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.

Single. £42k. Will never vote Conservative. Typically have voted Labour but not keen on current party. May go Green in future and have voted Green where the vote would count eg in proportional votes.

£38k combined, both SNP.

Well you won't get people saying I vote Tory as I want to help the poor but that's exactly why millions also vote Tory. However it has people on here frothing. Labour folk don't have a monopoly on compassion charity or respect for those less fortunate than themselves . I find the self appointed compassion monopolising of the high earning lefties nauseating and hypocritical.

Me £43k and DP £28k - both floating voters though lefties in general. Both voted LD in 2010 and Labour last time

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

That works both ways though. PP have said how can you vote tory if you work in the public sector or if you earn under £50k.

Isn't that saying you can't be 'right wing' unless you have a lot of money and work in the private sector?

Well you won't get people saying I vote Tory as I want to help the poor but that's exactly why millions also vote Tory. However it has people on here frothing. Labour folk don't have a monopoly on compassion charity or respect for those less fortunate than themselves . I find the self appointed compassion monopolising of the high earning lefties nauseating and hypocritical

I am inclined to agree with this. You have the best policies with the best intentions in the world, but if you've a shit economy they mean sod all!

Tenheit where have people said that everyone who votes Tory is a selfish bastard? I certainly haven't and neither has anyone else on here!

Radicalrooster, by singling out higher earners and Labour voters in your original post, you made your point very badly.

I'm glad I was able to clarify your thoughts, though.

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

Too right. I spent a long time at the bottom of the pile but it was only ever up to me, and not the State, to address the situation.

You can have the best policies

Because we believe society needs a safety net.

As someone who usually votes Tory I think this is one of the main points of difference between Tory voters and Labour voters. My view is that, where possible, responsibility for providing that safety net for my family lies with me - not the state.

Those who can afford to do so should be saving/insuring themselves against the possibility of unemployment/illness etc. The state should only support those for whom this is not an option. We spend a significant chunk of our income (joint £40k p.a. so not exactly rolling in it) on savings/insurance to protect ourselves and hopefully minimise the chance of us ever being reliant on the whims of the state.

I earn £8,000 and vote conservative.

We earn less than10,000 a year. but we both work hard. i vote labour or tusc because im staunchly socialist and hate Tory spending cuts which are grossly unfair and have left me and many I know struggling to survive.

Anyone who votes Tories because they think they help the poor

House hold income circa £110k- I gave always voted labour. DH decides by election and voted Tory last time. I refrained from kicking him out

Tanith, the relevant words in my OP were the only thing this little survey illustrates is...

The point being that this little survey is therefore erroneous and misleading. But hey, carry on being obtuse, no skin off my nose.

We earn £95k in total. I'm labour, dp is a float-vote.

Our household income is 13,000, I'm a single parent working part-time, no tax credits. I voted Labour in the last two elections, to try and help keep the Conservatives out. I prefer the Green Party.

My household earns about £32,000 between us. I voted LibDem because I supported the coalition. I absolutely loathe Labour and didn't want them in power. I thought the Conservatives reigned in by the LDs were a much better option. I also live in a safe Labour seat where the Tories aren't really an option. But I think if I had lived in a seat where they were I would probably have voted for them.

13 years of Labour was catastrophic for people like me who were on fairly low wages. My standard of living plummeted.

It's interesting that there seem to be an awful lot of wealthy people voting for Labour. It just confirms my view that Labour is the party of the middle class, immigrants, public sector workers and benefit claimants. They have no interest in the white working class.

It also chimes with my feeling that wealthier people are more likely to feel that the problems of the poor are best solved by chucking benefits at them, because they didn't really experience the futility and hopelessness of communities which developed big dependencies on welfare during the Labour years. I prefer opportunity to dependency.

When we were both working, about 150k. Roughly half that for the past few years as were alternating childcarevv. Both vote labour (would do greens if they had a better chance round here).

48k. Bit of a floating voter in that I vote for my best local candidate. Been Tory for the last 3 years, was a lib dem where I previously lived. Mostly based on policies on local infrastructure improvements etc, and my own personal situation at the time. As my situation and priorities change and evolve, no doubt so will who I vote for.

Bubbles, my point about the public sector was not made on the basis of values but on point of fact. Most public sector workers will agree that they feel less secure in their job, have had their pay frozen and their terms and conditions worsened under the coalition/ conservatives. The conservatives themselves have made much of the fact that public sector will take the heat of austerity. That was my point about turkeys voting for Christmas. I did not start from the premise that public sector = left wing = good while private sector = conservative = bad.

Well put, Lazy

They have no interest in the white working class.

I've heard this before but only from the type of people to vote BNP...can you explain how labour treat the white working class differently to the working class?

It's interesting that there seem to be an awful lot of wealthy people voting for Labour. It just confirms my view that Labour is the party of the middle class, immigrants, public sector workers and benefit claimants. They have no interest in the white working class

It also chimes with my feeling that wealthier people are more likely to feel that the problems of the poor are best solved by chucking benefits at them, because they didn't really experience the futility and hopelessness of communities which developed big dependencies on welfare during the Labour years. I prefer opportunity to dependency

Totally agree with this Lazy

Household income of approx £100k. Labour voters. Absolutely would never ever ever vote Tory. (Both public sector workers)