To ask if you will actually vote?

Yes I'm definitely voting, wouldn't ever not vote.

Yes, the only wasted vote is the one not cast

Of course. I always do, and for local council elections as well.

@TizerorFizz whether you agree with the tactics or war or not that has led us to this position, the fact of the matter is we are privileged to be able to vote, because there are people around the world who can't, because we were denied the vote for so long, and for that reason alone I will always vote, because I will never take it for granted. Even more so after these last few years, we've really seen how fragile our society really is, never assume we will always have this.

Thanks a million but I'm in Ireland and the voting is today so I've well and truly missed that boat. Good idea though, some of them might be desperate enough to taxi me down the road for a vote 😂

Yes . I'm not a set in stone voter of a particular party and vote for whoever I feel will do the best job at that time for the country .

Yes I be, always do. This constituency will be staying blue though, first fpp is a ridiculous voting system. You never know, one day it might change.
*Hopes for a flying pig on election day.

I'm sure that parties used to have an organised effort by volunteers to drive voters with mobility issues to the polls (both parties have always, always depended on the pensioner vote) but it looks like now the preference is to support postal and proxy voting. That said, @DanielGault you could contact both Lab and Con in your area and ask if there is any assistance available for you to physically get to the polls on polling day if you want very much to do that in preference to a postal or proxy vote, which you still have time to arrange.

Yes of course I will vote , people risked their lives do that I could have a vote . That said our voting system makes my vote irrelevant probably and frankly I don’t much like any of the options but I will definitely vote.

I disagree with you there. It's my own personal opinion but I think they did need to do those things or they could have been waiting years. As I say, my own personal opinion.

Definitely, we can't survive another 4 years with this shit show of a government so will definitely be voting them out

No. I always voted, got train across country etc. Ironically I'm down the road now but can't walk. No easy way to go apart from a taxi, no money for that so won't be there. H will go and take DD. Not massively enthusiastic about any of the options though I have to say

My husband will be over 7000 miles away for the GE, he will still vote! Postal vote will be your best bet, but you can vote by proxy too.

@DanielGault You don’t know that. There was great division between women about tactics. Bombing anything isn’t done in my name. Many women didn’t agree with violent tactics at the time either. Obviously I agree women should have the right to vote but I don’t believe in violence.

Turnout suggests the numbers on here saying they always vote is very skewed. 36% in local elections. There might be a high turnout this time but in 2019 it was 67.5% so lots of people posting here whose vote might actually count?

If you can’t get to the polling station then why don’t you arrange for a postal vote? You have until 19 June to apply for one.

Of course.

Whether it'll make a difference in my area safe seat I don't know.

But it's no good complaining about government if you don't use your voice when you have a say.

Even if your vote doesn't change anything it's counted - and it may show change in the stats even if not enough to affect change iyswim?

Yes. I always vote and have done for decades.

Absolutely. Gleefully. I am a bit lazy though so I have a postal vote

Yes, wouldn't miss a general election!

Of course. I got a postal vote because I thought I might not be in the UK on polling day, though as it happens I will be. I do however think FPTP is a poor way of doing it and I think we should have a form of PR with an option for none of the above and voting should be compulsory.

Options:

See which party your beliefs best match with https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz
Make a tactical vote: https://www.getvoting.org/tactical-voting/
If you really feel you can't vote for any standing candidate, spoil your ballot: https://votingcounts.org.uk/spoilt-ballot

I am thinking l might not- got no idea who to vote for!

If they didn't do what they did you wouldn't have a vote 🤔

What’s the voter turnout like? If it’s average to the country then if everyone who doesn’t normally vote showed up and voted for change you might just see it change.
My parents are in a seat Labour held for decades but it went to the conservatives last time round through a combination of people feeling disillusioned with the new Labour MP and opting not to vote or go to Green Party & people who didn’t usually vote/had previously voted UKIP going conservative. It wasn’t people changing Labour - Conservative that swung it. If you want a change then show up and encourage others to do the same.

Of course I’m going to vote, as should everyone. Even if it’s to spoil your ballot.

I didn’t agree with militant suffragettes. They weren’t what I would have supported. So what they did over 100 years ago was down to them. I would not have supported bombing and arson but we do like to rewrite history.

Political parties are not representing my views. I cannot stand the right of the Conservative Party and my local MP suppoorted Liz Truss so clearly has poor judgement. He’s got a massive majority though. I suspect he will win.

Labour has some people I trust but they are just stating the obvious at the moment,. We all know there needs to be change but they are very light on how - exactly. I’ve just listened to an outline of how they are going to build 300,000 houses a year which was, frankly, pathetic! All of it has been tried. Apparently local people are going to decide. We all know that ends up with zero housing in some areas! So I’m concluding no one speaks for me because they cannot espouse workable ideas in detail. It’s a truly awful state of affairs.

Basically I need a postal vote and I cannot be bothered. It’s actually going to be a massive issue if we end up with a very weak opposition. We need a strong set of MPs to hold the Government to account or we get a dictatorship. We need to understand the pitfalls of landslide victories.