VARIOUS: General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts

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Period1 Aug 2017 → 1 Aug 2017

Media coverage

4

Media coverage

  • TitleRevealed: How Remainers backed Labour due to party sitting on fence over single market pledge
    Media name/outletThe Telegraph
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/08/17
    DescriptionLabour's refusal to admit that the party would take the UK out of the single market was key to their success at the 2017 General Election, a new study suggests.

    Voters viewed Jeremy Corbyn’s party as the "best bet" for maintaining close ties with the European Union despite its "ambiguous" position on the single market.
    URLwww.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/01/revealed-remainers-backed-labour-due-party-sitting-fence-single
    PersonsEdward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser
  • TitleMassive election study reveals how Labour won over 'large numbers' of Remain backers from the Tories
    Media name/outletThe Mirror
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/08/17
    DescriptionVoters viewed Labour as the "best bet" for maintaining close ties with the EU despite its "ambiguous" single market position, according to new general election research.

    Academics from the British Election Study (BES) team said their data suggests Jeremy Corbyn 's party won over "large numbers" of Remain backers from the Conservatives, the Green Party and Liberal Democrats at June's snap election.
    URLwww.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/massive-election-study-reveals-labour-10911869
    PersonsEdward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser
  • Title'Soft Brexit' policy won Labour votes in general election, says study
    Media name/outletThe Guardian
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/08/17
    DescriptionLabour was predominantly viewed by voters in the general election as the party of soft Brexit during a campaign dominated by the subject of how best to depart the EU, a major study of electoral opinion has concluded.
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/01/soft-brexit-policy-won-labour-votes-in-general-election-says-study
    PersonsEdward Fieldhouse, Christopher Prosser
  • TitleGeneral election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts
    Media name/outletBBC.co.uk
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date1/08/17
    Description By Prof Ed Fieldhouse & Dr Chris Prosser University of Manchester
    URLwww.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40630242
    PersonsChristopher Prosser, Edward Fieldhouse

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Cathie Marsh Institute

Keywords

  • UK politics
  • general election
  • Brexit