Rate : Percentage voting Conservative

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Identifier:
R_CONSERVATIVE
Name:
Percentage voting Conservative
Type:
Rate (R)
Definition:
POL_PARTY_GROUP:con * 100.0 / VOTES_CAST_TOT:total
Display as:
Continuous time series
Text:
For most of the period we cover, the left has been divided between Labour and Liberals (now the Liberal Democrats), so the percentage voting Conservative is the best single guide to the main battleground of British politics.

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Entity ID Entity Name
T_POL Political Life



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