66%

Proportion of Baby Boomers

who voted in the 1979 election*

58%

Proportion of Gen X who voted

in the 1997 election*

48.5%

Proportion of Gen Y who

voted in the 2015 election

Source: House of Commons report, Ipsos Mori statistics

Note: *When they were approximately the same age

as Gen Y now

At the UK general election in

May 2015, 48.5% of Gen Y voted,

the lowest turnout of any

age group

66%

Proportion of Baby Boomers who voted in the 1979 election*

58%

Proportion of Gen X who voted in the 1997 election*

48.5%

Proportion of Gen Y who voted in the 2015 election

Source: House of Commons report, Ipsos Mori statistics

Note: *When they were approximately the same age as Gen Y now

At the UK general election in May 2015, 48.5% of

Gen Y voted, the lowest turnout of any age group