Respondent Profile

Count %
Gender Male 7181 61%
Female 4619 39%
Age 50 - 54 747 6%
55 - 59 2325 20%
60 - 64 3496 30%
65 - 69 2682 23%
70 - 74 1487 13%
75 and over 1046 9%
Region London 868 7%
South East 2547 22%
South West 1361 12%
West Midlands 966 8%
East Midlands 840 7%
North West 1300 11%
North East 483 4%
Yorkshire and the 974 8%
Humber
East Anglia 901 8%
Scotland 891 8%
Wales 507 4%
Northern Ireland 112 1%

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 Respondent Profile

Count %
Socio-Economic Group AB 6498 55%
C1 3839 33%
C2 1015 9%
DE 449 4%
Children Children but no 3289 28%
grandchildren
Grandchildren 6636 56%
Neither 1875 16%
Retired Yes 7951 67%
No 3849 33%

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 At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?

Gender Age
Total Male Female 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 and over
Yes Count 3739 2373 1366 262 809 1177 792 406 289
% 32% 33% 30% 35% 35% 34% 30% 27% 28%
No Count 5871 3878 1993 263 937 1661 1468 881 653
% 50% 54% 43% 35% 40% 48% 55% 59% 62%
Don't know Count 2161 916 1245 219 575 651 414 198 99
% 18% 13% 27% 29% 25% 19% 15% 13% 9%

At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?

Region
West Yorkshire and
London South East South West Midlands East Midlands North West North East the Humber East Anglia
Yes Count 283 748 436 300 241 422 144 294 284
% 33% 29% 32% 31% 29% 32% 30% 30% 32%
No Count 438 1330 686 485 447 608 240 484 471
% 50% 52% 50% 50% 53% 47% 50% 50% 52%
Don't know Count 144 462 238 180 151 266 99 194 145
% 17% 18% 17% 19% 18% 20% 20% 20% 16%

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 At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?

Region Socio-Economic Group Children

Children but
Northern no
Scotland Wales Ireland AB C1 C2 DE grandchildren Grandchildren Neither
Yes Count 367 149 56 2184 1162 270 123 1130 1961 648
% 41% 29% 50% 34% 30% 27% 27% 34% 30% 35%
No Count 359 262 39 3343 1856 479 193 1493 3498 879
% 40% 52% 35% 51% 48% 47% 43% 45% 53% 47%
Don't know Count 159 94 17 956 813 261 132 658 1162 342
% 18% 19% 15% 15% 21% 26% 29% 20% 18% 18%

At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?

Retired
Yes No
Yes Count 2455 1283
% 31% 33%
No Count 4240 1631
% 53% 42%
Don't know Count 1235 927
% 16% 24%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Gender
Total Male Female
The party / parties in More likely Count 1141 731 410
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 10% 10% 9%
No more or less likely Count 5345 3325 2020
% 46% 47% 44%
Less likely Count 3348 2368 980
% 29% 33% 22%
Don't know Count 1806 668 1138
% 16% 9% 25%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 7892 5269 2623
number of parties
% 68% 74% 57%
No more or less likely Count 1698 1055 643
% 15% 15% 14%
Less likely Count 541 281 260
% 5% 4% 6%
Don't know Count 1557 513 1044
% 13% 7% 23%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Age
50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 and over
The party / parties in More likely Count 66 231 341 260 143 98
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 9% 10% 10% 10% 10% 10%
No more or less likely Count 345 1109 1669 1206 576 433
% 46% 48% 48% 46% 39% 43%
Less likely Count 172 542 972 784 529 346
% 23% 24% 28% 30% 36% 34%
Don't know Count 159 424 475 395 216 133
% 21% 18% 14% 15% 15% 13%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 408 1480 2398 1826 1045 722
number of parties
% 55% 64% 69% 69% 71% 70%
No more or less likely Count 125 352 494 385 189 152
% 17% 15% 14% 14% 13% 15%
Less likely Count 54 113 164 100 65 45
% 7% 5% 5% 4% 4% 4%
Don't know Count 152 363 410 346 172 111
% 21% 16% 12% 13% 12% 11%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Region
West
London South East South West Midlands East Midlands North West North East
The party / parties in More likely Count 79 223 123 101 75 136 59
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 9% 9% 9% 11% 9% 11% 12%
No more or less likely Count 402 1186 639 447 361 574 184
% 47% 47% 48% 47% 44% 45% 39%
Less likely Count 254 734 362 256 250 376 155
% 30% 29% 27% 27% 30% 29% 33%
Don't know Count 125 379 210 151 139 195 77
% 15% 15% 16% 16% 17% 15% 16%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 587 1767 914 617 535 857 306
number of parties
% 68% 70% 68% 65% 64% 67% 64%
No more or less likely Count 119 351 215 161 124 185 71
% 14% 14% 16% 17% 15% 14% 15%
Less likely Count 52 100 52 43 44 64 34
% 6% 4% 4% 5% 5% 5% 7%
Don't know Count 102 309 167 133 131 182 68
% 12% 12% 12% 14% 16% 14% 14%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Region
Yorkshire and Northern
the Humber East Anglia Scotland Wales Ireland
The party / parties in More likely Count 88 84 100 55 15
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 9% 9% 11% 11% 14%
No more or less likely Count 433 443 380 217 57
% 45% 50% 43% 44% 51%
Less likely Count 279 240 247 155 25
% 29% 27% 28% 31% 23%
Don't know Count 164 126 148 71 14
% 17% 14% 17% 14% 13%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 635 604 624 342 76
number of parties
% 66% 68% 71% 68% 69%
No more or less likely Count 132 133 111 67 18
% 14% 15% 13% 13% 16%
Less likely Count 46 42 33 25 3
% 5% 5% 4% 5% 3%
Don't know Count 152 113 117 66 13
% 16% 13% 13% 13% 12%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Socio-Economic Group Children

Children but
no
AB C1 C2 DE grandchildren Grandchildren Neither
The party / parties in More likely Count 660 348 89 44 337 620 184
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 10% 9% 9% 10% 10% 9% 10%
No more or less likely Count 3115 1699 357 175 1550 2918 877
% 49% 45% 36% 40% 48% 45% 48%
Less likely Count 1887 1051 308 102 881 1960 507
% 29% 28% 31% 23% 27% 30% 27%
Don't know Count 751 690 244 121 489 1041 276
% 12% 18% 24% 27% 15% 16% 15%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 4740 2429 516 207 2270 4359 1262
number of parties
% 74% 64% 52% 47% 70% 66% 68%
No more or less likely Count 888 559 180 71 448 982 268
% 14% 15% 18% 16% 14% 15% 14%
Less likely Count 233 197 70 42 137 321 84
% 4% 5% 7% 9% 4% 5% 5%
Don't know Count 580 620 233 124 410 906 241
% 9% 16% 23% 28% 13% 14% 13%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Retired
Yes No
The party / parties in More likely Count 747 393
government keeping their
manifesto commitments % 10% 10%
No more or less likely Count 3575 1771
% 46% 46%
Less likely Count 2388 960
% 31% 25%
Don't know Count 1115 691
% 14% 18%
Coalitions between a More likely Count 5434 2457
number of parties
% 69% 64%
No more or less likely Count 1146 552
% 15% 14%
Less likely Count 337 205
% 4% 5%
Don't know Count 957 600
% 12% 16%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Gender
Total Male Female
Smaller parties being More likely Count 6931 4456 2475
represented in parliament
% 59% 63% 54%
No more or less likely Count 2312 1530 782
% 20% 22% 17%
Less likely Count 829 517 312
% 7% 7% 7%
Don't know Count 1606 607 999
% 14% 9% 22%
MPs being held to More likely Count 2818 1727 1091
account by voters
% 24% 24% 24%
No more or less likely Count 5110 3274 1836
% 44% 46% 40%
Less likely Count 1928 1414 514
% 17% 20% 11%
Don't know Count 1805 687 1118
% 15% 10% 25%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Age
50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 and over
Smaller parties being More likely Count 386 1295 2103 1598 902 637
represented in parliament
% 52% 56% 61% 60% 61% 63%
No more or less likely Count 153 479 698 516 279 185
% 21% 21% 20% 19% 19% 18%
Less likely Count 54 167 245 191 101 70
% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7%
Don't know Count 151 365 425 350 185 126
% 20% 16% 12% 13% 13% 12%
MPs being held to More likely Count 173 573 850 619 343 257
account by voters
% 23% 25% 24% 23% 23% 25%
No more or less likely Count 327 981 1590 1155 603 448
% 44% 43% 46% 44% 41% 44%
Less likely Count 87 335 539 487 313 164
% 12% 15% 16% 18% 21% 16%
Don't know Count 154 412 491 385 210 149
% 21% 18% 14% 15% 14% 15%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Region
West
London South East South West Midlands East Midlands North West North East
Smaller parties being More likely Count 546 1518 802 563 462 741 254
represented in parliament
% 63% 60% 60% 59% 56% 58% 53%
No more or less likely Count 154 509 280 213 171 249 105
% 18% 20% 21% 22% 21% 19% 22%
Less likely Count 65 149 95 63 68 106 42
% 8% 6% 7% 7% 8% 8% 9%
Don't know Count 99 347 164 120 127 186 77
% 11% 14% 12% 13% 15% 15% 16%
MPs being held to More likely Count 200 605 353 244 161 318 117
account by voters
% 23% 24% 26% 25% 19% 25% 25%
No more or less likely Count 376 1104 581 423 372 564 186
% 44% 44% 43% 44% 45% 44% 39%
Less likely Count 150 427 221 145 145 204 91
% 17% 17% 16% 15% 18% 16% 19%
Don't know Count 137 385 185 146 150 197 82
% 16% 15% 14% 15% 18% 15% 17%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Region
Yorkshire and Northern
the Humber East Anglia Scotland Wales Ireland
Smaller parties being More likely Count 550 519 558 310 79
represented in parliament
% 57% 58% 63% 62% 71%
No more or less likely Count 188 183 142 91 17
% 19% 21% 16% 18% 15%
Less likely Count 76 65 54 40 5
% 8% 7% 6% 8% 4%
Don't know Count 152 125 129 62 11
% 16% 14% 15% 12% 10%
MPs being held to More likely Count 232 198 240 108 29
account by voters
% 24% 22% 27% 22% 26%
No more or less likely Count 415 429 355 227 58
% 43% 48% 40% 46% 52%
Less likely Count 144 144 145 95 9
% 15% 16% 16% 19% 8%
Don't know Count 173 123 141 65 15
% 18% 14% 16% 13% 14%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Socio-Economic Group Children

Children but
no
AB C1 C2 DE grandchildren Grandchildren Neither
Smaller parties being More likely Count 4117 2178 454 182 2032 3797 1102
represented in parliament
% 64% 57% 45% 41% 62% 58% 59%
No more or less likely Count 1271 736 206 99 620 1325 366
% 20% 19% 21% 23% 19% 20% 20%
Less likely Count 417 272 101 40 197 497 136
% 6% 7% 10% 9% 6% 8% 7%
Don't know Count 629 618 240 119 418 938 250
% 10% 16% 24% 27% 13% 14% 13%
MPs being held to More likely Count 1566 903 246 103 790 1580 448
account by voters
% 24% 24% 25% 23% 24% 24% 24%
No more or less likely Count 3027 1582 343 159 1490 2809 811
% 47% 42% 34% 36% 46% 43% 44%
Less likely Count 1075 618 172 63 517 1112 299
% 17% 16% 17% 14% 16% 17% 16%
Don't know Count 757 691 239 118 468 1051 286
% 12% 18% 24% 27% 14% 16% 16%

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If the UK adopts the 'alternative vote' system after the May 5th referendum, do you expect the following to be more likely, less likely or no more or less likely than
under the current 'first past the post' system? If you don't know, please say so.

Retired
Yes No
Smaller parties being More likely Count 4771 2159
represented in parliament
% 61% 56%
No more or less likely Count 1543 769
% 20% 20%
Less likely Count 546 284
% 7% 7%
Don't know Count 989 617
% 13% 16%
MPs being held to More likely Count 1869 948
account by voters
% 24% 25%
No more or less likely Count 3492 1619
% 44% 42%
Less likely Count 1352 576
% 17% 15%
Don't know Count 1136 669
% 14% 18%

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