Working Class Tories

The break down of votes among the categories below A/B in 2010 were as follows ( IPSOS MORI)
C1 (Lower Middle class) Con lead Labour by 11%
C2 ( skilled working class )Con Lead Labour by 8%
D/E ( unskilled and subsistence ) Lab lead Con by 10%
This is better for the Conservatives but not dramatically so than 2005.
Look at it another way
Mortgaged Con lead Labour by 7%
Private Renter Con lead Labour by 6%
Social Renter Labour lead Con by 23%
( in 2005 it was 31%)
In the South outside London however you have an extreme example of working class disenchantment with New Labour . In this area D/Es are only a quarter of the elecorate whereas C1s and C2s are half and it is among C1s and C2s that New Labour have all but disappeared. Most interesting are the attitudes on individual issues . It was this polling information that had an impact on David Millibands campaign,.( From Southern Discomfort )
These voters said Labour was close to benefit claimants , trade Unions , immigrants but distant from the South and especially home owners
Voters in the South no longer regard Labour as the Party of fairness many say they get"Nothing" from government.
Conservatives are trusted on every major competence question
To run the economy Con 44% Lab 16%
To reduce the deficit Con 51% Lab 12%
To cut spending fairly 27% to 16%
On achieving greater equality and social mobility 22% to 16%
47% of voters believe Labour spending was largely wasted