What political party supporting family were you born into?

[OneUmberJoker]

As in what party did your family support
Labour for me

Why does it matter? A lot of people aren't born into a party. I mean I dis know stupid tory boys cheering over bojo getting in in 2019. My in law's mil fil and bil all unthinking support tory.

My family politics are less obvious and though I'm one of those new Labour types I was not adopting my parents politics as mum was yellow and dad blue. They didn't really speak about politics.

Now politics is completely fucked. What it means to be Labour has changed. Tories melted down after Brexit leaving me nostalgic for Tory party of old.

No idea they wouldn't tell me , sneaking suspicion conservative early 80s.
Myself Labour for the most part and SNP occasionally.

Labour - Welsh mining family

Born into Tory household…dabbled myself over the years between Tory and Lib Dem…no feel quite politically homeless. Tories are getting further and further right to recapture some of the reform vote, Labour have been a disaster so far and Lib Dem’s are non existent. Centre right’s my natural home but no such luck for me at the moment.

Labour and from a very strong Labour area

There was only one party in my country. It was sensible not to criticise it openly.

My parents used to tell us kids never, ever, tell teachers what they had talked about at home.

My great great uncle was a prominent Labour minister. My grandmother was Conservative. My late parents voted Labour then became grassroots with SDP and we used to meet the gang of four regularly. I vote Reform.

If they were still with us, my f would have been raging Reform and my m would have been Lib Dem or possibly Green.

Except for the whole issue of not knowing what a woman is. That would have had her hurling abuse at all parties because she was just old enough to remember the suffragettes and had VERY strong views on the rights of women.

Don't know because before social media became a thing people actually used to keep their political views to themselves and not be bothered how other people voted, which is the way it probably should have remained instead of all this preaching of one's politics on others or smearing people who have different opinions to one's self which has seemingly crept into every aspect of day to day life now. I have my literally no idea who my grandparents voted for because it simply was never discussed.

It seems to be heading that way in my country

Conservative in a northern constituency always Tory until 1997. Family small business background. Horrified as a teenager that my mum voted Tory because my dad did. I've always voted Labour, with some misgivings, but feeling homeless at the moment, like many.

Labour from a red wall area of the country. As they got older my parents turned to the Conservatives. Last election they voted Reform.

They were horrified by riots in a nearby town last year, when I pointed out who had orchestrated them they were shocked.

I don't discuss politics with them anymore.

Whig

I don't know, it wasn't really talked about much, area wasn't particularly labour or conservative

Not Conservative. Parents voted Liberal or Labour.

Labour

Labour

Now vote Green as Labour aren't left enough

Dad was a Tory (recent years has stopped him voting Tory though), and mum takes the concept of a secret ballot so seriously that I honestly have no idea - she would never tell anyone who she votes for (though she can only vote in local elections, as she never got UK citizenship)

I think that’s where I’m heading too.

My parents, grand parents and entire extended family were Labour through and through. Thatcher was loudly despised when I was a kid. Working class, northern mill town upbringing. Many in my family have now turned to Reform. They don't recognise this current version of the Labour Party at all.

I switched to conservative in my 20s. Been blue ever since, but often vote tactically.

I've been going through some old family papers today and have come across my grandfather (who died before I was born) being described as a communist. It was in a character reference written by his vicar. I guess that's South Yorkshire in the 1940s for you.