For those unsure on who to vote for (and don't want to vote tactically :lol:), there's a great website I've just discovered that allows you to choose from a set of categories (education, housing, economy etc) and it will show each party's stance on the selected issue but without revealing the names of the parties (so you're essentially doing it blind). At the end it will reveal which party best aligns with your views on each issue.

 

https://voteforpolicies.org.uk/

 

Labour at ~45%, followed by Lib Dems at ~30% and with the Greens at 20%. Remaining 5% is the 1 conservative policy I chose regarding pensions (we have some of the worst pensions in Europe for how "rich" we are and the Conseratives unsurprisingly have the most beneficial policy regarding that).

 

Hoping to have the Friday off so I can stay up for the election results. Really hoping the conservatives go below 100 seats.

Edited June 24, 2024Jun 24 by Envoirment

For those unsure on who to vote for (and don't want to vote tactically :lol:), there's a great website I've just discovered that allows you to choose from a set of categories (education, housing, economy etc) and it will show each party's stance on the selected issue but without revealing the names of the parties (so you're essentially doing it blind). At the end it will reveal which party best aligns with your views on each issue.

 

https://voteforpolicies.org.uk/

65% Green! might sway my vote back from the Lib Dem’s.

I got one third for Labour, Lib Dem and Greens :cheeseblock:

Okayy redid the poll with all areas considered and got 50% Greens but how the heck did I get some percentage for Reform

I got:

 

Lib Dems 56.3%

Green Party 25%

Labour 8.8%

 

Lib Dems: Democracy, Economy, Energy, Equality & Rights, Foreign Policy, Health & Social Care, Jobs & Work, Pensions, Transport

 

Green: Education, Housing, Immigration, Welfare

 

Labour: Crime, Environment, Tax

I've done the policies now. I'll do it again when it updates with Scotland, I just used England so I could do it.

 

Results not quite what I expected! I did all the areas:

 

Green 43.8%

Lib Dems 25%

Labour 18.8%

 

(I kind of expected a Lib Dem lead and then Labour!)

Problem with these ones is often I'm familiar enough with the policies to tell which one is which, certainly I could pick out the Labour and Reform out of a lineup on most of them. Second problem being that the Green ones always sound the best but might not survive contact with reality.

 

Tried to take that into account and:

Green - 56.3%

Labour - 31.3%

Lib Dems - 6.3%

Conservatives - 6.3%

 

The Tory one is Housing and the policies there between Labour, Lib Dem, Green and the Tories all sound good in that regard such that on paper there's not much in it, of course based on reputation I think they're one of the least likely to actually go through with those policies.

60% Greens

30% Labour

10% Lib Dem’s (Housing)

Can someone change my vote to Lib Dems please? I’ve decided to go with my heart with this election now that Labour are looking to win by a wide margin. My brother wasn’t going to bother voting but said he’ll vote LD if I do too. :lol:

 

Another reason why I’m hesitant to vote Labour is because transphobe Rosie Duffield is my Labour MP.

Ooh, good reason!

 

I will Lab this time strategically but I think LD might be closer to where I'm at generally (plus the representative has done best in the debates imo)

Can someone change my vote to Lib Dems please? I’ve decided to go with my heart with this election now that Labour are looking to win by a wide margin. My brother wasn’t going to bother voting but said he’ll vote LD if I do too. :lol:

 

Another reason why I’m hesitant to vote Labour is because transphobe Rosie Duffield is my Labour MP.

 

You’ll more likely get a Tory in if you vote LD in Canterbury then though!

You’ll more likely get a Tory in if you vote LD in Canterbury then though!

 

Rosie Duffield is one of the Labour MPs that the next Parliament would be better without, a lightning rod for transphobia in the guise of a feminist that would be profoundly unhelpful to Labour in government (and quite unprofessional besides). I wouldn't vote Labour in Canterbury either, not that it matters, she's winning it by a mile.

 

Changed your vote Scene.

I didn’t say I agreed with her views I just think if you vote Lib Dem there you will potentially get Tory. She only won by a small margin in 2019!

I didn’t say I agreed with her views I just think if you vote Lib Dem there you will potentially get Tory. She only won by a small margin in 2019!

 

Yeah this is what I’m struggling with. What is making me reconsider Labour is the fact there will be no uni students around during this election to hold up the Labour vote, meaning the Tories could have a chance of reclaiming the seat…?

Based on specific seat predictors like odds, Electoral Calculus and predicted vote shares, Labour have a roughly 95-99% chance of winning Canterbury this time round and all indicators show the Con/Reform vote there will be split far more than any Labour/Lib Dem split, plus it seems like many previous Con voters would join Labour this time, I don't think you need to worry x

 

(and obvs it's no great loss if that specific seat somehow doesn't come through because of Duffield's actions, the students that won her the seat the last couple of times are statistically more likely to be the sorts who will be put off by her actions over the last few years)

Based on specific seat predictors like odds, Electoral Calculus and predicted vote shares, Labour have a roughly 95-99% chance of winning Canterbury this time round and all indicators show the Con/Reform vote there will be split far more than any Labour/Lib Dem split, plus it seems like many previous Con voters would join Labour this time, I don't think you need to worry x

 

(and obvs it's no great loss if that specific seat somehow doesn't come through because of Duffield's actions, the students that won her the seat the last couple of times are statistically more likely to be the sorts who will be put off by her actions over the last few years)

 

Oh very useful info, thank you! :heart: and yes you’re probably right about the students being put off voting for Duffie. Tbf the LDs could do well this time around in Canterbury. In the 2010 election, the LDs polled 2nd with 6,000 votes behind the Tories.

I’m wavering now, Labour are so hard to support and Plaid are giving me everything.

I’m wavering now, Labour are so hard to support and Plaid are giving me everything.

 

Who is the biggest competition to the tories in your constituency? :lol:

Labour are most likely to win. It’s just soul destroying even thinking about voting for them as they are though.

Labour for me.