2.1 Party Membership in the Sampled Constituency Associations | 23 |
3.1 Socio-economic Characteristics of the Party Membership: Gender, Age, and Education | 43 |
3.2 Socio-economic Characteristics of the Party Membership: Work Sector, Class, Housing Tenure, Share Ownership, and Income | 45 |
3.3 Socio-economic Characteristics of the Party Membership: Religion and Ethnicity | 48 |
| 3.4 Newspaper Readership | 49 |
3.5 Social Characteristics of Conservative Party Members and Voters | 50 |
| 3.6 Members' Attitudes to Traditionalist Issues | 54 |
| 3.7 Members' Attitudes to Progressive Issues | 55 |
| 3.8 Members' Attitudes to Individualist Issues | 56 |
| 3.9 Members' Attitudes to the European Community | 57 |
| 3.10 Members' Attitudes to 'Thatcherite' Policies | 59 |
| 3.11 Members' Ratings of the Conservative Leadership | 61 |
3.12 Members' Attitudes to the Party Leadership and Conservative Central Office | 63 |
3.13 A Comparison of the Political Attitudes of Party Members and Conservative Voters | 65 |
3.14 Political Experiences and Political Contacts between Members and the Conservative Party | 67 |
| 3.15 Rates of Activism within the Party Organization | 68 |
| 3.16 Voting Behaviour and Party Membership | 70 |
| 4.1 Political Activities Undertaken by Members | 74 |
| 4.2 Indicators Relating to Donating Money to the Party | 76 |
| 4.3 Experiences of Recruitment | 78 |
4.4 Sources of Recruitment by Years when Members Joined | 79 |
4.5 A Comparison of Party Members and Conservative Identifiers in Relation to Incentives for Joining the Party | 91 |
4.6 The Most Important Reason for Joining the Conservative Party | 96 |