Will you change who you vote for at the next General Election?

[Pandersmum]

We all had our own reasons for voting as we did in the 2024 general election.

Knowing what you now know, would you still vote for who you voted in 2024?

if you would vote differently, why?

No. As I often say-political parties are busses not taxis. You take the one that gets you as close to where you want to be as possible-you can’t expect to be taken to your door.

We used to have a large conservative majority where I am, and a locally very good MP. However gerrymandering before last election got rid of him and we now have a Lib Dem MP and a different shaped constituency.
Lib Dems are ok but until they explicitly state that trans women are not women and therefore not allowed in women’s sport, toilets etc, they won’t be getting my vote.
I expect I’ll carry on voting Conservative.

I'm not 100% sure if I'll vote - but if I do, it'll be Lib Dems. I've always been a Labour voter (since I turned the legal age to vote, which wasn't long ago since I'm 27) but I think Keir Starmer and his cronies are a disgrace

I’d consider voting tactically to keep Reform out, but I would actually want to be voting for women’s rights as per 2nd wave feminism.

People want to be ‘sold’ a dream. Many don’t even let facts get in the way of it! That’s when politicians like Starmer fall down. Even his election win was mostly down to a vote of no confidence in the Tories and for those right wing leaning a split of the vote with Reform.

I truly hope there will be better times to come under this Government. Unfortunately some if the much needed reforms (like improving Gove’s terrible national curriculum) are not coming fast enough to benefit my own DC.

I think that is a big problem, when I look at my own DCs life chances now, it is all rather worrying, I don’t even know whether going to Uni would be worth it (in financial terms.)

Yes to Rory Stewart! What a loss to our politics!

I think I woukd vote for labour again (having voted conservative previously).

the Tories did a disastrous job! The greens would bankrupt the country, the libdems are a joke. There is no way in hell I’d ever vote for anyone linked to snake oil salesman Farage.

im just hoping Labour get the country moving!!!

I voted tactically at the last election.

At the next election, I would 100% vote tactically to keep Reform out because I don't think they've got a fucking clue about running a government.

I hope anyone who is actually considering voting for Reform takes notice of how viable their policies actually are (HINT: they're not) and haven't missed Farage already doing u-turns on what he promised.

Aside from keeping Reform out, I would want to prioritise women's rights, closely followed by disability rights. So that rules out the Greens and the Lib Dems as neither party knows what a woman is.

I'm not disabled myself but I have close family members who are. Both the Tories and Labour seem hell-bent on unfairly targeting disabled people.

Honestly don't know who else that leaves to vote for?!

I'm another one who would vote for Rory Stewart. I was gutted when Boris beat him in the leadership contest. I think Rory is too much of an honest individual for the current world of politics. The public is too used to politicians lying to make things sound better - I'm not sure they'd go for someone who is unflinchingly honest, even when it doesn't sound great.

I’m in a Tory safe seat, and I’ve never voted conservative before, but when UKIP were doing well they were 2nd in my constituency, so I think for the first time ever I am going to vote conservative as awful as I think they are they will be better than Reform. It’s an incredibly depressing place to be as someone who is left leaning liberal concerned about the environment. I’d normally vote LD, Green or Labour.

Will vote for whoever keeps Labour and Tories out of power.

I'm not attached to any political party so I will do what I usually do and decide nearer the time. We have another 3.5 years yet and much can change.

My last tory MP was shockingly bad, out for themselves and determined to get their nose in the trough. Didn't engage in the community or do anything helpful. My current Labour MP has been a breath of fresh air in comparison, they are actually advocating for our area and have voted against the government at times. We don't agree on everything, but they communicate their reasons.

I'll vote tactically if needed to keep out the Tories and Reform.

I voted Labour at the last election, and have voted Labour at every election since 1997.

If I was given a free and unfettered choice in a PR system, I’d probably vote Lib Dem if there was an election today. Labour haven’t taken their opportunity and I can’t escape the conclusion that they just aren’t up to it.

That said, my number one priority is keeping out Reform, so I will tactically vote if necessary - and that means Labour in this area.

I voted Labour at the last election but feel completely betrayed by Starmer and Reeves as they are just the Tories 2.0 and equally incompetent.

Unless Labour has a leadership challenge, gets rid of Starmer and put in place a real Labour leader before the next election then I will be voting Green from now on.

Same as me, I voted Lib Dem as only that candidate could get the tory MP out, and he did. I do actually like a lot of what Lib Dem party say so I will probably vote for them again.

I am still beyond angry with the LibDems for refusing an alliance with Labour in 2019. Because of that, I hold them responsible for the Boris hard Brexit we're still saddled with. They are exceptionally bad at strategy. That's also how they managed to alienate young voters back in 2012 when they caved and broke their promise on tuition fees. Until they grow a backbone they won't get my vote.

What will it take to show you they’ve grown a backbone?

I will also have to make a choice to vote tactically or who I believe would be the best representative for my constituency / the country.

We had a new labour MP for the first time last election. Where the conservative and reform vote was spilt and labour were the beneficiaries. The labour MP has subsequently been totally absent from local issues. I would be very very surprised if they were re-elected.

I'm not sure yet. I will vote tactically to keep out Reform, so it will depend on who looks best placed in my constituency to defeat them. Too early to say just yet.

I'm with this. I've always voted and not one party has shown they support women. Not one.

I don't disagree that all of the parties have failed women in different ways, but I don't really see how women opting out of voting altogether is going to help.

Your choice, of course, but I will always hold my nose and vote for the least worst option rather than giving up my vote entirely and leaving the men to decide.

But will wait to see their manifesto in full before the GE. Why? None of them stick to their pledges anyway so what is the point in listening to any of them.

I voted Labour last time and honestly have no idea who I would go for if a GE was called tomorrow - the country is in a desperate state of affairs and I do not trust any of the current political parties to lead us with honesty and integrity.

I have always had to vote tactically to get the Tory candidate out. It worked last time! But next time it might be to keep the Reform candidate out. Although the mess they are making in our County Council might do for them.

Proportional Representation now please.

Any party or candidate other than Reform. I’ve seen what their current councillors say about disability and how they’ve treated women and I despise racism so even if I lost out in some way (taxes/cuts), it will be a tactical vote to stop Reform - we’ll, if they are still in existence by then of course.

Absolutely agree but I’m honestly not sure which of these horrors is least worst. Bizarrely it might be current Tory MP🤢 who I don’t love at all but is a good local MP.

I'd still vote for whichever party is most likely to keep reform out.

If you think we have problems at the moment, just imagine what things would be like with that bunch of clowns in charge.

They have already accepted the Supreme Court ruling. Be under no illusions if you vote Conservative, you are handing things to Reform who have zero interest in women's rights.