How much do you earn and who do you vote for

[Beautifulbabyboy]

So inspired, by another thread that contained the words "labour are cancer" I am genuinely interested in the correlation between what people earn and who they vote for. Is anyone else interested in this?

Our household income is £125k pa and we vote labour, even though we would be worse off, because I think we should help society as a whole.

Bubblesinthesummer I agree, it's like people who can't understand couples where one partner votes Conservative and the other Labour. Your choice of vote doesn't make you a bad person (unless its the BNP or similar).
I earn less than £50k and I voted Tory because I didn't trust Labour with the economy. If the economy goes down the pan I don't have a job.

I voted Tory because I didn't trust Labour with the economy

I respect that as a perfectly sensible reason to vote the way you did.

Household income £80k. I earn £7k of it in the public sector. Things at my workplace became a lot more efficient and organised under the coalition - the waste and laxness prior to that was grim. Don't assume that all public sector workers are card carrying reds (likewise you can't assume that £100k+ means Conservative, just because they'd be "turkeys voting for Christmas"- not everyone votes for what seems best for them).

I'm a floating voter - Cons/Lab.

My dh's public sector department also improved under the coalition government.

Too all the people who have said they voted labour because they 'want to protect the welfare state and protect the most vulnerable' labour said all though the campaign that they would be making cuts to the welfare state, and now that they support the cuts the tories have made. How is a vote for them helping anyone if you take this into account?

We earn less than 50k and didn't vote labour because we hate their flip- floppy policies, and as I said before, they make it difficult for home educators.

£78K household income. Labour. Always Labour.

Tanith, that was my point, thanks. That the survey was nugatory because its entire premise is trying to find a correlation between earnings and voting preferences.

Hannahouse - it's why you shouldn't take anything seriously on this site - judging from the career/experience/earnings thread elsewhere, MN appears to be populated almost exclusively by corporate lawyers and PR managers (with a guilty socialist conscience).

Household around £80K (both earn less than 50K), both life long Tory voters.

Household income of around £75k from running 2 small local businesses, both voted Tory as wouldn't trust labour to completely screw us over which was happening when they were last in.

Part Time , £18,000 per annum, 4 children , married. DP earns £28,000.

I vote Labour DP votes Green,

Oops sorry DH not DP , not been married long

I earn 17k and voted tory. Not sure who dp voted for tbh we have a rule not to discuss politics toouch as it can get heated.

My parents have always voted tory. From when they were skint and living on bread and butter, to now when they are very comfortable. I dont think money is a reliable indicator.

£21k Conservative.

DH £31K, never voted before this election, voted Labour much to my disgust but at least he voted

Why vote Tory? Because Labour destroy the country time and time again.
I would no sooner vote Labour than chop my own arm off!

Should be about £470k for calendar year 2015.
Labour normally, but Conservative this time.

The Conservatives have done more to stop tax evasion in the last five years than all Governments put together over last 40. That and the fact that Osborne is trying to create a more balanced economy and raise living standards through concrete measures rather than excessive borrowing.

Household income around £85,000. We both voted Labour.

Georgiedawes

You said you grew up with Tory values - so what do Tory values mean to you? I grew up in a council estate, very working class northern town. Just curious as i imagine we had very different upbringings.

£24k. Labour.

I would never vote Tory.

Combined household income of just over £23,000

I've always voted Conservative because I never have ,and never will trust Labour. My DH voted Conservative, for the first time, this year for the reason that he thinks none of the other parties could deliver.

I dont blindly agree with everything the Government is doing, but for me, there is no alternative.

This thread really is a thinly veiled 'look at me with my high income AND social conscience?. A wet dream of a thread for many Mumsnetters.

Don't be silly, Pan. Many points of view are represented here.

I sort of agree with pan actually

Household income is in top 1 or 2%. I voted Labour; DH voted Tory. Unlike him, I have a social conscience

I earn £20k (but currently on mat leave so just SMP), DH earns about the same. We both vote either Green or Labour.

Why do we vote Tory? Because we believe that they are the safest pair of hands for our economy. My DH runs his own small business so is at the sharp end of things and is not as insulated from the effects of economic downturns as most people in employment are. We can see that things are really improving economically.