NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2001
Module:Political Attitudes
Variable:VOTENI

If response to VOTED is 'Yes, voted' ...

Which party did you vote for in the general election?

	%
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	26
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	27
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	14
Alliance Party	2
Sinn Fein	12
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	1
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP)	1
Women's Coalition	1
Other party (specify)	1
(Refused to disclose voting)	10
(Don't know)	5

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	29	23
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	26	28
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	13	15
Alliance Party	2	3
Sinn Fein	14	10
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	2	1
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP)	2	1
Women's Coalition	0	1
Other party (specify)	1	1
(Refused to disclose voting)	9	10
(Don't know)	4	6

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Ulster unionist party (uup)	20	20	18	23	29	40
Social democratic and labour party (sdlp)	21	25	25	35	30	24
Democratic unionist party (dup)	16	21	16	11	15	10
Alliance party	4	2	2	3	2	3
Sinn fein	21	15	16	12	11	4
Progressive unionist party (pup)	3	2	1	1	0	0
Ulster democratic party (udp)	2	2	1	1	2	1
Women's coalition	2	2	1	0	0	1
Other party	0	1	2	0	0	2
(refused to disclose voting)	3	8	10	12	8	11
(Don't know)	7	3	10	3	3	5

Results for people of different religions

	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	2	47	*
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	57	2	*
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	0	27	*
Alliance Party	2	3	*
Sinn Fein	25	0	*
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	0	2	*
Ulster Democratic Party (UDP)	0	2	*
Women's Coalition	1	1	*
Other party (specify)	1	1	*
(Refused to disclose voting)	8	11	*
(Don't know)	4	5	*

* indicates that the number of people in this category is
too small to allow percentages to be calculated.