What's your General Election voting history?

Until 2010 - always Conservative
2015 - Conservative or UKIP, undecided, need a quality info source nearer the time other than the tired old GD hurr durr yookeep raycis blurggg...
 
When I was young & poor I voted labour once in the early 90's. Now I'm older & richer its always been tory.
I am to this day ashamed of voting labour.
Next year I will vote ukip. If the tories came out with some decent right wing policies, rather then the limp wristed liberal nonsense they are currently pedalling, then I would vote for them instead.
 
robfosters said:
Can someone explain this to me please?

Should I be insulted?
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No.

Refers to trend setters. For instance, there are 'bellwether' states in the US which are a good barometer for who wins the presidency. Eg. whoever Ohio votes for tends to become the President.

Just a comment on the fact you have always voted for the party that ended up in power.
 
I typically vote conservative. This time I'm really not sure who to vote for. Probably the same but more because it's the best of a bad bunch. They are all a shower. I am tempted by UKIP but realistically what I want is a national vote on the issue rather than an outright withdrawal.

The worst result would be for labour to get back in again and wreck the economy again.
 
D.P. said:
I wouldn't worry that much, UKIP is polling at a relatively constant rate and is equal to Greens+LD. Currently Labour+LD coalition will give a majority and a Labour +LD+greens certainly does.


And that is just by %, with the FPTP system UKIP will likely get way less seats than that.

Plus the percentages banded about by UKIP supporters are typically an England number. Scotland has much lower UKIP support(4-5%)


Lastly the only thing that really matters is the swing constituencies where there is a tight Labour-conservative battle. It is expected that more ex-tory than ex-labour supporters will switch to UKIP so the more likely outcome is in contention seats the swing will go to labour.
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Indeed but if the general attitude at work is in any way representative of the wider scope of it its not as far from being a feasible reality as I'd have thought. Was talking about it again at work today; We've a bunch of older people who have mostly voted conservative all their lives but say they won't be voting in the next election as they are somewhat jaded now after the last few years, won't vote labour and don't really know anything about the other parties. Got a bunch of younger people (not youngsters) who have typically voted lib dem (they've always been a strong party around here - with Paddy Ashdown based locally, etc.) but are also mostly disillusioned with politics and either not voting or voting UKIP. And then the more general mix of people who've voted for various parties (mostly labour of late) and now going with UKIP as they've tried most other options without seeing much in the way of results.
 
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Been eligible to vote since 1995 but have never voted. If they give me a "none of the above" option I'll take it.
 
Have only ever voted once for that motherlover Blair...going to vote Tory this time purely for monetary reasons, i hate them all.
 
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