There's only one Premier League football team based in a Conservative constituency indy100 indy100 Indy100 logoNewsletter sign upRegister/Sign inTop 100NewsViralPoliticsCelebritiesScience & TechVideoWishlistWishlistBooksFashion & BeautyFood & DrinkHome & GardenKidsSports & FitnessTechTravel & OutdoorsMoreScience & techVideoConversationsSportIdentitiesLifestyleShowbizTVSearchxSport

There' s only one Premier League football team based in a Conservative constituency

Evan Bartlett (@ev_bartlettApr 22, 2015 Chelsea: Blue through and through On Wednesday morning, a Nottingham University professor tweeted out a picture of the 92 league football teams in England arranged by political party. Philip Cowley assigned each team a colour based on which political party held the seat where their stadium is located. His research showed that the red of Labour dominates the football league map - with 55 of the clubs having MPs from Ed Miliband's party. The Conservatives have only 29 across the four leagues, and just one representative in the top flight - the very blue Chelsea - in upmarket West London. Interesting that Labour should be so dominant? Or should that be expected: football being the traditional working class sport and Labour being the traditional working-class political party? As a comparison we thought we'd run the same test on teams from the Premiership of rugby union - the traditional sport of the upper classes and hence, we would expect to see the Tories dominate. However, using Cowley's same method - running the location of each club's stadium through Democratic Dashboard - we can see that there is an even balance of Labour and Conservatives (five each), with two representatives for the Lib Dems. More: Fans of London football clubs ranked in order of reputationKeep reading...Show less

Chess player Niemann files defamation suit after cheating accusations

UFC fighter claims he can prove that the earth is flat

Gerard Pique may have to wear his ex Shakira' s name on a Barcelona shirt

Please log in or register to upvote this article

Top 100

Man endures ' 29 hour flight' with screaming kids for the entire trip

flightplanechildflightOct 12, 2022

How likely is it that Boris Johnson could be prime minister again

Boris Johnsonboris johnsontory leadership contesttory leadership racetory leaderTory leadershiptory leadershipConservativesconservative partyConservative Partyconservative leadership raceconservativesBoris Johnson16h

The Rocky career of Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnsonthe rockblack adamwweDwayne Johnson14h

Lorraine Kelly hits out at Madonna' s ' boiled egg' face

madonnamadonnalorraine kellygmbshowbizplastic surgeryOct 11, 2022

Elon Musk is actually selling a ' Burnt Hair' fragrance

elon muskthe boring companyperfumeelon muskburnt hairOct 12, 2022

Jon Stewart slams Arkansas attorney general for her ' anti-trans law'

lgbt+transgenderlgbt+jon stewartapple tvarkansasus newsnewsOct 11, 2022

Just Stop Oil protester praised for ' great' explanation of soup stunt

just stop oilvan goghprotestclimate activistsjust stop oilOct 19, 2022

Couple spark debate for ' scandalous' wedding cake topper

wedding caketiktokwedding cakeviralOct 12, 2022

Love Island star shows extent of how far influencers edit photos

Love IslandOct 11, 2022

Steven Seagal describes Putin as one of ' greatest world leaders'

steven seagalOct 10, 2022

Lizzo wears empowering shirt after being fat-shamed by Kanye West

lizzoOct 10, 2022

14 of the worst things the Tories did this week

liz trussOct 08, 2022

A lettuce just outlasted Liz Truss' stint as prime minister

Liz TrussOct 20, 2022

Newsnight guest says ' you can' t treat mortgages like prime ministers'

Liz TrussOct 20, 2022The Conversation (0)