UK General Election 2015 | Conservatives win with an overall majority

How did you vote in the 2015 General Election?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 67 20.0%

  • Labour

    Votes: 152 45.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 15 4.5%

  • Green

    Votes: 23 6.9%

  • SNP

    Votes: 9 2.7%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 11 3.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Did not vote

    Votes: 43 12.8%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 1 0.3%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 4 1.2%

  • Other (UUP, DUP, BNP, and anyone else I have forgotten)

    Votes: 9 2.7%
  • Total voters
    335
  • Poll closed .

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It's all starting to kick off and Ofcom today awarded UKIP Major Party Status which basically says they must be given a minimum amount of broadcast slots by TV stations. This has obviously angered the Green Party and the SNP are already considering legal action.

It has also prompted David Cameron to refuse to consider TV debates until the Green Party are included. It's no secret he has tried to continually shirk the TV debate questions and has always seemed extremely reluctant to participate and this seems to have given him a way to try to get out of it. But, he has a point. Personally I would love to see the Green Party treated seriously and included in the debates, especially as UKIP will be represented. And especially after today where Farage yet again went too far and couldn't help himself. Instead of simply condemning the attacks in Paris and giving his support, he used it as a platform to bash multiculturalism and the idea behind it.

Personally I think UKIP even getting a sniff of a coalition let alone getting in to power would be extremely dangerous especially after yesterdays events in Paris. The same could be said about Le Pen in France and the Tea Party Republicans in the US. But the UK has even more reasons to not want the election to be fought just on immigration policy. There are so many more important issues to deal with especially the NHS and education. People often say it doesn't matter who you vote for as not a lot changes, which has an element of truth to it, but not this year. I think this year could be one of the most important elections the UK has seen for quite some time.
 
I turn 18 on the 12th May. :mad:
 
langster said:
Do you know who you would vote for if you were old enough?
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Not yet no. Although, I was going to read up on the manifestos etc and look at all the televised debates. I'll still probably do that but there's less excitement now. :(
 
Not voting.

I don't advocate not voting, I just don't personally have sufficient faith in any politician or party to be willing to give them my vote.

I'll be a fascinated (probably mordibly so) observer though.
 
Suli said:
Not yet no. Although, I was going to read up on the manifestos etc and look at all the televised debates. I'll still probably do that but there's less excitement now. :(
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Yeah I can see why. It would be good if you know someone who doesn't vote and ask them to cast yours for you. Otherwise it's a five year wait, although you will be old enough to vote in local elections.
 
Colin129 said:
If ever a thread needed a poll, it's this one.
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Labour
Greens
Tories
Lib Dems
UKIP

Would be my guess of the order in this place.

Also, one poll now, another in April/ May would be interesting to compare.
 
I will be refusing to vote in one until Niall changes polls to the Alternative Vote system.
 
ThierryHenry said:
Labour
Greens
Tories
Lib Dems
UKIP

Would be my guess of the order in this place.

Also, one poll now, another in April/ May would be interesting to compare.
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May just have enough Scots to have the SNP pip UKIP and the Lib Dems on that.
 
Also, what do we think of Cameron wanting the Greens at the debates?

Seems pretty smart IMO, means less airtime for UKIP, and that Labour can be easily attacked from the left. I do think there should be a debate with the mentioned five parties, one with just Cameron and Miliband, and another that includes the SNP and Plaid Cymru. Almost a proportionate amount of airtime for each, based on their popularity. The SNP especially should get more publicity than I think they will, they'll probably be the third largest party after the election.
DiseaseOfTheAge said:
May just have enough Scots to have the SNP pip UKIP and the Lib Dems on that.
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True. Almost definitely actually.
 
langster said:
Yeah I can see why. It would be good if you know someone who doesn't vote and ask them to cast yours for you. Otherwise it's a five year wait, although you will be old enough to vote in local elections.
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5 years?! Oh ffs!
Amethyst said:
Same thing happened to me 5 years ago, mines the 14th. My Dad asked me who I would have voted for and he put my choice on for me.
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He is a good man.
 
Colin129 said:
If ever a thread needed a poll, it's this one.
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I was creating one as you posted this. Initially I wasn't going to change it but then thought as mentioned by @ThierryHenry it would be good to compare between now and just before the Election. I changed the options and added a couple more but because a couple of people already voted it didn't save them and now a couple of options are the same. Sorry for fecking it up.

Could a mod possibly delete it or change it for me (us)?
 
DiseaseOfTheAge said:
Not voting.

I don't advocate not voting, I just don't personally have sufficient faith in any politician or party to be willing to give them my vote.

I'll be a fascinated (probably mordibly so) observer though.
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Would you vote for me?
 
Though I believe that as a British citizen I still have a postal vote, since I live outside the UK I don't think it's fair of me to vote on something that no longer affects me. Thus, I won't be a voting.
 
First one i've been eligible for. Need to do some reading.
 
Count Orduck said:
Though I believe that as a British citizen I still have a postal vote, since I live outside the UK I don't think it's fair of me to vote on something that no longer affects me. Thus, I won't be a voting.
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I'm also a British Citizen, overseas.
Were I in the UK, I would be spoiling my paper (as I have for the last couple) unless there was a decent independent candidate to vote for in my constituency.
I don't quite know how postal votes work, is it based on the area you last lived when in the UK?

Since I was probably going to 'spoil' anyway, I probably won't chase this up. I am not planning to return to the UK (except for visits/to watch United)
 
First ever general election that I'm eligible to vote in and I probably won't even vote. However I'd rather Labour take power than the Torries, I honestly can't stand Cameron, May, Osborne and co.

I heard voting turnouts have dropped to 60% or something low like that, it's crazy.
 
Only party I'd vote for are the Greens, none of the others give enough of a feck about the environment for me. Second would be Labour coz I'm poor and from inner London innit.
 
I'm 31 and I've never voted, nor will I be doing this time. Not out of ignorance (I did Government and Politics at A Level) but because they are all a bunch of detestable twats, who don't have the slightest idea of what it's like living in the real world.

Smarmy Miliband or silver spoon Cameron. No ta.
 
Yeah, I'll be contributing a deafening single addition to Labour's national vote in the foregone conclusion that is my constituency. Democracy in action.
 
I'll probably vote SNP. It's either them or Labour, and Labour are an absolute joke at the moment. Since they don't seem to be able to give us any actual policy to vote for, they're just telling Scots that a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories. Which is ridiculous when the SNP could potentially hold the balance of power at Westminster.
 
I went with the Tories in 2010, however not long into this parliament i vowed to myself that i wouldn't repeat the act come the next general election, whenever that turned out to be. (Due to policy disagreements in areas ranging from defence to planning regulation to transport, to the environment.)

I've never failed to vote since i was first able to do so and am intent on maintaining such a commitment, yet which party i shall pencil my X by this year i haven't the foggiest. Labour has never been able to count on my support mind you, and i don't foresee that changing.
 
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I left the Labour party over clause IV, since they had become too right-wing for me. I will vote for them since I like our MP Tessa Jowell but collectively they are the best of a bad job.
 
I've never voted (23) mostly out of ignorance. Since I bothered to learn the first thing about politics I identify myself with Labour more but probably the idea of them more than the current party/politicians.

I feel I should vote this time though just to stick it to the tories/ukip, would hate to contribute to either of them by omission. I am also slightly biased by being in the public sector now.
 
So as an interested observer from down under, whats likely to happen? Tories to come back outright or are Labour in with a shot?
 
Courtesy of Ladbrokes...

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Would the Lib Dems really want to get into bed with the Tories again? I like the odds on a Lab/LD/SNP coalition. It would never work in practice, but it's worth a few bob at the bookies.
 
Dante said:
Would the Lib Dems really want to get into bed with the Tories again? I like the odds on a Lab/LD/SNP coalition. It would never work in practice, but it's worth a few bob at the bookies.
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If the choice is that, or risk another election this year, they don't really have a choice. They haven't got the money to cope with the latter.
 
One of the things I'm most looking forward to is the outright panic in the English media when it's first publically suggested that the SNP could hold the balance of power. :lol:
 
Whiteside1985 said:
I'm also a British Citizen, overseas.
Were I in the UK, I would be spoiling my paper (as I have for the last couple) unless there was a decent independent candidate to vote for in my constituency.
I don't quite know how postal votes work, is it based on the area you last lived when in the UK?

Since I was probably going to 'spoil' anyway, I probably won't chase this up. I am not planning to return to the UK (except for visits/to watch United)
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Exactly the same here. Too much effort considering I dislike all the parties in general (although some significantly more than others).
 
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