Institute for the Impact for Faith in Life
June 2024
Whitestone Insight interviewed 2,064 UK adults online between 31st May and 2nd June 2024 and asked them questions about their attitudes and perceptions of the faith both personally, and in public life. Download the full results here.
Data were weighted to be representative of all UK adults. Whitestone Insight is a member of the British Polling Council and abides by its rules
Survey Highlights
There were very few changes in the responses to the questions this month, most of which were well within the margin of error, and therefore should not be treated as changes.
In terms of the new question we asked, there is some interesting analysis to be drawn. We asked if respondents’ faith would impact the way they vote in the general election. Only 24% said that it would, with 64% saying it would not.
People of faith of a younger age were more likely than older people of faith to say that their faith would make a difference to the way they will vote in the general election. Almost two fifths (38%) of 25-34s said that it would, compared to only 15% of over 65s saying that it would.
Those who saw their faith as the only true religion (i.e. ‘Exclusivists’) said that their faith would impact their vote more than those who were not ‘Exclusivists’. Half (48%) of Exclusivist Christians said their faith would impact their vote compared to 19% of Christians more broadly. Exclusivist Muslims and Hindus were more likely than Exclusivist Christians to say that their faith would impact their vote, with 57% of Exclusivist Muslims saying it would and 52% of Exclusivist Hindus.