This chart includes estimates for one or more groups that are too small to be statistically reliable, interpret with caution.
View flagged groups- 'White and Black Caribbean', 'White and Black African', 'White and Asian', 'Any other mixed background', 'Pakistani', 'Bangladeshi', 'Any other Asian background', 'Black Caribbean', 'Black African', 'Any other black background', 'Chinese', 'Other ethnic group', 'Prefer not to say'
Source: British Election Study, Panel study data 2017 (N=34,271)
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| White British | Any other white background | White and Black Caribbean | White and Black African | White and Asian | Any other mixed background | Indian | Pakistani | Bangladeshi | Any other Asian background | Black Caribbean | Black African | Any other black background | Chinese | Other ethnic group | Prefer not to say | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party identification | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Conservative | 8,403 | 27.5 | 198 | 13.9 | 9 | 6.9 | 1 | 2.5 | 20 | 10.7 | 32 | 18.2 | 58 | 15.0 | 16 | 7.4 | 6 | 5.6 | 24 | 21.7 | 9 | 7.8 | 14 | 8.8 | 4 | 13.3 | 51 | 23.8 | 13 | 9.6 | 41 | 16.1 | 8,901 | 26.0 |
| Labour | 7,654 | 25.0 | 359 | 25.1 | 61 | 45.8 | 31 | 59.9 | 45 | 23.7 | 48 | 26.8 | 133 | 34.2 | 126 | 58.6 | 65 | 60.2 | 29 | 26.0 | 50 | 45.2 | 78 | 50.0 | 11 | 33.0 | 30 | 14.0 | 34 | 25.0 | 57 | 22.4 | 8,809 | 25.7 |
| Liberal Democrat | 1,969 | 6.4 | 124 | 8.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 2 | 4.2 | 31 | 16.4 | 19 | 10.8 | 37 | 9.5 | 13 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 6.3 | 8 | 7.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 8 | 26.2 | 10 | 4.8 | 18 | 13.2 | 12 | 4.7 | 2,260 | 6.6 |
| Scottish National Party (SNP) | 734 | 2.4 | 53 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 2.3 | 7 | 5.1 | 5 | 1.9 | 813 | 2.4 |
| Plaid Cymru | 96 | 0.3 | 5 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 0.3 |
| United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) | 1,438 | 4.7 | 45 | 3.1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2.1 | 3 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.4 | 12 | 4.8 | 1,528 | 4.5 |
| Green Party | 683 | 2.2 | 84 | 5.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 2 | 4.0 | 22 | 11.8 | 12 | 6.8 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 3.7 | 2 | 1.5 | 6 | 3.9 | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 9 | 3.5 | 839 | 2.4 |
| British National Party (BNP) | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Other | 200 | 0.7 | 17 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 2.8 | 8 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 3 | 1.9 | 3 | 1.0 | 239 | 0.7 |
| No - none | 7,160 | 23.4 | 427 | 29.9 | 44 | 33.2 | 6 | 11.9 | 51 | 27.1 | 43 | 24.1 | 78 | 20.1 | 30 | 14.1 | 14 | 13.3 | 33 | 29.3 | 34 | 31.0 | 40 | 25.5 | 5 | 15.7 | 84 | 39.0 | 40 | 29.6 | 75 | 29.4 | 8,165 | 23.8 |
| Change UK- The Independent Group | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brexit Party/Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Don't know | 2,226 | 7.3 | 119 | 8.3 | 16 | 12.1 | 6 | 11.2 | 13 | 7.1 | 10 | 5.8 | 65 | 16.8 | 26 | 12.0 | 21 | 19.6 | 12 | 10.3 | 8 | 7.3 | 6 | 4.0 | 1 | 4.6 | 26 | 11.8 | 16 | 12.1 | 41 | 16.3 | 2,613 | 7.6 |
| Total | 30,562 | 100 | 1,430 | 100 | 132 | 100 | 52 | 100 | 190 | 100 | 178 | 100 | 388 | 100 | 215 | 100 | 107 | 100 | 112 | 100 | 110 | 100 | 156 | 100 | 32 | 100 | 216 | 100 | 135 | 100 | 254 | 100 | 34,271 | 100 |