Ukip not winning over the politically disengaged

Our structure (research) Impact of our research Postgraduate research 09 Dec 2014 New research from the British Election Study has revealed that contrary to the popular view, Ukip is no more successful at winning over the politically disengaged than the other parties. Professor Jane Green from The University of Manchester and a Co-Director of the BES, says only the Greens are set to gain more in 2015 from people who didn't vote in either the 2005 and 2010 elections. She will tell delegates at a BES event in Westminster today that according to her analysis of BES Internet Panel data, (collected May-June 2014), non-voters make up 19% of those intending to vote Green - far higher than the other parties. And as a percentage of all voters, those shifting to Labour and Conservative from not voting is higher than Ukip: 2.7% for Labour, 2.2% for Conservative but only for 1. Ukip. The research also reveals that those people who didn't vote in 2005 and 2010 are set to split their votes in almost exactly the same way as those who voted in 2005 and/or 2010. Only the Greens pick up relatively more support from persistent non-voters.