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 usually vote Labour but always vote tactically

How are Reform a ‘proper’ right wing party?
What are the policies they are putting forward that make sense to you?

Always voted Labour. Will now vote for Plaid

I won't ever change how I vote but I fear that won't be enough. If the local & council elections are anything to go by then Reform look to become a shoo in. Just hoping something will change in the next four years 🙏.

I voted Labour in the last election and at the moment if an election were held tomorrow, I would vote Tory. Although I thought Kemi was good at her job before the election, I wasn’t initially impressed with her after she was voted in as leader but the conference snippets I saw and her improved performance at PMQs are winning me round. I also thought Mel Stride was quite good.

i can’t imagine voting Reform as they’re too new and inexperienced to be good in government. Labour have no idea what they’re doing and Reform would be worse at the actual governing. Let alone their worse soundbytes.

I have nothing personally against Starmer - he is doing a dreadful job but I do think he’s trying his best not to and his party don’t like him any more. If they go all Tory and start ousting him and doing the leadership dance I’ll think even less of the whole boiling. Rachel Reeves is awful. But a fall guy. But so so awful. Crying, fucking up admin, saying she never knew, it not being true. Blah blah.

I will vote tactically to prevent Reform winning. I think if they take power it will be a disaster for our country.

For me, the most pressing national issue is the state of the NHS, due to decades of underinvestment.

The Tories should never be trusted with the NHS again and I'm convinced that Reform would be disastrous. That leaves Labour, who are at least aiming in the right direction, the Lib Dems, who might be OK and the Greens, who also mean well but are inexperienced.

I voted Labour in the last election and wouldn't change my vote.

I don't care that he went to Eton and has a posh accent. I listen to what he says and he seems to me to be the only centrist out there. It's all pretty reasonable stuff and none of the rage baiting that's constantly spewed out by other politicians. I was happy for Labour to win in the last election but I'm disappointed by the economic policies because I don't think that they ultimately help working people and SMEs. (Tories are NOT pro-business, only pro mega corporate donors and don't get me started on Reform).

I voted Labour last year. I’ve always voted Labour. If there was a general election today, right now… I’m not sure who I’d vote for. Plaid? Possibly spoil my ballot? Or if there was a chance a Reform mp could win here, vote tactically to keep them out. Even if I didn’t much like the candidate. I really don’t want a Reform government 😬

Liberal to keep reform out

I voted conservative last time (and always have) I will most likely vote reform next time.

Will still vote Labour. I think they're getting an infantile bashing for not yet having resolved and reversed the shit the Tories left us with after 14 years in power, and for anything they try to do to achieve that. I think Reform would be an absolute nightmare for everyone, and I hope to Christ people see sense soon.

I traditionally voted Labour every time (although have voted both Green and Lib Dem in the past).

I won't be voting for them again. I might not vote as I think all the parties are hopeless, although there is a part of me that would quite like to see Kemi as PM.

Can't believe so many are up for Rory Stewart leading the country. The man is an absolute wanker, a non landed toff with no experience of ordinary people's lives. The contempt dripping off him when he interviewed Gary Stevenson was palpable. It was not a good look. Hell would freeze over before I'd vote him into No.10.

I really think we should be pushing for a box with 'none of the above' as an option, but when that wins a stonking great majority then what do we do?

I hear what you are saying, and although I voted Lib Dem I did have high hopes for this Government. But although I agree 14 years of wanton destruction can't be fixed very quickly, I do feel this Government have gone down the wrong path with some issues (e.g.seeming to encourage the anti immigrant messsage). But they also seemed woefully under prepared for tackling the NHS problems, I mean they had years to come up with the kind of radical plans needed to fix the public sector, but I wonder if it's that they dont really have big enough balls for that kind of brave decision making? They also feel too right of centre for a Labour party.

I'll vote tactically to keep the right (Tories and now Reform) as I always do. In my constituency that has always meant voting LibDem, and I doubt anything will change by 2028.

Yes it will be an uphill struggle. But he does appeal to many people, people warm to him. I have faith in Starmer being able to manage high level negotiations, dealing with complex issues in a practical way and do believe he is dedicated to his role but he just does not connect with voters and this is vital as PM particularly for Labour

I’d vote tactically to keep reform out but as I live somwhere with a green MP, I would vote for them again too and I think Zack Polanski is great.

But I would vote for Labour, Lib Dem’s too if I had to to keep the fascists out!

I have always voted Labour and most likely will as my Labour MP is good.

I will stop voting Labour if they continue pandering to the right wing Reform. I would also vote tactically for Lib Dem or Green if I had to to keep Reform out.

I'd never vote Reform and couldn't bring myself to vote Conservative either.

So, I might stick with voting Labour as I did in 2024 because they seem to stand the best chance of unseating our god awful Conservative MP (Kemi Badenoch) here. Otherwise, I'd perhaps consider the Lib Dems. A tactical vote.

Did you vote for them last time out of interest? I don’t blame you btw for feeling this way

Op not sure yet, maybe the same or other to get Labour out

I think people expected miracles from Labour and then some are happy to pretend they did just so they can say they didn’t deliver - not every idea they’ve tried is terrible- I didn’t even know about the trial work for those currently out of work (let’s say with the much commented on anxiety) while keeping benefits - until I heard them speak about it on Newsnight.

Having said that I hope I don’t have to vote tactically for this particular Labour Party in order to vote to keep our Reform - I’m hoping that come the election Reform’s alleged policies of cutting minimum wage for younger workers, 30p Anderson’s ideas for disabled drivers (I can’t even bring myself to type them), the inability to reach agreement with France on “easy returns”, their tax cuts promises for those with estates under £2,000,000 (and whatever else they will do to appease their very rich cronies) plus losing the triple lock (not that I disagree with that but it will cost them supporters) will erase them from history.

I live in an LD/Con marginal, so vote LD to keep the Tory out. I expect I'll do the same next time, our LD MP seems excellent.

I could be tempted into voting Green if I lived somewhere where they had a chance of winning. They're more left wing than Labour now imo.

It's a fair point, but I'd also say it's not really 'they' who had 14 years - for so long the party was adrift, then Corbyn, and Starmer only really got to get a team together very near the election, so in a way I think they're also trying to rectify 13 years of Labour chaos as well as 14 of Tory destruction.

I wish they had a bit more charisma and verve, and made more of the good stuff they actually have done. I wish they'd had the courage of their convictions on a few things rather than rowing them back: that wasn't a good look. I wish (though can see why they can't) they would tackle the anti-immigration rhetoric rather than feeling they have to go along with it for fear of losing the ever-increasing racist constituency. But I don't need them to be everything I'd like them to be in order never ever to want the Greens (barely anything to do with the environment any more: everything to do with identity politics), the Tories (well) or, god help us all, Reform, anywhere near power.

If I think of the biggest challenges facing us - war, climate change, Trump, populism - I think Starmer is the most likely to tackle them maturely, productively, and wisely. And when I say 'Trump' I don't just mean 'because he's a big orange baby and a fascist', although I think he's very bad news. I mean because I think this government can deal with him in a way that's not craven kowtowing (Farage) or infantile protest (Greens).

I will vote Labour (current MP) if there is any chance of Reform getting in. I don't normally vote Labour but we must not reward racism and ignorance.