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?

I'll vote any way that keeps Reform out

I'll vote for whoever I need to in order to stop Reform getting in. I think my constituency is a lost cause though, full of racists.

I have no idea as I don't know who is standing etc. I would most likely vote tactically as others have said to keep Reform WELL out of my area.

For the last 20 years I have volunteered in various ways every election day. The last one was hideous. As a teller, multiple times I was verbally abused by people claiming we were preventing them from voting Reform - Reform hadn't stood in our area, but volunteers with zero control over any party or the process, got mouthful's from people because Reform hadn't bothered to offer a candidate.

It very much depends on what they say they’ll do (although as no doubt we’ll see in the budget, manifesto promises count for less than nothing) and also on who the candidate is. I have been thoroughly disappointed with recent administrations, so it remains to be seen what will change between now and the next election. But I would always vote - women have chained themselves to railings and gone on hunger strike for my right to do so, so the very least I can do is spoil my paper if I feel that strongly - spoiled ballot papers are counted, and also count towards the turnout.

Maybe. But these days it feels like a choice between a bus going in the wrong direction or a bus with the wheels falling off, smoke pouring from the engine and an untrained drunk driving it.

I voted Conservatives last election but will vote Reform if they have a better chance of kicking Labour out.

@mutinyonthetwix

But these days it feels like a choice between a bus going in the wrong direction or a bus with the wheels falling off, smoke pouring from the engine and an untrained drunk driving it.

This is a brilliant analogy.

That they are willing to forge alliances if it's in the best interest of the country. Very simple. 2019 was an epic failure on that front.

Anyone who will keep Reform out.

That too.

I will vote to keep Reform out.

Possibly - the parties have shifted a lot, partially as a result of cultural shifts/realignments and also indirectly in response to new parties that have popped up or expanded.

I don't think my high level goals will change but it seems possible that the party which best is able to achieve them might shift.

I was a Lib Dem supporter throughout my teens, although was never able to vote for them obviously. In 2010 I was a year too young to vote and I was devastated by their actions having plugged them for so many years. This was a personal choice, my parents supported Labour. I just haven’t felt able to trust them since although will say I quite like Ed Davey.

I voted for Labour when Corbyn was in. I realise he isn’t hugely popular on here but I liked the guy and most of his policies. I’m basically centre left. I voted Green in the last election because I think Labour have transformed into pseudo tories since Starmer took over. I’d only go back to Labour if someone like Burnham took over. I don’t agree with all Green policies but they’re best aligned with me.

100% this.
We need a party operating the centre ground. I want strong economic policies, growth, tax reform, immigration policies that work and benefits reform.
I also want all people to be treated with compassion and in an equitable way. I believe racism should be called out and have been deeply uncomfortable with the recent rhetoric being spewed by reform.
Those two stances can co-exist.

As an aside, I am always astounded at the popularity of Rory Stewart among people who claim to be left wing... I can only conclude that there is a deep-seated tendency among the British people to doff their caps to their social betters...

I will vote to get labour out

No, I’ll vote the same. This government is going exactly as I expected.

I don’t think its the left, it’s centrists. I would describe myself aa a centrist: moderately conservative on the economy and the welfare state but broadly progressive in my social views (with a carve out for the trans ideology).

There is nothing in any of the parties that I can get behind.

I’d be more embarassed to admit that I voted for Labour last election than to say I’ll be voting Reform next election.

All the tactical voting rubbish is how we’ve ended up with this diabolical lot in the first place. Most voters don’t have a clue who to vote for or why so that’s where ‘tactical’ voting comes into play.

That worked out sooo well last year…

Anyone except Labour. They are hastening the destruction of this country. It wasn’t in a good state when they took power, but their policies are actively destructive. I believe they only got in because the Tories ate themselves and there was no other viable option.

Still planning on voting Reform again unless a proper right wing party appears.

Who knows. 4 years is a long time. The only thing I can guarantee is that I won’t be voting for reform or any party that gets into bed with them.

Sure, but the appeal of RS is essentially that he is a modern-day lord of the manor who always has a kind word for his tenant farmers - and it has always seemed to me that this is how he views himself! He wants to paternalistically decide for them what their country should be, heavily influenced by what will make himself look like a good person among his peers; to the extent he has a specific internal vision of what Britain should be, it is based on conserving his upper-class culture of aristocracy, cricket, a turn in the military...

He is such an elitist - intelligent, well-meaning sure - that I cannot understand his appeal specifically to people who have a progressive ideology.

(I actually don't object to some of this - but the only people I tend to hear singing his praises are always "I hate the elitist out of touch Tories but RS is the exception...")

I live in an area that has always been Labour. Can see a massive swing to Reform occurring. Reform almost certain to win.

I was a life-long Labour voter. I voted tactically last general election because LibDem actually had a chance of ousting the Tories in what had always been a safe seat for them. LibDem won and I’ve actually been quite impressed with their MP.
I have since joined to Green Party so will probably vote for them unless it looks as if Reform have any chance in which case I’ll vote whichever way I have to to keep them out.