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.

Pan is spot on, chance for the well off high earning lefties to spot how worthy and down with the poor they are. Nauseating and hypocritical MN royalty socialists for you!

I am a disabled puclic sector worker and I voted Tory.

Am I one of those 'bird within a bird' things that you can get for Christmas at the posh butchers counter in the local garden centre?

Most hard working class Tories are too busy at work to post here about their incomes and social conscience. Very telling who is posting the most here, top 1 percenters boasting about how right on and Labour they are. Thankfully not representative of the country at large.

I would be interested to know whether the low-mid earners avoided commenting on this thread after reading it, or whether mumsnet is so disproportionately represented by the very wealthy or, of course, people could be lying

About 25k (single parent family), Labour.

read the small print - Wealthy MN royalty would swear you can't possibly exist but there are thousands like you !

Please explain how it is hypocritical for people to answer the question truthfully?

Household income about £120K

We both vote Labour, always have

Only

There are other views on here but there is also a rich vein of sanctimonious smugness as well.

'Oh I dont mind voting against my financial interests.......you see I don't mind paying extra in tax as I care about the country and those less fortunate than me' - can someone pass me the Brasso my halo need a polish.

Easy to take a metaphorical bullet for the team when your disposable net household income is measured in ?000s

We're probably top 10% for household income, one Labour voter, one Green Party.

I think income levels play a part but they're not the whole story. My sis is a psychologist, and she reckons people vote according to their values.

So if you believe people are generally in charge of their own destiny then you're more likely to vote Conservative.

If you think lots of people are victims of circumstance and that the class ceiling is real then you tend to vote leftie.

Richer people prefer to believe that they're rich as a result of their hard work than just by luck so they're statistically more likely to be Tories, and vice versa. But there are also plenty of people on low incomes who share the US-style 'you make your own luck' philosophy - including a high proportion of self-employed people.

Whaddya reckon?

Household is under 40K. DP and I both vote Labour. Whatever the income, personally I will always vote Labour. Couldn't bring myself to ever vote Tory.

PanGalactic I don't dispute at all that a lot of people on this thread are enjoying being invited to say "I voted Labour even though I earn ££££" (and since they were ASKED to say it, it doesn't count as boasting, it's just answering the question).

However I really don't think that anyone earning less could be put in the position of "taking a bullet for the team".

In order to be in the position where you would personally be better off under the Conservatives rather than Labour, you have to earn a lot.

I don't understand why anybody would commit die hard to vote for one party for all of their lives. Society changes, political parties change, the macro and micro environments change. I vote for the party that I think stands for the interests of the country as a whole, and I prefer to take a long term view.

So if you're rich, you can't be left wing because you're just being a pretentious prick? How ridiculous.

Household £36k. I voted Green last time, I will vote labour again if Jeremy Corbyn gets the leadership. I want a left wing labour party.
Husband is tory. It's the only thing we argue about.

Lash

Nowhere have I stated that.

You can be rich and left wing, no problem with that.

It is the thinly veiled bragging and moralising that these type of threads invite that I object to.

Look, I am ?100k + earner and I vote labour because I care for those less well off than me

The implication being that those high earners not voting labour are somehow morally bankrupt uncaring shits.

The thing is Lashes, many 'true blue' tories have always hated wealthy Labour voters because it's a direct contradiction of their widely held belief that Labour voters are unemployed benefits scroungers reliant on the state for handouts.

Six figure household income, we vote labour/ green/ lib dem because we are working class. Voting Tory would be a betrayal.

Joint household income of around £36/£37k however will be more this year as a 1 off - around 55k (I got a well paid temp job for 5 months that has now ended)

Both DH and I voted SNP in the last election. Previous to this it was labour as they were the best of a bad bunch. I feel labour have gone too far right and are now so far removed from what they were originally. They are a margin better than the Tories but not what they should be.

I would never, ever vote Tory. I remember what it was like as a child growing up under a Tory government, living in a council estate with my mum and dad struggling to find work. I hate to think that 30 years on there are thousands of children and families going through that all over again.

Plus I can't stand David Cameron's smug face.

I find it strange that so many people have partners that vote so differently from them. Politics and values go hand in hand - surely you would need to be on the same page about these things for a relationship to work?

Pan no ones said that though, if you read that into it doesn't that say more about how you feel about your own voting?

I agree Little, seems people dislike what threatens their beliefs

Combined income about £115k. I don't get to vote (not citizen) although would support Labour/Jeremy Corbyn. DH has usually voted Labour, or a party further to the left, never Tory.

Pan, there are also lower earners who say they vote Labour. And lower earners saying Conservative.

And I'm not sure why someone saying they vote Conservative for is any different from someone saying they vote Labour for , if we assume that both parties are being truthful.

I'm not sure why saying (e.g.) I vote Labour because I believe in protecting the vulnerable is 'bragging' or 'moralising', TBH.

And people are also saying things like voting Tory is (again e.g.) 'the best way forward for society as a whole.'

I mean, take aim at Labour voters if you want, but at least be fair and have a pot shot at the others too.

£105k household income, both vote Labour. Because we believe society needs a safety net.

Me £12K - labour

DP £30K - tory

Household income of £155k - fairly even split in terms of earnings across both adults.
One green voter (done to make a point as in a Tory safe-seat) and one Tory voter!

I don't think it is bragging to say you want to protect the poor, surely most decent people would do that. Once you earn above a certain amount you don't need any more which frees you up from voting out of self interest.