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Going to private school makes you twice as likely to vote Tory, study finds

Research reveals a private education is directly linked to holding rightwing views and voting Conservative in midlife

Having a private school education means a person is twice as likely to become a loyal Conservative voter as someone with a state education, regardless of their wealth or class background, a new study has found.

Researchers from University College London used data that tracked the lives of 6,917 British people born in the same week in 1970 to quantify how a private education affected their voting and attitudes. The team, led by Prof Richard Wiggins, established that being educated privately also made men and women 50% more likely to hold rightwing opinions.

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