Table 1 Descriptive data of participants by party voting intentions
Total | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Other | Would not vote | Undecided | Refused | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% (n) | 100 (55,482) | 19.8 (11,006) | 27.1 (15,013) | 6.2 (3461) | 5.9 (3266) | 12.2 (6767) | 24.5 (13,595) | 4.3 (2375) |
Smoking status % (n) | ||||||||
Never smoker | 65.4 (36,237) | 65.8 (7349) | 65.7 (10,144) | 69.8 (2358) | 57.3(1832) | 58.7 (3841) | 67.1 (8957) | 73.5 (1756) |
Former-smoker | 18.2 (9964) | 22.5 (2515) | 16.5 (2539) | 20.2 (682) | 23.2 (741) | 13.8 (904) | 16.7 (2236) | 14.5 (347) |
Current smoker | 16.4 (9253) | 11.7 (1302) | 17.8 (2748) | 10 (338) | 19.5 (625) | 27.4 (1793) | 16.2 (2162) | 11.9 (285) |
Newspaper readership % (n) | ||||||||
Daily Mail | 32.7 (3640) | 62 (1612) | 13.9 (523) | 17.5 (128) | 32.3 (229) | 32.2 (238) | 33.8 (739) | 37.5 (171) |
Daily Express | 7.6 (801) | 12.5 (326) | 3.1 (116) | 2.5 (18) | 11.8 (84) | 7.8 (58) | 7.4 (162) | 8.1 (37) |
The Guardian | 27.1 (2946) | 7 (183) | 38.7 (1454) | 54.5 (398) | 31.2 (221) | 17.2 (127) | 21.8 (476) | 19.1 (87) |
Daily Mirror | 10.6 (1341) | 6.3 (164) | 16.8 (632) | 5.3 (39) | 6.7 (48) | 15.5 (115) | 13.4 (292) | 11.2 (51) |
The Independent | 1.2 (153) | 1.1 (27) | 1.7 (64) | 1.2 (9) | 2.3 (16) | 0.9 (7) | 1.3 (29) | 0.2 (1) |
Metro | 20.6 (2299) | 11.1 (290) | 25.8 (968) | 19 (139) | 15.7 (111) | 26.4 (195) | 22.3 (487) | 23.9 (109) |
Age | ||||||||
16-24 | 13.6 (8194) | 6.5 (729) | 19.4 (2996) | 9.9 (335) | 11.6 (371) | 21.3 (1392) | 15.8 (2117) | 10.6 (254) |
25-34 | 13.5 (8059) | 7.3 (814) | 17.4 (2690) | 10.2 (346) | 11.5 (368) | 21.4 (1398) | 16.3 (2184) | 10.8 (259) |
35-44 | 14.1 (7782) | 9.4 (1052) | 15.7 (2427) | 15.5 (523) | 13.4 (428) | 16.2 (1061) | 14.7 (1960) | 13.8 (331) |
45-54 | 12.6 (8049) | 13.7 (1532) | 14.4 (2225) | 16.8 (568) | 16.7 (534) | 13.8 (900) | 14.4 (1927) | 15.2 (363) |
55-64 | 16.2 (8584) | 18.1 (2022) | 13.8 (2132) | 18.2 (616) | 19.1 (611) | 12.1 (789) | 14.9 (1995) | 17.5 (419) |
65+ | 27.5 (14,817) | 45 (5021) | 19.2 (2970) | 29.3 (991) | 27.7 (886) | 15.3 (1004) | 23.8 (3179) | 32 (766) |
Sex | ||||||||
Male | 51.2 (27,875) | 54.9 (6129) | 50.2 (7757) | 51.6 (1745) | 56.6 (1809) | 50.6 (3309) | 44.4 (5930) | 50 (1196) |
Female | 48.8 (27,610) | 45.1 (5041) | 49.8 (7683) | 48.4 (1634) | 43.4 (1389) | 49.4 (3235) | 55.6 (7432) | 50 (1196) |
Occupation social grade | ||||||||
AB | 26.5 (13,140) | 31.4 (3510) | 23.2 (3581) | 43.6 (1474) | 25.1 (804) | 13 (849) | 23.2 (3099) | 26 (623) |
C1 | 34.2 (19,150) | 35.9 (4006) | 34.6 (5343) | 36 (1217) | 34 (1086) | 28.9 (1889) | 35.8 (4788) | 34.3 (821) |
C2 | 18.6 (10,535) | 17.9 (2005) | 18.1 (2795) | 10.6 (357) | 21.2 (677) | 24.7 (1617) | 19.8 (2646) | 18.3 (438) |
D | 11.6 (6563) | 8.7 (973) | 13 (2010) | 5.1 (171) | 10.2 (326) | 19.7 (1290) | 12.5 (1673) | 11.7 (280) |
E | 9.1 (5037) | 6.1 (676) | 11.1 (1711) | 4.7 (160) | 9.5 (205) | 13.7 (899) | 8.7 (1156) | 9.6 (230) |
Region | ||||||||
South of England | 23.9 (12,606) | 29.6 (3306) | 15.4 (2383) | 33.3 (1125) | 26.4 (845) | 18.3 (1199) | 24.4 (3261) | 20.4 (487) |
London | 17.4 (9601) | 10.4 (1163) | 24.6 (3799) | 19.8 (669) | 13.7 (439) | 15.6 (1018) | 14.7 (1969) | 22.7 (544) |
Central England | 30.8 (16,782) | 33.6 (3747) | 25.1 (3874) | 26 (878) | 28.8 (919) | 35.6 (2329) | 31.4 (4189) | 35.4 (846) |
North of England | 23.9 (16,479) | 26.4 (2947) | 34.9 (5383) | 20.9 (707) | 31.1 (993) | 30.5 (1996) | 29.5 (3938) | 21.5 (515) |
AUDIT Score mean score (SD) | 3.31 (3.72) | 3.36 (3.64) | 3.41 (4.03) | 4.00 (3.767) | 4.00 (4.05) | 2.97 (4.02) | 3.08 (3.57) | 2.39 (3.07) |