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Working-class Conservatism In the Early Twentieth Century Working-class Conservatism In the Early Twentieth Century
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Non-class Issues in the Early Twentieth Century Non-class Issues in the Early Twentieth Century
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Elections and Voting Between the Wars Elections and Voting Between the Wars
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The Two Party Dominance 1945–60 The Two Party Dominance 1945–60
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Class Voting From the 1960s To the 1980s: High Point and Decline? Class Voting From the 1960s To the 1980s: High Point and Decline?
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Conservative Electoral Success In the Thatcher Era Conservative Electoral Success In the Thatcher Era
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Into the 1990s: Still the Champion Party Into the 1990s: Still the Champion Party
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15 Conservative Electoral Support and Social Class
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Published:October 1994
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the causes of the pattern of voting in Britain that has proved so beneficial to the Conservative Party, focusing on the entangled issues of electoral support and social class. It explains how the party has managed so consistently to secure the large number of working-class votes that it needs to be successful in a general election. The chapter conducts a survey on the 25 elections that have taken place since 1900 and challenges the Marxian equation of working-class identity with socialist or even labour political sympathies. It notes that, before 1914, religious denomination was the strongest single element to colour voting decisions, but that after the First World War and the extension of the franchise in 1918, occupational class came to the fore as the factor. The chapter provides a range of explanations for the continued loyalty of much of the working class to the Conservatives.
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