Source: British Election Study, 2014 - 2016 (N=54,926)
View data table| Party identification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2014 - Mar 2014 | May 2016 - Jun 2016 | Total | ||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Conservative | 8,290 | 27.5 | 5,908 | 23.8 | 14,198 | 25.8 |
| Labour | 9,471 | 31.4 | 6,181 | 25.0 | 15,652 | 28.5 |
| Liberal Democrat | 2,679 | 8.9 | 1,393 | 5.6 | 4,072 | 7.4 |
| Scottish National Party (SNP) | 683 | 2.3 | 640 | 2.6 | 1,323 | 2.4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 103 | 0.3 | 84 | 0.3 | 187 | 0.3 |
| United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,477 | 4.9 | 1,755 | 7.1 | 3,232 | 5.9 |
| Green Party | 416 | 1.4 | 555 | 2.2 | 971 | 1.8 |
| British National Party (BNP) | 147 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 147 | 0.3 |
| Other | 190 | 0.6 | 145 | 0.6 | 335 | 0.6 |
| No - none | 4,825 | 16.0 | 5,940 | 24.0 | 10,765 | 19.6 |
| Change UK- The Independent Group | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brexit Party/Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Don't know | 1,872 | 6.2 | 2,173 | 8.8 | 4,044 | 7.4 |
| Total | 30,151 | 100 | 24,775 | 100 | 54,926 | 100 |