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The election was on May 5th 2005
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how2vote overall results to date:
Initial preferenceResult of how2vote
38%  Conservative 34%
31% Labour25%
32% Lib Dems41%

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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 20500 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 onOverall ConservativeLabourLib DemNo preference
The Euro5.2% 6.9%5.0%6.4%4.2%
Tuition fees4.7% 3.9%4.2%9.1%3.6%
Asylum seekers4.6% 5.9%4.1%4.8%4.1%
ID card4.1% 3.7%3.3%7.1%3.4%
EU Constitution3.8% 5.8%3.4%3.9%3.0%
Income tax3.8% 4.5%3.9%5.4%2.8%
Troops in Iraq3.6% 2.6%3.2%6.5%3.2%
Overseas aid3.6% 1.2%4.8%6.7%3.0%
NHS paying for private care3.5% 3.8%4.1%4.1%3.0%
Smoking in public3.5% 3.1%3.7%4.4%3.3%
Immigration3.4% 5.0%2.5%2.9%3.3%
Combating terrorism3.2% 3.3%2.4%5.6%2.6%
Speed cameras3.0% 4.1%2.5%3.4%2.6%
Controlling our borders3.0% 4.5%2.2%2.1%2.9%
Building on greenfield sites2.8% 2.6%2.5%4.4%2.3%
Fox hunting2.5% 2.9%3.0%3.2%1.8%
Council tax2.4% 2.5%2.0%4.1%1.9%
School heads2.3% 3.3%2.1%2.6%1.8%
Road charging2.3% 2.3%2.3%2.6%2.1%
Dental and eye tests2.1% 1.5%2.3%3.2%1.9%
Prison service2.1% 2.5%2.4%2.1%1.8%
Care of the elderly2.0% 1.8%1.9%3.1%1.7%
Reforming exam system2.0% 1.8%1.7%3.1%1.7%
Hospital performance targets1.8% 2.1%1.3%2.5%1.5%
Cannabis1.7% 1.5%1.7%2.5%1.5%
Improving existing exam system1.6% 1.9%1.3%2.3%1.3%
State pensions1.6% 1.5%2.1%2.0%1.3%
GM crops1.5% 1.1%1.5%2.7%1.3%
House of Lords1.5% 1.5%1.9%2.6%1.0%
Disbanding Army battalions1.4% 1.8%1.1%1.5%1.3%
Homeland Security Minister1.4% 1.3%1.0%2.3%1.3%
Railways1.4% 1.4%1.3%2.1%1.2%
Maternity pay1.3% 1.1%1.7%1.5%1.2%
Regional assemblies1.3% 2.1%1.2%1.6%0.8%
Car-pool lanes1.3% 1.4%1.4%1.4%1.1%
Electoral reforms1.2% 1.1%0.9%2.4%0.9%
Housing policies1.1% 1.3%1.0%1.1%1.0%
Elderly/disabled free buses1.0% 1.0%1.1%1.3%0.9%
Size of government0.7% 1.0%0.5%0.6%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 onOverall ConservativeLabourLib DemNo preference
NHS paying for private care60% 54%62%65%60%
Dental and eye tests60% 54%62%65%60%
Care of the elderly60% 54%61%64%60%
Troops in Iraq57% 50%59%65%56%
Overseas aid57% 48%60%66%56%
The Euro56% 51%59%64%55%
Tuition fees56% 50%58%64%55%
Prison service55% 53%54%59%55%
Smoking in public55% 52%55%59%55%
Asylum seekers55% 54%54%58%54%
School heads54% 50%56%60%53%
Improving existing exam system54% 49%54%61%52%
Income tax53% 51%55%57%52%
Immigration53% 53%52%56%53%
Cannabis52% 49%52%56%52%
Controlling our borders52% 52%50%53%51%
Maternity pay50% 47%53%54%49%
Reforming exam system50% 45%53%57%48%
State pensions49% 46%51%52%47%
Combating terrorism48% 45%49%53%47%
Speed cameras48% 45%49%53%47%
Hospital performance targets48% 46%49%52%47%
ID card48% 44%48%53%47%
Fox hunting47% 46%49%50%46%
Council tax47% 44%49%53%46%
Elderly/disabled free buses47% 43%48%53%46%
Railways46% 42%48%52%45%
Homeland Security Minister46% 43%47%52%45%
Building on greenfield sites46% 41%46%53%45%
Road charging46% 43%46%51%45%
Electoral reforms45% 43%47%52%43%
Car-pool lanes45% 42%46%50%44%
GM crops43% 38%44%52%42%
Housing policies42% 39%43%48%41%
EU Constitution42% 43%45%47%39%
Disbanding Army battalions40% 40%40%44%39%
Regional assemblies39% 39%39%46%35%
House of Lords32% 26%38%40%29%
Size of government31% 32%32%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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