Fewer Than 1 In 5 Social Tenants Voted Tory

Fewer than one in five social housing tenants voted Conservative in the election, a polling company has estimated. Ipsos Mori has estimated that 18% of social housing tenants voted Tory, down six percentage points compared to the 2010 election. This is significantly less than the 36.7% of the population overall who voted Conservative. Half of social tenants voted for Labour, an increase of 3% on 2010. Among private renters the gap between Conservative and Labour was narrower. More than a quarter (28%) of private renters voted Tory, down seven per cent from 2010. Nearly one in four (39%) private renters voted Labour, up 10% on 2010. Nearly half of owner occupiers (46%) voted for the Conservatives, compared to 22% of Labours. Read more on the Ipsos Mori website.