I voted on Thursday. Not sure it made any difference. You?

[boxershorts]

That said, there was a seat in my area won by ONE VOTE

We have always voted. But we dont get very excited about it.

[Solopower1]

Keep voting. How else can we let them know what we want? If you don't vote, you can't complain when they get it wrong.

I can understand why people don't vote, but that's like lying down and letting them walk all over you.

[MsVestibule]

I forgot! Lame, I know... I think voting in local elections is as important as voting in the general elections. Arguably, local elections can have a greater effect on our day to lives.

[PoppyWearer]

My vote made zero difference.

BUT, voting is hugely important, please don't stop voting!

Remember the suffragettes, we are hugely privileged to even have the vote.

[boxershorts]

I accept that Poppy

[specialsubject]

I spoiled the paper for the first time ever - after research, I felt I could not support either candidate BUT I have the right to vote and I am honour-bound to use it.

[PoppyWearer]

special I did that for the police commissioner election. what a load of twaddle

[weblette]

In an area which could genuinely have a dustbin in Tory colours elected I feel I have to show there are at least a few people who think differently.

[soimpressed]

I wanted to spoil my paper too. I had the choice of UKIP, Cons, LD and an independent who had made no effort to let anyone know anything about him. I know it's a safe area for the Conservatives but I still wanted a proper choice.

[Ponders]

1-2-3 figures in our ward went 1061, 1016, 932 so really pretty close

turnout was under 30%

I wish more people would bother

[ReturnOfEmeraldGreen]

Labour won in my ward by 42 votes, we are surrounded by safe Tory wards. Really pleased, I delivered hundreds of leaflets and will look to be as active as I can in 2015 in getting our vote out, regardless of it not being a 'winnable' seat.

[pointythings]

I voted - at least I had a Labour candidate to vote for this time. In previous years I've had to add a 'none of the above' box to my ballot paper and tick it, i.e. spoil my ballot, because I refuse to vote for the Tories or UKIP.

My council ward is in true blue toryland though, so it won't have made any difference. But I'll keep voting.

[ZombiesAteMyBaby]

We didn't have any local elections so I couldn't this time. But we had our local council elections last year (or possibly the year before) and we went from a Lib Dem council back to Labour. We haven't had a Tory MP voted in since 1979 in these parts.

[GibberTheMonkey]

We had two seats

I voted tactically
Sadly though the ones I voted for got in, Ukip still got the other one.

[Solopower1]

My son has just turned 18 and he said there just isn't anyone he wants to vote for, and he would have to vote tactically, ie in order to keep a particular party out. What I think he should do is vote for a small party that he mostly agrees with but knows won't get in, because that sends a message to the bigger parties that in order to win our support, they need to change their policies.

That's what has just happened with UKIP, of course (and I don't like them at all). But if more people voted Green, for example, that would send a very important message to the Labour party.

[boxershorts]

The Greens are under publicised and UKIP over publicised

[AphraBehn]

Greens won in my area, which has one of the highest Tory majorities in the country.

They based their campaign on planning and environment issues which are a real concern locally.