... reinforced by peripheral factors such as member to a trade union, living in Local Authority accommodation. However voters are more likely to vote as regards to what party will benefit them. For most of the post war period it ahs been comparatively easy to provide broad explanations of voting behaviours in Britain. People were regarded as either being middle or working class, this definition was solely based on their occupations. The vast majority of the working class voted Labour and the middle class voted Conservatives. The Labour party had a close link with many trade unions; therefore they were more popular within the working class. The last thirty years has seen very fundamental changes in the occupational and industrial structure of /Britain. There has been a significant shift in manual to non- manual work. In 2961 the workforce was comprised mostly of manual workers however by 1981 this had fallen a ...

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