Demographics and the Election

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I now have the raw figures. Wait a sec...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

On the class thing, Labour lost hardly any seats with large working class populations and almost no seats with predominantly working class populations; just Brum Yardley, Western Isles, Bethnal Green & Bow. Technically Blaenau Gwent as well, but that was more an internal civil war than anything else and Law has said he's going to vote with Labour most of the time. He'll get offered the whip fairly soon I think.

[minionofmidas]

Brent East.
Yeah, I know, lost at by-election.
I'm not sure if it's "predominantly" but it's certainly a large working class pop.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Gender

Men: Lab 34, Con 34, LD 22
Women: Lab 38, Con 32, LD 23

Class

AB: Con 37, LD 29, Lab 28
C1: Con 36, Lab 32, LD 23
C2: Lab 40, Con 33, LD 19
DE: Lab 48, Con 24, LD 18

Housing Tenure

Entirely owned: Con 44, Lab 29, LD 20
Mortgaged: Lab 36, Con 31, LD 25
Social Renters: Lab 55, LD 19, Con 16
Private Renters: Lab 36, LD 28, Con 26

[Notre Dame rules!]

What are social renters?  Is that Brit-speak for welfare recips or folks in the projects?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

People who rent their houses from either the local council or from local housing authorities.