Resumen de The Church of England: Sticking with the Tories through thick and thin

Ekaterina Kolpinskaya

• Despite the increasing secularization of British society, religion continues to be socially and politically influential. Using the 2009–22 UK Household Longitudinal Study data, this paper examines the effects from religious self-identification on the strength and stability of party support using Anglicans and the Conservative Party as a case study. It demonstrates that affiliating with the Church of England remains a significant predictor of affective attachment to the Conservative Party and of their electoral support. The stability of such support among Anglicans is disproportionately high meaning that this religious identification acts as a buffer against increasing partisan volatility among the Tory supporters indicating the relevance of religion for British electoral politics.