Politics
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Some Stats...
- 45% of 16-24s informally volunteer at least once a month
- Although Labour won the 2005 election with 9.5 million votes, 17 million registered voters didn't go to a polling station.
- In 2005:
- 37% of 18-24 year olds ...
- 75% of over 65's...
- 47% of BME people...
- 62% of white people...
- 54% of those in the lowest social classes...
-
70% of those in the highest social classes......voted.
- The number of people who have taken part in a demonstration went up
from 6-13% between 1974 and 2000
- 2002: Countryside Alliance demo - 400,000 people
- 2003: Anti-Iraq demo - 1.5 million people
- 2005: Live 8 - 150,000 people
- The number who had signed a petition went up from 23% to 81%.
- People are also now morely likely to boycott things which are made unfairly or harm others
- only 14.7% of people said that they had a very strong attachment to a political party in 1997 - compared to 44% of people in 1964... and only 20% of people think that politicians are trustworthy.
For a bit of a dull looking - but incredibly detailed - site telling
you about election results through time, try here
The results are available for download from the Parliament website - click
here to get a summary
Below are some other links to pages on this site that you might have missed which have information about politics...