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how2vote 2005 overall results:

Initial preference Result of how2vote

37% Conservative 35%
30% Labour 25%
32% Lib Dems 41%
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how2vote question summary statistics
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On this page you can find out which questions are ranked as most important. There are two tables - the first ranks questions by the number of people ticking the 'key issue' box, whilst the second ranks by the number of people actually answering each question.

The 2005 how2vote quiz has so far been completed over 22500 times. This page is generated live on each view.

This table shows you how often each question is considered a 'key issue'. This provides an indication of which particular issues are most important to people. This table also tells you which questions are most important to supporters of the different parties:

Questions marked as Key Issues
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Key Issues by initial party preference

Question on Overall Conservative Labour Lib Dem No preference

The Euro 5.3% 7.0% 5.2% 6.4% 4.2%
Tuition fees 4.8% 4.0% 4.4% 9.0% 3.8%
Asylum seekers 4.6% 6.0% 4.1% 4.8% 4.1%
ID card 4.1% 3.8% 3.4% 7.0% 3.4%
Income tax 3.8% 4.6% 4.1% 5.3% 2.8%
EU Constitution 3.8% 5.8% 3.5% 4.0% 3.0%
Troops in Iraq 3.7% 2.7% 3.2% 6.4% 3.2%
Immigration 3.6% 5.2% 2.7% 3.1% 3.5%
Smoking in public 3.5% 3.2% 3.8% 4.5% 3.2%
Overseas aid 3.5% 1.3% 4.8% 6.4% 3.0%
NHS paying for private care 3.4% 3.7% 4.1% 4.0% 2.9%
Combating terrorism 3.2% 3.4% 2.4% 5.6% 2.6%
Controlling our borders 3.1% 4.8% 2.2% 2.2% 3.0%
Speed cameras 3.0% 4.1% 2.5% 3.2% 2.5%
Building on greenfield sites 2.8% 2.7% 2.5% 4.2% 2.3%
Fox hunting 2.5% 3.0% 3.1% 3.3% 1.9%
Council tax 2.3% 2.5% 2.0% 3.9% 1.9%
School heads 2.3% 3.3% 2.1% 2.5% 1.8%
Road charging 2.2% 2.3% 2.2% 2.4% 2.0%
Prison service 2.2% 2.7% 2.4% 2.2% 1.9%
Dental and eye tests 2.1% 1.5% 2.4% 3.2% 1.8%
Care of the elderly 2.1% 1.9% 2.1% 3.1% 1.8%
Reforming exam system 2.0% 2.0% 1.9% 3.1% 1.7%
Hospital performance targets 1.8% 2.2% 1.3% 2.4% 1.5%
Cannabis 1.7% 1.5% 1.9% 2.6% 1.5%
Improving existing exam system 1.6% 2.0% 1.4% 2.2% 1.3%
House of Lords 1.6% 1.7% 1.9% 2.6% 1.1%
State pensions 1.6% 1.6% 2.1% 1.9% 1.3%
GM crops 1.5% 1.1% 1.4% 2.5% 1.3%
Railways 1.5% 1.4% 1.4% 2.2% 1.2%
Homeland Security Minister 1.5% 1.3% 1.0% 2.3% 1.4%
Disbanding Army battalions 1.4% 1.8% 1.1% 1.6% 1.3%
Maternity pay 1.4% 1.1% 1.8% 1.6% 1.2%
Regional assemblies 1.3% 2.1% 1.2% 1.6% 0.9%
Electoral reforms 1.3% 1.2% 0.9% 2.5% 1.0%
Car-pool lanes 1.2% 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% 1.1%
Elderly/disabled free buses 1.1% 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 1.0%
Housing policies 1.1% 1.3% 1.0% 1.1% 1.0%
Size of government 0.7% 1.1% 0.5% 0.7% 0.7%

This percentage breakdown shows how many times a question was chosen as a 'key issue' by ticking the box next to it, out of all the people taking the how2vote quiz or expressing the relevant initial preference. Click on column headings to re-sort.

This table shows you how often each question has been answered. Compared to the above table this provides an alternative method of judging which particular issues are most important to people. It is more open to interpretation, however, because people might also answer a question more often simply because they find it easier to decide upon, not because they think it is more important. Again, it also tells you which issues are most important to supporters of the different parties:

Most frequently-answered questions
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Most-answered by initial party preference

Question on Overall Conservative Labour Lib Dem No preference

Dental and eye tests 60% 55% 63% 65% 61%
NHS paying for private care 60% 55% 62% 65% 60%
Care of the elderly 60% 54% 62% 63% 60%
Troops in Iraq 58% 51% 59% 65% 57%
Overseas aid 57% 48% 61% 66% 56%
The Euro 57% 52% 59% 64% 56%
Tuition fees 56% 50% 59% 63% 56%
Prison service 55% 53% 55% 58% 55%
Smoking in public 55% 53% 56% 58% 55%
Asylum seekers 55% 54% 54% 58% 55%
School heads 55% 51% 56% 60% 54%
Improving existing exam system 54% 50% 55% 60% 53%
Income tax 54% 52% 55% 57% 53%
Immigration 54% 54% 53% 55% 53%
Cannabis 52% 50% 53% 56% 51%
Controlling our borders 52% 53% 51% 53% 51%
Maternity pay 51% 48% 53% 53% 50%
Reforming exam system 50% 46% 53% 57% 49%
State pensions 48% 46% 51% 52% 47%
Combating terrorism 48% 46% 49% 53% 47%
Speed cameras 48% 45% 49% 53% 47%
Hospital performance targets 48% 47% 49% 52% 47%
ID card 48% 45% 49% 53% 47%
Fox hunting 48% 47% 49% 50% 47%
Council tax 47% 44% 49% 52% 46%
Elderly/disabled free buses 47% 43% 49% 53% 46%
Railways 46% 42% 48% 52% 45%
Homeland Security Minister 46% 44% 48% 51% 45%
Building on greenfield sites 46% 42% 46% 52% 45%
Electoral reforms 46% 44% 47% 52% 43%
Road charging 45% 43% 46% 50% 45%
Car-pool lanes 45% 42% 46% 50% 44%
GM crops 43% 38% 44% 52% 42%
Housing policies 42% 39% 43% 48% 41%
EU Constitution 42% 43% 45% 47% 39%
Disbanding Army battalions 40% 41% 41% 43% 39%
Regional assemblies 39% 39% 40% 46% 36%
House of Lords 32% 27% 39% 40% 29%
Size of government 31% 33% 33% 34% 29%

This percentage breakdown shows how many times a question was answered (either by choosing from a multi-choise option or by answering at least one of the agree/disagree options), out of all the people taking the how2vote quiz or expressing the relevant initial preference. Click on column headings to re-sort.

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