THE RELIGIOUS ALIGNMENT AT ENGLISH ELECTIONS BETWEEN 1918 AND 1970

摘要: Before World War I religion was a major determinant of voting in Britain. Butler and Stokes have used recent interview surveys, divided into cohorts, to trace the declining effect on British partisanship or at least present day results that historic decline. This paper compares their findings with census based analyses each election from 1918 1970 for party. The confirm extend Butler/Stokes conclusions. Conservatives consistently benefited Anglican tradition, Labour did badly areas high religiosity. But Liberals connection both class varied. Religious effects were large between wars. They dropped low level 1950-1 then increased again though not interwar level.