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SME workforce lead voting turnout for UK general election
Research commissioned by MakeItCheaper.com suggests that SMEs will lead voting turnout at the 2015 UK General Election with 93% of SME owners intending to vote and two thirds (67%) encouraging their staff to do the same. Over half (55%) will allow their staff to vote during business hours (around 8.4 million employees1). The figures compare favorably to the 80% of SME owners who voted in the 2010 Election, where the general turnout was just 65%.
The North East is set to have the highest turnout amongst SME business owners, with 98% intending to visit the polling stations on May 7th. The region with the lowest intended turnout is the West Midlands with 90% - which is still 25% higher than the general turnout of 2010.
A breakdown of voting intention by region is shown in the table below:
Location | Will Vote |
UK | 92.9% |
London | 93.3% |
South West | 95.3% |
South East | 92.4% |
West Midlands | 89.7% |
East Midlands | 90.2% |
East of England | 90.3% |
North West | 96.3% |
North East | 97.8% |
Yorkshire & Humber | 95.0% |
Scotland | 94.4% |
Wales | 91.2% |
North Ireland | 75.0% |
Small businesses visiting the Polling Stations on May 7th will include*:
For more information on how small business owners intend to vote, visit Make It Cheaper: The Small Business Vote.
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Further information: Nick Heath 020 7654 0730 / 07720 297972 / nick.heath@makeitcheaper.com
Notes to editor:
* Case study contact details available on request.
1 Total SME employee populati Source:http://www.fsb.org.uk/stats
Research among 1,000 UK business owners and managers was conducted by Google on behalf of Make It Cheaper on 16/04/15.
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