2017 UK General Election

How the youth vote turned the tables for Corbyn

As the dust settled on a tumultuous general election, it became plainly clear that the United Kingdom is now deeply divided by age. The following infographic features Ipsos MORI data and it shows how young people overwhelmingly cast their votes for Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party. 62 percent of those in the 18-24 age bracket voted Labour, along with 56 percent of those aged between 25 and 34. Read the full story about how Corbyn's election surge was fuelled by the biggest youth turnout for 25 years in the Independent.

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This chart shows the estimated vote share by age in the 2017 UK general election.

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