Publication type
Journal Article
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Publication date
April 15, 2026
Summary:
Despite the increasing secularization of British society, religion continues to be socially and politically influential. Using the 2009–22 UK Household Longitudinal Study data, this paper examines the effects from religious self-identification on the strength and stability of party support using Anglicans and the Conservative Party as a case study. It demonstrates that affiliating with the Church of England remains a significant predictor of affective attachment to the Conservative Party and of their electoral support. The stability of such support among Anglicans is disproportionately high meaning that this religious identification acts as a buffer against increasing partisan volatility among the Tory supporters indicating the relevance of religion for British electoral politics.
Published in
Parliamentary Affairs
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 79 , p.263 -305
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsaf028
ISSN
312290
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© The Author(s) 2025. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society.
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