Trust in MPs declines the further from Westminster you live

Trust on a one–to–seven scale

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Distance from London in miles

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Distance from London in miles

Guardian graphic. Source: IPPR analysis of British Election Study 2020. Notes: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not included. The effect of distance is smoothed with a kernel-weighted local polynomial regression