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Sally Power: Private school and an Oxbridge degree remain the currency of British politics
06 February 2015
Professor Sally Power writes about the Sutton Trust candidates’ research for The Conversation.
When the new crop of MPs take their seats after the May election, many may know each other from their days at private school or Oxbridge. A new study, published by the Sutton Trust, analysed the education of 260 prospective parliamentary candidates and found that 31% had attended private school and 19% studied at either Oxford or Cambridge. A majority of 55% had attended a Russell Group university.
The study, which looked at those candidates with a reasonable possibility of victory based on opinion polls and history in each constituency, reveals a picture of both continuity and change. Among current MPs, 33% went to private school and 24% went to Oxbridge.
Read her full piece here.
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