Jeremy Corbyn supporters tend to be depressed vegetarians

Typical comfort food includes vegetarian dal and vegetarian bangers and mash

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The typical Corbyn supporter is prone to depression and not eating meat.

The most representative member of Labour's swelling ranks of new members is a middle-class Welsh man in his early twenties who works for a charity, according to YouGov research reported by The Times.

The unsurprisingly leftist cohort that has recently joined the Labour party in huge numbers are keen on the Internet, where they like to watch YouTube and frequent Jeremy Corbyn's Facebook page.

Their keenest political interests include the NHS, homelessness and climate change – as well as the fear that we are being controlled by a secret elite.

When they're not on the Internet, Corbyn supporters tend to like writing and politics, and are keen on Stephen Fry, David Attenborough and Eddie Izzard, according YouGov.

And while they might be vegetarian, it doesn't mean that their diets are boring. They like a wide range of foods – everything from dal and thali to bangers and mash, though all of them vegetarian.

According to YouGov's statistics, Mr Corbyn's supporters appear to be as expected, given media reports. People who like him tend to be young and left-wing – indeed, they are at the left extreme of YouGov's spectrum.

But they also tend strongly to be female – as much as they do for being young and being left-wing.

Among YouGov's respondents, Jeremy Corbyn is praised and criticised for the kinds of things that are often written about him.

People who like him say that he stands up for ordinary people and is in touch with them, and describe him as principled, honest and genuine.

People who don't like him describe him as unelectable, stuck in the past, unrealistic, out of touch and left wing.