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The EU referendum and subsequent general elections in the UK have renewed interest in the influence of values and identity on voting behaviour. This paper uses data from the British Election Study Random Probability Samples to study the influence of ‘core’ political values on voting behaviour in England between 1992 and 2019. Using a two-dimensional model of political values, the paper shows that both the ‘old’ political values of left and right (associated with economics) and the ‘new’ political values (measured here as ‘liberal-authoritarian’ values) remain important in vote choices. It shows that the liberal-authoritarian dimension has become more important but also that the interaction between the two dimensions has come to play an increasing role.

Professor Paula Surridge is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Bristol and Deputy Director of the ESRC funded initiative UK in a Changing Europe. Having begun her academic career working on the 1992 Scottish Election Study she is interested in social and political values, and political identities. Both how these values and identities link to positions in socio-demographic space and their influence on political behaviour. She is co-author of the latest volume in the ‘nuffield’ election series ‘The British General Election of 2019’ and is currently working on public opinion, including changing attitudes to Brexit, political behaviour and political participation.

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