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The Brexit vote results varied according to voters' age, education level, political views, location, and class. Younger, more educated, and urban voters tended to vote Remain while older, less educated, and rural or working-class voters tended to vote Leave.

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A Not So United Kingdom

The Brexit vote results varied according to voters' age, education level, political views, location, and class. Younger, more educated, and urban voters tended to vote Remain while older, less educated, and rural or working-class voters tended to vote Leave.

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Brexit vote repartition

Brexit vote results were different among


the British population according to their
age, education and political inclination.

The younger people were the more they


voted Remain. The young aged 18-24 were
71% to vote remain whereas people of
more than 65 years old mostly voted Leave
(64%).

The higher educated voters were the more


likely they voted Remain: 70% of those
with GCSE or lower education voted Leave
contrary to 68% of those with a degree
voted Remain.

In terms of political inclination: The


Conservatives (61%) and UKIP (95%) mainly
voted Leave, while Labour (65%), Liberal
Democrats (68%) and the Greens (80%)
voted Remain for the most part.

Voc:

- Conservatives: right
- Labour: travaillistes (center-left) founded
by trade unions (syndicats)
- UKIP: United Kingdom Independence
Party (far-right, nationalist)

- GCSE: General Certificate of Secondary Education, taken by 14 to 16-year-olds.


- A Level: baccalauréat
- Higher below degree: vocational studies (enseignement professionnel)
- Degree: higher education degree
Even though Brexit turnout was the highest in
two decades (72,2%) with 51,9% Leave votes,
the results were different according to the UK
countries and rural and urban areas.

Indeed, Scotland and Northern Ireland mainly


voted Remain, while, England and Wales voted
Leave.

But, in England (London, Manchester, Liverpool)


and Wales (Cardiff) urban areas voted Remain
contrary to rural ones.

It well illustrates the divide among the UK’s


population. Scotland is now longing for a new
referendum on its independence from the UK.
Northern Ireland was worrying about the Irish
border which was seen as a threat to Irish unity
by reviving old tensions between the Catholic
Nationalists and the Protestant Unionists.

In prosperous urban areas, people were more


inclined to vote remain as taking advantage of a
fully integrated Common market in a globalised
economy, whereas in rural areas, people felt
more remote of a global integrated economy and less concerned by Europe which hasn’t better
their situation and rather left them behind.

Upper and lower middle classes largely


voted Remain by 57% and 51%
respectively, whereas upper and lower
working classes voted leave by 64% each.

The feeling of having been left behind


and not supported throughout the years
has had an impact on the working-class
people who feel they have been let
down. Also, their situation hasn’t
improved over the years. With Brexit,
they spoke out their discontent and were
given a voice, expressing themselves through the referendum in favour of the Leave. Neither
national policies nor European ones have managed to protect them from a precarious situation
which has worsened since the economic crisis of 2008 followed by austerity policies which
weighted even more on working-class people.
While in contrast, middle-class people, more educated and qualified who work in key economic
sectors, voted in favour of remain as making the most of being fully integrated in a globalised
economy within the EU and the world.

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