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“Zero seats!” was the call from young Right-wingers who wanted the Tories to suffer for their incompetence. As the post-mortem of last week’s general election continues, polling data shows that, if you exclude over-65s, the Conservative Party may have been close to a total wipeout.
Polling from Lord Ashcroft shows that the Tories only beat Labour in the pensioner age group (with 38%), mustering well below a third of the vote in every other category. Rishi Sunak’s party did particularly poorly among 25-36-year-olds, claiming just 10% of the vote.
Take out over-65s vote and I suspect the Tories were indeed on zero seats. The Green Party also seemingly beat them among under 45s. pic.twitter.com/QcBIidswBm
— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) July 8, 2024
Labour beat the Tories among both men and women by a 10-point margin while Reform did slightly better among men, with 16% compared to 12% for women. But for an ageing population, zero seats might well have come true. The Tories should be grateful for the miracle of modern medicine…
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