Working class votes and Conservative losses: solving the UKIP puzzle by Mellon, J, Evans, G

“…How do we reconcile evidence of substantial levels of UKIP support among traditional working class voters, and in Labour constituencies, with evidence that UKIP voters report voting Conservative in 2010? …”

Social Class: Identity, awareness and political attitudes: why are we still working class? by Evans, G, Mellon, J

“…Despite a long-term decline in the size of the working class, the proportion of the public who identify themselves as working class has remained stable over time. …”

The conditional politics of class identity: class origins, identity, and political attitudes in comparative perspective by Evans, G, Stubager, R, Langsaether, PE

“…Unlike Danes, the majority of Britons continue to identify as working-class. This difference between the two societies is robust across the span of 50 years of survey data analysed. …”

Class, electoral geography and the future of UKIP: labour's secret weapon? by Mellon, J, Evans, G

“…In their reply to our article Ford and Goodwin argue that UKIP's support is derived primarily from the working class, that it may become an electoral threat for Labour, particularly in Northern seats, and that since 2010 it has taken votes that would otherwise have gone to Labour. …”

In the eye of the beholder: What determines how people sort others into social classes? by Stubager, R, Tilley, J, Evans, G, Robison, J, Harrits, G

“…Even though people in the two countries classify others using somewhat different class labels – with working class labels being used more frequently in Britain than in Denmark – we find a common underlying pattern to the classification. …”