What cities would you say are left wing or right wing?

People say that the north are heavily left wing.

People say that the north are heavily left wing.

Depends what you mean by left wing. As a general rule, cities tend to be a bit more left leaning in their voting behaviours (e.g. Remain rather than Brexit, more Labour MPs in urban areas etc). Also, this is more pronounced in the north where there are cities with no Conservative MPs at all in places like Sheffield or Liverpool.

However, in stark contrast to voting behaviour, attitude surveys consistently show the north to be no more left wing than the south. So although people might vote Labour and hate the Tories in the north, they're not necessarily left wing (and this might explain why Jeremy Corbyn sometimes polls even lower than what has traditionally been Labour's floor of about 27%).

Think you will find it links up with wealth and poverty.

It goes back to the 1980’s.

In the South which outside London was relatively rural and service based the rise of the right and policies like Right To Buy generally led to both a short and long term rise in prosperity as your old villages gradually became wealthier.

In the north where state industry was dominant like mining or manufacturing the short term hit was negative even though most of the larger cities like Leeds have thrived during the last and current business cycles. Because the median voter age is around 50 though, there are still people directly impacted voting in large numbers.

It should be noted however that in general the right in the north is rising as the median voter becomes the person that grew up in the recovery and equally immigration and white flight is weakening the grip close to London. Wales saw a record Tory vote share, Scotland and the North East saw a swing to the Tories.

It goes back to the 1980’s.

In the South which outside London was relatively rural and service based the rise of the right and policies like Right To Buy generally led to both a short and long term rise in prosperity as your old villages gradually became wealthier.

In the north where state industry was dominant like mining or manufacturing the short term hit was negative even though most of the larger cities like Leeds have thrived during the last and current business cycles. Because the median voter age is around 50 though, there are still people directly impacted voting in large numbers.

It should be noted however that in general the right in the north is rising as the median voter becomes the person that grew up in the recovery and equally immigration and white flight is weakening the grip close to London. Wales saw a record Tory vote share, Scotland and the North East saw a swing to the Tories.

Depends what you mean by left wing. As a general rule, cities tend to be a bit more left leaning in their voting behaviours (e.g. Remain rather than Brexit, more Labour MPs in urban areas etc). Also, this is more pronounced in the north where there are cities with no Conservative MPs at all in places like Sheffield or Liverpool.

However, in stark contrast to voting behaviour, attitude surveys consistently show the north to be no more left wing than the south. So although people might vote Labour and hate the Tories in the north, they're not necessarily left wing (and this might explain why Jeremy Corbyn sometimes polls even lower than what has traditionally been Labour's floor of about 27%).

How can an entire city be 'left-wing' ....?

A city can be left-wing if people in that city, when polled, have left wing views on certain issues when compared to the country as a whole. Another indicator is the political parties that win in a particular city.

The "least gay" region of the UK and also one of the oldest, basically all Tory

So homosexuality is a pre-requisite for voting Labour is it?