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The purpose of this study was to carry out an ecological analysis of the National Front vote, with a view to examining the social bases of National Front support.

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Variables % of population who are council tenants, % of eligible population who voted, whether National Front fought in 1977 election/October 1974 General Election, % of voting population between ages 18 and 25, % housing without full amenities, % housing with more than one person per room. Change in % share of votes going to Conservatives between the G.L.C. elections of 1973 and 1977, Labour's/National Front's/Conservatives' % share of total votes in 1977. % of working population in the Registrar General's occupational categories 7 - 12 and 15 - manual workers, % of working population unemployed, % of population with at least two G.C.E. 'A' levels, % of employed going to work by car,% of manual workers in the population. Whether constituency is in the Inner London Education Authority area, Liberal % share of votes in 1977, whether constituency is adjacent to another constituency in which the New Commonwealth is greater than 10%, Conservative/Labour/Liberal % votes in 1973, whether constituency is in the North East quadrant of London, % turnout in 1973 election

No sampling (total universe)

(with the exception of one constituency not contested by the National Front)

Compilation or synthesis of existing material