positions
B: Middle class; worker in intermediate managerial, administrative or professional positions
C1: Lower middle class; working in supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional positions
C2: Skilled working class; working as skilled manual workers
D: Working class; working as semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers
E: Non working; casual or lowest grade workers, pensioners, and others who depend on the welfare state for their income
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TNS BMRB. (May 16, 2016). If the UK General Election were to be held tomorrow, do you think you would vote? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/521050/perceived-likelihood-of-voting-in-the-eu-referendum-by-social-class-and-gender/
TNS BMRB. "If the UK General Election were to be held tomorrow, do you think you would vote?." Chart. May 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521050/perceived-likelihood-of-voting-in-the-eu-referendum-by-social-class-and-gender/
TNS BMRB. (2016). If the UK General Election were to be held tomorrow, do you think you would vote?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 15, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/521050/perceived-likelihood-of-voting-in-the-eu-referendum-by-social-class-and-gender/
TNS BMRB. "If The Uk General Election Were to Be Held Tomorrow, Do You Think You Would Vote?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521050/perceived-likelihood-of-voting-in-the-eu-referendum-by-social-class-and-gender/
TNS BMRB, If the UK General Election were to be held tomorrow, do you think you would vote? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/521050/perceived-likelihood-of-voting-in-the-eu-referendum-by-social-class-and-gender/ (last visited May 15, 2025)
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