Worcester woman is a political term used by polling companies in the United Kingdom. It profiles or describes a type of median voter, a working class woman in her 30s with two children who worries about quality of life issues and has little interest in politics. Not necessarily hailing from the West Midlands city of Worcester, Worcester woman has been described as an important swing voter when it comes to deciding elections.[1]
It has been perceived to represent someone who would previously have voted Conservative but would likely be swung to vote for Tony Blair's Labour Party by the New Labour rebranding. This electoral sector was particularly targeted in the 1997 and 2001 UK general elections.[2] The Worcester constituency is a noted marginal seat which elected its first ever Labour MP in 1997. It subsequently returned to the Conservatives in 2010. In 2015, it was considered a swing voter for Ed Miliband.[3]
Worcester woman has also been used as a pejorative term to describe a woman with consumerist views and a shallow interest in politics, leading her to decide her vote based on issues raised during the election campaign, and therefore likely to vote for whichever political party has the most effective spin.[4]
^"Do 'Workington Man' and 'Worcester Woman' decide elections?". The Spectator. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^"Election '97: Worcester Woman gets the elbow". The Independent. 8 April 1997. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^"Worcester Woman lives – and she could settle Ed Miliband's fate". The Telegraph. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
^"General Election 2010: Worcester woman is yet to make up her mind about David Cameron". The Telegraph. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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