Poll: Who will you be voting for on May 5th?

Which political party will you vote for?

  • Liberal Democrats

    Votes: 187 20.5%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 311 34.1%

  • Labour

    Votes: 161 17.6%

  • Regional Party (Plaid Cymru, SNP, etc.)

    Votes: 23 2.5%

  • Issues Party (BNP, Greens, UKIP)

    Votes: 45 4.9%

  • Independent candidate

    Votes: 5 0.5%

  • Abstaining from voting

    Votes: 107 11.7%

  • Not eligible for voting

    Votes: 74 8.1%
  • Total voters
    913
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I have been a socialist all my life so that rules out the Tories and Labour.

Of the mainstream parties; I prefer the policies of the Lib-Dems but I will probably vote Scottish Socialist. They are maybe slightly left of ideal for me but they are the by far the closest to my way of thinking.

Stan :)
 
Im not old enough to vote but i realy hope conservatives do not win, i hope Labour do, and personaly don't have anything against Tony Blair
 
well, if it'd make a difference, i'd vote labour. since they don't have a chance of winning my constituency, i'll vote lib-dem instead. hopefully, denying a seat to conservatives will help labour stay in power.

personally, i dont like the current voting system, but i can't think of anything better. at least it doesn't confuse you like the american one did years back when bush first got in power......
 
Posty said:
Im not old enough to vote but i realy hope conservatives do not win, i hope Labour do, and personaly don't have anything against Tony Blair
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Why?

If it's purely based on the manifesto (or hints of the manifesto up until yet) then i'd side with the conservatives/liberal democrats - purely because of the intended scappring of university fees.
 
I think that question(s) could produce a very long answer, though I doubt anyone has the energy to answer it in full. Have a look on the BBC election 2005 website - I think it sums up all the main policies of the main political parties.
 
I will be voting conservative because a) I have been brought up in a tory household my entire life and although I've tried hard to develop my own political beliefs I came to the same conclusion of my parents and b) The conservative MP in my ward has always been very good for my area and I want him to be my MP for another 4 years. Having said this however I do not think that Michael Howard is the best man to lead the country, nor Blair and unfortunately although Kennedy has charm and stuff he's too much like a teddy bear!
 
The polls are looking promising! I always knew this forum was a Tory stronghold. :)

I Honestly think the Conservatives stand a good chance in this election. Spread the word!

Gold
 
Goldy said:
The polls are looking promising! I always knew this forum was a Tory stronghold. :)

I Honestly think the Conservatives stand a good chance in this election. Spread the word!

Gold
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they won't mate, they need over 40% to even do anything. But they will cut Labours majority.

I'm still not sure about them. I'll vote, I like Howard, but I'm not sure on the rest of them. Letwin or Brown, who would you choose?
 
Goldy said:
The polls are looking promising! I always knew this forum was a Tory stronghold. :)

I Honestly think the Conservatives stand a good chance in this election. Spread the word!

Gold
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This is a pretty right wing forum. Luckily the results won't be representative of the real election ;)

I would say labour will get in again but with a reduced majority (round 50 or so)
 
I'm too young to vote, but wouldn't know who to vote for even if I could. It's not that I'm apathetic, but that none of the parties provide an overall solution which I'm happy with. I am happiest with Labour running the economy, but disagree with their policies on immigration and education. I'm perhaps more comfortable with Tory policies in general but I don't trust them to run the British economy - Letwin? I don't think so. As for the Lib Dems... I like Charles Kennedy but I don't trust his party to run the country as a whole. Plus they have no chance of winning anyway.

I don't see the point in voting for a 'single-issue' party such as the Greens. They argue that they have a rounded manifesto, but just read the Green manifesto and see how vague they are with the economy, health etc. compared to their environmental goals.
 
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