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Rishi Sunak

Historical and international

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Position estimated from: UK premiership 2022-24: fiscal conservatism, Rwanda deportation plan.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
72toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
54near the center
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
36near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
66toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
71toward intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
77toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
52near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
66toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
59near the center
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
20toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
65near the center
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
35near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
71toward intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
42near the center

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military aid to countries resisting invasion is worth the cost.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Overall immigration levels should be reduced.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Agreesfrom their record
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Agreesestimated
Class distinctions should gradually disappear.Strongly disagreesestimated
The government should cap prices for essential goods during normal economic conditions.Strongly disagreesestimated

Closest ideologies

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Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.