That’s the title of a report published by the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) in the run up to this year’s election. The authors found that voters in areas of higher deprivation were least likely to vote for one of the ‘big three’ main parties in 2010. Although they[…]
Read More »Here’s an example from the Hull Daily Mail of how local authorities use deprivation statistics to challenge funding decisions. Hull’s spending power per head of population was reduced by 24.9% in 2014 and council leader Stephen Brady points out the area has higher levels of deprivation than rural areas which were[…]
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For those interested in how deprivation might tie into voting patterns, blogger Alasdair Rae created maps of the 100 most and 100 least deprived parliamentary constituencies, highlighting the voting choice at the 2010 general election. He points out that the most obvious thing to note here is that the vast[…]
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