The Hansard Society has today published its annual Audit of Political Engagement. We've got a story about the conclusions on the site already but I've now had a chance to flick through the whole of the 137-page report and there's one other finding that particularly struck me: only 22% of people would be proud to see their child, or another relative, become an MP.
That's lower than the figure for broadsheet journalists – and 10th out of the 14 professions covered in the survey.
Here are the full figures. People were given a list of professions and asked which, if any, they would be proud for a child or a family member to do.
Family doctor: 75% would be proud
School headteacher: 64%
Solicitor: 53%
Businessman/woman: 50%
Judge: 46%
Senior police officer: 44%
NHS manager: 33%
Senior civil servant: 30%
Broadsheet journalist: 24%
National politician (MP): 22%
Local politician (councillor): 21%
Council manager: 16%
Tabloid journalist: 13%
It was a shame they didn't include bankers in the list.
