Have you have voted every single vote you been eligible for

In all but one local election when I’d just given birth (before postal votes were permitted)

yes of course

No. I applied for a postal vote for the last general election (which was in peak holiday season here in Scotland) and my postal vote didn’t arrive in time (with less than a week to the election).

Yes, I’ve been voting since 1974.

Yes - it’s an important part of living in a democracy.
People died for our right to vote.
If you don’t vote you have no right to complain about the outcome.

I’m appalled that there are such low turnouts at some elections.

I missed a police commissioner one because I couldn't leave unwell ds or take him with me.

Yes. Voted in every election I could since turning 18. But I'm the great granddaughter of a Suffragette so I wouldn't not vote.

Every single election since 1979. At one local election I voted for just two of the local councillors because the third was a lazy so and so who did bugger all in the ward and should have been deselected.

I think I missed 1 local election about 10 years ago and was in Australia for the 1997 GE. Apart from that have always voted. It should be compulsory.

Women have chained themselves to railings and thrown themselves in front of horses so I can have a vote - I always use it, and always will. I once spoiled my paper, but I will never not be bothered to put in my ballot paper.

Yes

Yes… I always remember the suffragettes

I've voted in every election since I was old enough to vote- I'm 65 now so that's a fair few elections. The first time I voted I went to the polling station with my mum and our next door neighbour, who was quite politically active. It was a bit of a celebratory occasion, a sort of coming of age.

General, yes. Local, no.

I was allowed to vote in 1969, when I was 19. I've voted in every general, European and local election since.

I'm my family it was considered a dereliction of duty not to vote.

My adult child only started to vote when Johnson was elected as leader of the conservative party. But has voted consistently since.

Yes.
You have no right to moan if you don't.

No, I didn't want to vote in NI elections as I didn't want to relate in any way to the politics there (I left age 18 and have never lived there since), and then I lived in countries where I didn't have voting rights for about 20 years. But since I got citizenship in my current country, I have voted in all elections.

Yes I’ve voted in everything since I was 18. Even the police and crime commissioner elections.

Nope not voted for 15 years, after working in the banking industry I realised how little power our politicians actually have. So much entwined in corporations (including banks) and foreign entities, our politicians are almost figureheads. Surrounding them are the aforementioned entities and “advisors” representing various vested interests. Honestly, a politician has relatively little if any weight on how the country is run. Same for Brexit, so many dont realise that Brexit was ALWAYS going to happen! It was necessary for the City….which itself is its own corporate state. Anyway, vote or don't vote, if you can vote for them they're already vetted to act as a politician and will do what they are instructed to do. If they try anything once they're in…Watch how quickly they are removed. Personally, Id say look after yourself and family and certainly at present - prep for rough seas!

All except one. When I worked in care I got stuck on a double lone working shift so was working 7am to 10pm missing the whole opening times.

Every general election. Most local elections.

Every single one. Without fail, even some where it has been least worst, so to speak.

Yes. I’m a dual citizen and I vote in all Polish elections at a Polish embassy/ nominated centre in London. In post communist era, I was educated to take part in voting and not waste a vote. Our teachers experienced the meaningless voting in communist times (when communist party always got 99% of the vote) and felt it was disrespectful and wasteful to not vote in a democratic set up. This lesson sank deep and all my class peers never miss a vote. It’s a matter of discipline and responsibility and meaning to me. Though I must say Reform winning the Kent County Council majority sucks 😱. Alas, I’m resigned to watch their show now 🤣

but if people are disengaged/lack understanding, the outcome of compulsory voting could be perilous.

This would be my concern with compulsory voting. I know people who genuinely shouldn't be allowed to vote. Not because they would vote differently to me, but because they have no idea what they are voting for and don't care enough to look into it.

But who gets to decide who is and isn't allowed to vote?

Yes I've voted in every election - Local and General since I turned 18 in 1970.

I' ve voted in every referendum bar one - the 1975 Referendum about remaining in the EU. I wasn't eligible to vote in that because I'd just moved up to Scotland and wasn't registered. But I actually worked as a Polling Clerk in one of the Polling satations that day so I still felt involved.

I'm quite passionate about people exercising their hard won right to vote.
Even though these days it really is difficult sometimes to find a candidate or party that worthy of the vote.