To ask who you're voting for next May?

[NickiFury]

Me, Labour.

I'm voting Democrat tomorrow.

Not Ham Faced Cam

Tory, no question

Labour have damaged our country enough with their economic policies, and their cosy arrangement with the trade unions means firms are being held to ransom for unreasonable demands.

I'll be voting Tory - no contest.

Labour. Another tactical vote. I'd vote green if I thought it'd make any remote difference but sadly it won't because they don't get the same amount of press as UKIP and aren't as 'controversial' I guess . So I'm lumbered with the only vote that stands a chance of kicking the Tories out and keeping the fascists out.

Tory as they have tried hard to get us out of the mess we were in and seem to have the right stance on working etc. Free meals at school is a farce but Labour did much worse.

Not UKIP.

I want to find out who actually gives a shit about women and vulnerable people before I decide. Ultimately though I'm in a Tory safe seat so it won't really make a difference

I care a lot about voting but probably won't bother voting. Until or comes in my vote is pointless. Green.

SNP.

Labour in spite of my reservations about their leadership. However as I live in a Tory safe seat yet again my vote will be wasted. I voted Lib Dem last time and feel betrayed.

The only solution is a switch to single transferable voting, or even additional member systems, which seem to be working well in the Regional Parliaments/ Assemblies. I say that even though the result would be a greater presence in national politics for extremist groups; it's the cost of true democracy.

Majoritarian systems like FPTP are, in my eyes, totally discredited now that we no longer have the post-war monoliths of Labour and Conservative, and especially since Thatcher broke the post war consensus.

Tory here. I don't like all their policies (or backbenchers) but Labour's pious champagne socialist hypocrisy and rampant money wasting just doesn't make for a workable government. I've seem close up how the last Labour government pissed money up the wall and it turned me into a small-state small-c conservative.

Labour but they need a change of leadership. Maybe Diane Abbott just for someone who's not an old white man.

Green.

I live in one of the safest Labour seats in the country. I'd be very surprised if UKIP had much support round here (inner SE London, extremely diverse ethnically and socially). If I lived in a marginal constituency I'd have to think harder about what to vote. As it is, I have to go with the party that most closely matches my values, and currently I think that's the Green party.

I used to vote Labour but haven't since the 1997 General Election. I had such high hopes after 18 years of the Tories and felt very let down by how they behaved once in government. Miliband seems a pleasant enough person but is not a convincing candidate for PM.

I don't vote Labour locally either because I don't think they do a particularly good job in my borough, but there again my vote doesn't make any difference. At the last council election we got a Labour mayor (he's been doing the job for 12 glorious years continuously), 53 Labour councillors and one Green councillor (not in my ward). No Tories, no LibDems, no Independents. Very unhealthy.

Difficult, the pig's ear that Labour have managed to make in Scotland has given anyone who doesn't want the SNP with a very tricky decision.

I'm undecided, but most likely it will be conservative. I don't like some of what they do, but I expect most people could say the same of any party they vote for.

Labour just aren't credible at the moment, so it definitely won't be them.

Labour.

Labour - in an attempt to stop the SNP.

Labour. Ed miliband is much more of a classic socialist. None of this tony blair new labour bollocks. He may not be the most amazing politician but im confident hes going to steer the party towards a much more socialist direction. And i cant stand watching anything the tories can get their grubby little hands on privatised.

Very nosy question here I know...Those of you voting Tory-can I ask what it is you like about their policies? Or is it just that you think they are better than Labour?

Not a clue. I voted Lib Dem last time.- never again.
My Labour MP is really good but I have huge reservations about Milliband and Balls so I'm torn.
DH has been a true blue Tory up to now but is probably voting Labour next year.

Labour definitely. Anything, anything at all to get the conservatives out of government.

SNP. Labour do not deserve a vote after their behaviour during the referendum (my MP is facing charges for some of the things he has done), and Greens sadly do not have a hope under first past the post although ideologically I identify with them the most.

If nothing else this thread shows we desperately need electoral reform, so many people voting tactically to prevent their vote being wasted means the current system can't be working.

LD. Least worst.