[LeatherTrumpet]

If they are still with us etc

[Kate!]

Yes my parents always voted Labour and so do I.

[Black Dagger]

Think my Mum and step dad are both Tory this time. They have a wide on for Boris.

Always voted Labour like my Gramps tho.

[Matthew.]

My mum is voting SNP, and so am I.

[smudgie]

No.
I have voted both Labour and Tory over the years.
My dad was a member of the Labour Party until the day he died.

[Firewire]

My dad's always been a Labour voter and I voted Labour in 2015 & 2017.

However I'll be voting SNP this week and I think my dad will again be voting Labour.

[Elliot]

My dad is a Tory. I convinced my mom to vote labour with me tho <3

[Niamh.]

I don't think most people over here are very much one side or the other really like it seems to be in the UK (or England I suppose, Scotland and NI seem to vote differently?) tbh both our "main" parties are very similar anyway. I never vote for either, neither does my dad as far as I know, my mom changes depending on what's been going on around voting time. So the answer is none of us stick to voting for the same people or parties all the time

[bitontheslide]

Politics has changed so much since my parents day that they cant be compared

[Cherie]

I have never voted in Ireland my parents and Grandparents were staunch Fianna Fail though

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I have never voted in Ireland my parents and Grandparents were staunch Fianna Fail though

Fianna Fail and Fine Gael seriously may as well be the same party. I usually just go independant or sometimes Sinn Fein, I like Mary Lou as leader

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Fianna Fail and Fine Gael seriously may as well be the same party. I usually just go independant or sometimes Sinn Fein, I like Mary Lou as leader

I guess their policies have come closer together over the years maybe, I remember my grandmother being particularly anti Fine Gael

[LeatherTrumpet]

My old mum has tactically voted SNP to keep the Tories out . The TL and I will be voting SNP of course but this does not follow out parents over the years

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I guess their policies have come closer together over the years maybe, I remember my grandmother being particularly anti Fine Gael

If I had to go one way or the other I'd probably slightly lean towards Fine Gael, mainly because I can't stand Micheál Martin though

[Kazanne]

No, they always voted Labour whatever the cicumstances and because their parents have always done so,I would never follow just because family did, We went against the grain and some family also changed.

[Toy Soldier]

Yes, but that's a given really, as me and my dad are both in Scotland, the only realistic voting options are SNP and Tory, and neither of us are likely to commit a ridiculous act of self-harm like voting Tory in Scotland.

[edit] My mum was a Labour voter her entire life so I'm not really sure what she would vote if she was still here. I actually suspect she would still staunchly vote Labour even if the vote share potential was tiny.

[GoldHeart]

Yes Labour , just do .

But I made MY own choice to vote labour ,as I got older I saw them as the better option.

[Liam-]

Majority of the time yeah, but they voted for the Brexit Party in the European elections and I contemplated disowning them for a good few minutes

[Daniel.]

Nope

[Jigs]

yup they vote Labour and so do I

[SherzyK]

My family have always voted for Labour and so will I

[Kizzy]

Both voted Labour, I do too only voted lib dem once never again.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Both voted Labour, I do too only voted lib dem once never again.

After the war on Iraq , lib dems claimed they would never of gone to war & their policies attracted a few new people to vote for them .

But it's easy to say "we'd never go to war" after the damage has already been done , then Nick Clegg came along and made Lib dems look like a joke .

I'll always stick with Labour .

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Both voted Labour, I do too only voted lib dem once never again.

The Lib Dems, a decade ago, had a real chance to "play the long game" and slowly win over voters. I reckon if they had, there's a pretty good chance they'd be the Tories' main opposition by now, or at least within another decade. They were the logical transition for traditionally Labour families in a post-"old industry", post-union UK. Students were very attracted to Lib Dem and would probably have stayed aligned with them into their professional lives.

But instead they sold their souls for a short term sniff of government with ConDem and absolutely wrecked any trust/confidence their voters had in them. Sad.

[AnnieK]

I never knew who my parents voted for - they never discussed politics when me or brother were around and they never discussed it with friends as far as I know.