Voting & Income

[Nerves2017]

AIBU to be interested in who people are voting for and what their income is?

I have no income as I'm a student and will be voting labour.

DP has an income of £22,000 and will be voting labour.

Anyone else?

I'm a SAHM and DH earns £180,000 a year. We are both voting labour.

DH earns around £28k, I work pt and earn £8k. Not 100% but pretty sure I'm voting labour. Think DH will too. Have previously voted conservative and DH green though.

I earn £41k, I will be voting labour, dh is a SAHD who will voting labour, however he has voted libdem in the past.

Joint income 70kish, voting Labour this time, have voted Lib Dem in the past (totally dependent on local candidate each time). Would always vote socialist option regardless of income.

DH and I both currently earn around £120k. I've voted labour all my life from earning £15k to earning £160k.

Honestly we have no clue who we can vote for. Neither can bring ourselves to vote conservative, but JC and his pretty useless top team aren't leadership material and the cost of their policies concerns us. Lib dems is a wasted vote round here.

We're socially liberal left-of-centerists (was a happy Blairite before the whole war crimes horror) and I genuinely feel that no party comes close to representing us.
For the first time in 30 years I might not vote.

£60k. Conservative.

Interesting re age vs income. I'm in my 20s and have always voted Tory.

I'm a SAHM, DH earns around £120,000 with bonuses. Both voting labour.

DH, 32k...tactically voting labour, otherwise would vote green.
Me, 10k (work p/t), can't vote as EU National otherwise would vote labour too.

£12k-£14k (I'm partially self employed), SNP but only because there's no Green candidate in my area.

Joint income £200k, will both vote Labour.

Joint income of approx £120k one voting labour one voting tory.

I'm a SAHM so earn next to nothing- I'll be voting labour in a safe Tory seat. Dp earns £48k and will be voting labour too.

I doubt salary is the sole indicator of voting intention. I don't think those old class indicators are as valid as they used to be, just take the bizarre phenomenon of the working class Tory voter.

For anyone who isn't yet sure, have a look at the vote for policies website. To be honest, it's worth a look even if you have decided as your perception of the parties may not match the reality of their policies.

I'm a single parent with a 4 yo dd, I work pt and also claim ctc/wtc. Will be voting labour. TBH don't know anyone who will be voting Tory

Band 7 NHS worker, postal vote for labour.

Higher rate tax payers both voting labour. We don't really like any of the choices but our labour MP is fairly decent and we really are not happy with the current very right wing conservative government and intensely dislike TM. I might respect her more (even if I disagreed with her) if she stuck to anything but the constant backtracking and blaming everyone else despite being the party in government for quite a while now really annoys me.

Single parent, self employed but approx £40k. Voting labour.

Both higher rate tax payers, voting labour because we're not selfish knobs and also realize that despite what the blue press are saying Corbyn is moderate and his policies aren't socialist.

NOt stating income as totally irrelevant to how we are voting this time. We live very much in a swing area! The current MP is a main party, it could go to LD instead of the main party but won't go to the other main party. We may vote tactically to vote current MP out!

Self employed, join income of £100k. I'm normally a Lib Dem voter but this time i'm voting Labour in the hope of ousting our Conservative MP (the Lib Dem candidate doesn't have a chance).

Think DH will do the same.

I'm a SAHM, husband earns around £90k. Both voting Labour - worked hard to get here, don't believe in pulling up the drawbridge behind me.

I'm a sahm and dh earns £160K - we are both planning to vote Conservative. With 3 dc in private school, paid for entirely from dh's salary with no help from our families, we can't afford Corbyn - we could have managed the increase to income tax, but with the proposed VAT in school fees means it's too much (almost £1K a month, in case anyone was wondering). We are just from ordinary backgrounds, with no family money behind us. If Corbyn gets in then we might have to look at where else in the world we can live and work - I'm sure there will be many others in a similar position, which convinces me that he will get nowhere near the tax income he expects.

Joint income of about £150ish.

Vote labour or lib dem. As yet undecided.

I want my children to have a decent education. I'm afraid that's more than the odd grammar school.

Both higher tax rate payers in London

Both voting Labour (to make sure the Tory has no chance, but we're big Lib Dems)

Join income of 65k (one full time one part time) we are both voting green