Tag Archives: voting

General Election Voting and Other News

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Clive D. Field

How religious groups actually voted BRIN has covered several surveys which sought to ascertain how members of faith groups intended to vote in the UK general election of 7 May 2015. Thanks to Lord Ashcroft, we now have some … Continue reading →

Posted in Ministry studies, News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in the Press, Survey news | Tagged British Election Study, CAFOD, church growth, Church of England, Church Times, climate change, Eurobarometer, general election, honesty, Linda Woodhead, Lord Ashcroft, Methodist MPs, Methodist Recorder, North East England, Opinium Research, religious extremism, religious leaders, Roman Catholics, self-supporting ministry, The Observer, The Tablet, TNS UK, voting, YouGov | 1 Comment

Religion and the General Election

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Clive D. Field

With the 2015 general election only four days away, on 7 May, a round-up of recent research on religion and politics in Britain seems appropriate. Here we report on several new stories and remind BRIN readers of other pertinent … Continue reading →

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Britain Uncovered and Other News

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Britain uncovered The recent ‘Britain Uncovered’ poll commissioned by The Observer from Opinium Research, among an online sample of 1,019 adults, included several questions of religious interest. The proportion associating with any religion was 61%, albeit significantly lower among … Continue reading →

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Religion and Public Affairs

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Clive D. Field

Britons on Christianity in the public square Five times as many people (73% versus 15%) think that Britain has become less of a Christian country over the past five years than dissent from the proposition, according to a ComRes … Continue reading →

Posted in News from religious organisations, Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Survey news | Tagged Anglicans, assisted dying, Christian Concern, Christian country, Christianity, Christians, Church of England, Church Times, ComRes, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Dignity in Dying, Easter, Ed Miliband, general election, Islam, Israel, Jewish Chronicle, Jews, Labour Party, Muslims, non-Muslims, party leaders, politics, Populus, Premier Christian Radio, religious freedom, Scientology, Sky News, spiritual enlightenment, Survation, terrorism, voting, workplace, YouGov | 1 Comment

Bible Versus Darwin and Other News

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Bible versus Darwin Given a list of 30 books, and invited to select three which they considered to be most valuable to humanity (as opposed to having read or enjoyed), 37% of the 2,044 adult Britons recently questioned by … Continue reading →

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The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation and attitudes

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Ben Clements

This second post, based on analysis of the British Election Study (BES) 2015, looks at selected attitudes of religious groups in Britain. Two waves of panel data (conducted in, respectively, February-March 2014 and April-June 2014) have so far been made … Continue reading →

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Religious Vote and Other News

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Clive D. Field

Is there a religious vote? A religious vote continues to exist in Britain, particularly as regards disproportionate Anglican and Jewish preferences for the Conservative Party and Catholic and Muslim preferences for the Labour Party. However, the association between religion and … Continue reading →

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Roman Catholic and Other Statistics

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Clive D. Field

A belated Happy New Year to all readers of BRIN! It has been a slowish start to 2014 in terms of new religious statistical sources, but here is a selection of seven stories to replenish your stock of data. Roman … Continue reading →

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Winter 2013 Cpanel

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Clive D. Field

The results of two modules from the winter 2013 Cpanel of churchgoers have been released by their sponsors this Eastertide, doubtless in a bid to grab the public’s attention at a time of year when religion has traditionally taken centre … Continue reading →

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Religion and Voting and Other News

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Clive D. Field

Four stories are covered in today’s BRIN post, including new data on religion and prospective voting behaviour. Religion and voting Two new large-scale polls (from YouGov and Populus) shed light on the relationship between religion and voting intentions since UKIP’s … Continue reading →

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General Election Voting and Other News

Religion and the General Election

Britain Uncovered and Other News

Religion and Public Affairs

Bible Versus Darwin and Other News

The British Election Study 2015: Religious affiliation and attitudes

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Winter 2013 Cpanel

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