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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Caitlin Doherty

Reform voters more likely to live in areas with health problems, study suggests

People living in areas with poorer health outcomes are more likely to vote for Reform UK, new analysis has suggested.

Experts at Imperial College London looked at voting data from the 2024 general election, when Nigel Farage’s party won five seats in England, and found that three of the five constituencies (60 per cent) returning a Reform MP were in the most deprived fifth of the country, compared with 103 (29.7 per cent) of Labour constituencies.

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