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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Pinhead said:
although i am eligible, i will not be voting.
I dont think any of the parties really deserve to win, and that in any case we are just voting for the best of a bad bunch - not the way it should be.
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To everyone that is not voting because they feel no party represents them etc:

Spoil your ballot paper.

Not turning up to vote is appalling in my opinion, simply because of what people have sacrificed in the past to get a free vote. By spoiling your ballot paper, you still count towards the turnout, but without voting for something that you don't believe in.
 
afraser2k said:
As for postal ballot, I've had to register using a form from here and have been registered. :)
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Cheers I'll have to get that filled in soon. As for who I'm going to vote for I'm not sure yet either Labour or Conservative but I have problems with both them, I won't vote Lib Dem as they run the council here at the moment and they're useless.
 
ok, looking at the big 5:

1) Labour, no way as long as i can draw breath.. i'd vote for anyone else just to get that simpering, spineless, public opinion chasing yankee-lapdog, alfred e newman clone out of the PM job

2) Tory, not sure if i can bring myself to vote for Michael Howard, but their policies are making sense riight now, i know they're all lies though

3) UKIP? not voting for any party who, however fleetingly, was associated with Kilroy. plus we all know that they're just the BNP for people who like others to think that they're cosmopolitan

4) Green Party, i like their environmental stance, but lets face it.. 3 weeks into them running the country we'd be invaded (successfully) by france

5) Lib-Dem, I like Charlie but lets face it, it's the Socialist Party, them getting in to power would mark a historic occasion, namely the end of governmental decision making, 3 weeks into Lib-Dem Government we'd be invaded, by two fisherman from the Isle of Wight, with a net.


Lets face it, they're all a bunch of slackjawed hypocrits, none of them have any positive qualities that would lead me to believe they could collectively run a vacumn cleaner much less a country

i made the mistake last time of not voting. i don't want to vote this time either , none of them are worth voting for in their own right. so i'm left with two options:

- deliberately spoil my ballot paper to record a null vote

or

- vote for whoever looks like having the best chance of getting Blair out of office


*sigh* i've sorted out the application to renew my passport today, with any luck i can score a job in Canada or Japan soon and be rid of this depressing [effluent]hole for good :(
 
'Not eligible for voting'

Why shouldn't I be elligble to vote in the election though? I still have an opinion, and promises in parties manifestos will still affect me.
 
mleh said:
'Not eligible for voting'

Why shouldn't I be elligble to vote in the election though? I still have an opinion, and promises in parties manifestos will still affect me.
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If you contribute nothing to the country, why should you get a say on how it's run?
 
Greg said:
I will be voting, I'm not telling anyone who I'm voting for, and I think its a kinda rude question to ask, seen as its private!
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Why is that then? You must have good reasons to vote for whoever it is you're voting for, in what way would it damage you to reveal that choice?

I voted (and will vote) Lib Dem. :)
 
Labour: I'm afraid I disagree with them on practically every area of non-economic policy (and now I'm seriously doubting that).

Conservative: I wish they'd be more free-market, but I suppose that any move away from public-sector splurge is good. Take-or-Leave Howard. Definately the lesser of two evils.

Lib Dem: Currently under a Lib Dem MP, Mark Oaten. I don't like the man at all, so he's not getting my vote, regardless of my views on the party (neutral).

UKIP: Waste of a vote against labour (not even sure there is a candidate in my area). Divide and conquer :)

Green: Hippies.

So therefore, my criteria of 'main opposition party that isn't labour' means that the Conservatives get my vote.
 
Alasdair said:
To everyone that is not voting because they feel no party represents them etc:

Spoil your ballot paper.

Not turning up to vote is appalling in my opinion, simply because of what people have sacrificed in the past to get a free vote. By spoiling your ballot paper, you still count to wards the turnout, but without voting for something that you don't believe in.
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Quoted for Truth!!! hehe

I hate that saying, but this is entirely true. Spoil your paper, it's better than not voting. I saw mentioned about an option in Oz about none of the above, the difference being that you have to vote their.

Whilst I'm a Labour supporter I'm seriously considering voting Lib Dems, only for the reason my candidate has no chance in my location!

How can anyone want that cretin Howard in. Poll Tax anyone.
 
i personally dont trust any of em to make the right descions, so wont be voting for any of em and will sit and pray that they dont destory the world too quickly
 
My vote is almost purley tactical rather than politically motivated. I have only one shot at getting rid of my current political representative, and thats voting for the second stongest party for this constituent.
 
nero120 said:
If you contribute nothing to the country, why should you get a say on how it's run?
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It's nothing to do with if he "contributes". It's if he is under eighteen, in jail or is the Queen :p
 
Labour.

I think a 3rd term with a much reduced majority would be good for the country, on principle I don't mind paying more tax than lower earners to benefit others (and no, I'm not a student..) so ideologically I'm more aligned with labour/lib dems.

I think the Conservative's policies are ill-thought out, headline grabbing and in some instandes downright disgusting (tuition fees)
 
nero120 said:
If you contribute nothing to the country, why should you get a say on how it's run?
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How can you make sweeping generalisations like that?

How do you know I don't contribute anythign to the country? besides, for 4 years of my life i'll be paying taxes without a say in how they're spent.
 
Feek said:
I wonder how many people who have said they'll vote Conservative actually remember how things were under the Tories last time. Not many, I'll bet.

K.
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I hardly remember them but I've heard enough and read enough history to know I'd never want them again.
 
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