NI Life and Times Survey

Year: 2003
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: VOTENI

May I just check, thinking back to the last general election - that is the one in 2001 - do you remember which party you voted for then, or perhaps you didn’t vote in that election?

	%
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	20
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	17
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	12
Alliance Party	3
Sinn Féin	8
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	1
Women's Coalition	1
Other party	1
(Did not vote)	22
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	5
Refused	6
(Don't know)	6

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	22	19
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP)	16	17
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	12	11
Alliance Party	3	3
Sinn Féin	9	7
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP)	1	0
Women's Coalition	0	1
Other party	1	0
(Did not vote)	20	23
(Not eligible/too young to vote)	7	4
Refused	7	5
(Don't know)	4	9

Results for people of different ages

%

18-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 4 12 18 17 29 37
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 5 14 18 24 18 18
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 6 14 14 12 10 13
Alliance Party 0 1 2 6 5 4
Sinn Féin 9 14 7 7 7 5
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 0 1 1 1 1 1
Women's Coalition 3 1 2 0 1 0
Other party 0 1 1 1 1 0
(Did not vote) 35 30 26 19 16 9
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 34 3 0 1 0 0
Refused 2 3 5 8 7 7
(Don't know) 3 8 7 6 5 8

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 1 36 9
Social Democratic & Labour Party (SDLP) 40 1 11
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 1 21 4
Alliance Party 2 3 7
Sinn Féin 19 0 7
Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) 0 1 1
Women's Coalition 1 0 2
Other party 0 1 1
(Did not vote) 19 21 39
(Not eligible/too young to vote) 5 5 7
Refused 7 5 4
(Don't know) 6 6 9

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