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The UK general election was on May 6th 2010

Result of How To Vote
 Conservative 41%
Labour19%
Lib Dems41%
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How To Vote summary statistics

Welcome to the How To Vote summary pages. Here you can find out which policies are vote winners for each party, and how they fit with the opinions of their natural supporters. This page is generated live on each view - check back as the campaign progresses to see how the parties are doing.

Other statistics pages: By result - By question - By policy/answer

The 2010 How To Vote quiz has so far been completed over 31600 times (and over 25700 times since I reset the questions set on 21st April)

This table shows you which policy areas are considered most important overall. It also tells you which areas are most important to supporters of the different parties:

Importance of each policy area
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 Importance by initial party preference
SectionOverall importance ConservativeLabourLib DemNo preference
Taxes and money48% 51%47%44%47%
Health40% 38%40%37%40%
Education37% 36%35%36%37%
Asylum and Immigration35% 36%30%30%34%
Crime and Punishment30% 32%27%28%30%
Society26% 25%23%26%26%
Europe and the World25% 25%20%23%23%
Defence23% 25%22%23%23%
Work and companies23% 23%21%22%23%
The Environment23% 22%21%25%23%
Economic Recovery22% 22%19%19%19%
Housing and Development22% 22%20%21%22%
Civil Liberties22% 21%20%23%22%
Transport22% 21%20%23%22%
Local issues20% 19%18%20%20%
Democracy and Government19% 19%17%21%19%
Devolution13% 13%11%13%12%
The percentage breakdown shows how many times at least one question in a section was answered out of all people taking the How To Vote quiz. Click on column headings to re-sort.

This table tells you which policy areas are vote winners for the parties. It also shows you which are working well with their supporters:

Popularity of each party by section
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   Results by initial party preference
SectionOverall result   ConservativeLabourLib DemNo preference
Taxes and money48% Conservative28% Lib Dem24% Labour   67% Conservative19% Lib Dem14% Labour32% Conservative31% Lib Dem37% Labour41% Conservative33% Lib Dem26% Labour49% Conservative28% Lib Dem23% Labour
Health35% Conservative12% Lib Dem53% Labour   39% Conservative16% Lib Dem45% Labour31% Conservative12% Lib Dem57% Labour35% Conservative10% Lib Dem55% Labour35% Conservative12% Lib Dem53% Labour
Education35% Conservative51% Lib Dem14% Labour   43% Conservative44% Lib Dem13% Labour32% Conservative49% Lib Dem19% Labour28% Conservative59% Lib Dem13% Labour36% Conservative50% Lib Dem14% Labour
Asylum and Immigration51% Conservative28% Lib Dem21% Labour   66% Conservative11% Lib Dem23% Labour45% Conservative34% Lib Dem21% Labour33% Conservative50% Lib Dem17% Labour52% Conservative27% Lib Dem21% Labour
Crime and Punishment36% Conservative53% Lib Dem11% Labour   47% Conservative44% Lib Dem9% Labour30% Conservative54% Lib Dem16% Labour26% Conservative64% Lib Dem10% Labour37% Conservative52% Lib Dem11% Labour
Society29% Conservative14% Lib Dem57% Labour   44% Conservative12% Lib Dem44% Labour21% Conservative14% Lib Dem65% Labour24% Conservative17% Lib Dem59% Labour28% Conservative15% Lib Dem57% Labour
Europe and the World67% Conservative13% Lib Dem20% Labour   86% Conservative7% Lib Dem7% Labour50% Conservative15% Lib Dem35% Labour49% Conservative19% Lib Dem32% Labour70% Conservative13% Lib Dem17% Labour
Defence27% Conservative45% Lib Dem28% Labour   47% Conservative23% Lib Dem30% Labour21% Conservative47% Lib Dem32% Labour13% Conservative69% Lib Dem18% Labour28% Conservative43% Lib Dem29% Labour
Work and companies25% Conservative56% Lib Dem19% Labour   32% Conservative45% Lib Dem23% Labour21% Conservative60% Lib Dem19% Labour22% Conservative64% Lib Dem14% Labour24% Conservative57% Lib Dem19% Labour
The Environment23% Conservative54% Lib Dem23% Labour   37% Conservative38% Lib Dem25% Labour19% Conservative49% Lib Dem32% Labour18% Conservative59% Lib Dem23% Labour23% Conservative56% Lib Dem21% Labour
Economic Recovery32% Conservative47% Lib Dem21% Labour   47% Conservative32% Lib Dem21% Labour24% Conservative50% Lib Dem26% Labour23% Conservative58% Lib Dem19% Labour32% Conservative47% Lib Dem21% Labour
Housing and Development60% Conservative31% Lib Dem9% Labour   69% Conservative25% Lib Dem6% Labour53% Conservative32% Lib Dem15% Labour55% Conservative35% Lib Dem10% Labour61% Conservative31% Lib Dem8% Labour
Civil Liberties29% Conservative49% Lib Dem22% Labour   30% Conservative48% Lib Dem22% Labour27% Conservative49% Lib Dem24% Labour30% Conservative53% Lib Dem17% Labour30% Conservative47% Lib Dem23% Labour
Transport56% Conservative36% Lib Dem8% Labour   62% Conservative29% Lib Dem9% Labour50% Conservative41% Lib Dem9% Labour49% Conservative47% Lib Dem4% Labour57% Conservative35% Lib Dem8% Labour
Local issues75% Conservative21% Lib Dem4% Labour   73% Conservative22% Lib Dem5% Labour71% Conservative24% Lib Dem5% Labour77% Conservative19% Lib Dem4% Labour76% Conservative20% Lib Dem4% Labour
Democracy and Government62% Conservative27% Lib Dem11% Labour   72% Conservative21% Lib Dem7% Labour54% Conservative24% Lib Dem22% Labour50% Conservative39% Lib Dem11% Labour65% Conservative25% Lib Dem10% Labour
Devolution73% Conservative12% Lib Dem15% Labour   81% Conservative8% Lib Dem11% Labour63% Conservative16% Lib Dem21% Labour64% Conservative19% Lib Dem17% Labour75% Conservative11% Lib Dem14% Labour
The width of the blue, yellow and red bars corresponds to the percentage of How To Vote results in favour of each party per section (Conservative, Lib Dem and Labour respectively) - you can also show the actual percentage values if you choose.

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