Class no longer main dividing line in UK politics, survey shows

For the first time in British Social Attitudes surveys, a majority of supporters of all parties favour electoral reform. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Age and education have displaced class as the main demographic dividing line in British politics, according to a leading study on trends in public views.

The British Social Attitudes survey, which has run annually since 1983, found that traditional class-based support for parties had diminished.