Overview

• Dr. Ekaterina Kolpinskaya’s study published in Parliamentary Affairs this month examined UK Household Longitudinal Study data from 2009 to 2022
• Anglicans demonstrated the highest consistency of any group except Baptists, with an 89% chance of retaining party closeness and a 91% chance of maintaining voting intentions between survey waves
• About 36% of Anglicans reported feeling close to the Conservative Party and 39% intended to vote for it, representing five times the share of Roman Catholics among Tory supporters
• Older, married Anglicans in England and Wales without university degrees and optimistic about their finances showed particularly strong Conservative loyalty, contrasting with lower support among women, Muslims, manual workers and those in financial hardship
• Despite growing secularization in British society, the analysis underscores religion’s enduring role in shaping electoral behaviour and positions Anglicans as a buffer against wider Tory volatility