British voters, would you have voted differently had AV been in place

[rob in cal]

I'm wondering if any of our British posters here would have voted any different had the AV system been in place.  Personally, I know that in my case I'd vote Libertarian first, then one of the major parties second for Congress and Senate elections here in California. As it is, I only vote Libertarian for President not for Congress or Senate.

[Peter]

I ummed and arred in the booth. It was a close run thing between the greens and lib dems. The secret of how I voted shall stay that.

I would have voted:
1. Green
2. Lib Dem
3. Labour
4. Conservative
5. UKIP
No preference would have been given to the BNP candidate.

[You kip if you want to...]

1. Labour
2. Green
3. LibDem
4. Conservatives

No preference to UKIP or the BNP.

[Tuck!]

I would still vote for the Conservatives, probably putting the Liberal Democrats in second and the UKIP in third.

[The Man From G.O.P.]

1. UKIP
2. Conservative


N/A for the others

[DL]

I think that in Australia you must rank every single candidate on your ballot or else your ballot is considered spoiled.

[k-onmmunist]

I didn't vote, but I would have voted Labour if I could.

Under AV:

1. Labour
2. UKIP
3. Liberal Democrat

Conservatives don't get a preference.

[Harry Hayfield]

In Ceredigion I would have voted

1) Liberal Democrats
2) Greens
3) Plaid Cymru
4) Labour
5) UKIP
6) Conservatives

[RodPresident]

I'm not British citizen, but if I were British, I would vote in this list (before coalition)
1. Respect or TUSC
2. Liberal Democrats
3. UKIP
4. Labiour
5. Greens
6. BNP
7. Conservatives

If I were Scottish or Welsh, I could put SNP or Plaid Cymru in 3rd place. I like BNP populism and I think Anybody but Tory. In North Ireland, it would be:
1. Alliance
2. SDLP
3. Progressive Unionist
4. Sinn Fein
5. UCUNF
No options for DUP or TUV.

[Hash]

Before coalition:
1. Liberal Democrats
2. Labour
3. Greens
4. Conservative
5. UKIP

No prefs to BNP.

Bump everybody down one in Cornwall, Wales and Scotland; where regionalists take first.

After coalition:
1. Labour
2. Greens
3. Liberal Democrats

No prefs to the rest.

[Lief 🗽]

Why did the coalition make you less supportive of UKIP?

[k-onmmunist]

If Scottish:

1. Labour
2. UKIP
3. SNP
4. Lib Dems

If Welsh:

1. Labour
2. Plaid Cymru
3. UKIP
4. Lib Dems

[afleitch]

If Scottish:

1. Labour
2. UKIP
3. SNP
4. Lib Dems

If Welsh:

1. Labour
2. Plaid Cymru
3. UKIP
4. Lib Dems

I fully expect you to change your allegiance, and the image you post in your signature each and every week until the next election. So I don't give that much weight

[Smid]

I think that in Australia you must rank every single candidate on your ballot or else your ballot is considered spoiled.

Technically true, however there are a couple of exceptions. Firstly in Queensland and NSW state elections, there is optional preferential voting, which means you can number as many squares as you wish and your ballot stays formal until such time as it expires (or you do something to make it informal... such as 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 - in that instance it is formal for the first, second and third preferences, but becomes informal and expires after that). In most Upper Houses, including the Senate and the Victorian Legislative Council (and I'm almost certain the SA, WA and NSW Leg Councils) you have the option of either voting in one box "above the line" or numbering all your preferences "below the line" - above the line voting is basically party list, meaning that you support that party's preference allocation, as lodged with the Electoral Commission prior to the election, below the line is STV where you can put your candidates in whatever order (technically it's all STV, but if you're following your party's preferences by voting above the line, the result is the same as if you were voting by party list). In South Australia, there is some quirky little rule that acts the same way - a voter can either number all the boxes of their lower house ballot paper, however if they just vote 1, it is assumed they're following their allocated party's preference flow. The final exception is the one more relevant here. Those people saying "no preference for the BNP" would still have voted casting formal ballots in an Australian federal election (and I believe Victorian lower house election), both which have compulsory IRV. So long as one and only one box is left empty, the voter's intention is clear and the vote is considered formal (I've scrutineered recounts in marginal seats, so you can take my word on that).

[RIP Robert H Bork]

I'm not British, but I would have voted for the Tories in any case. In an AV system:

1. Conservatives
2. UKIP
3. Labour

[k-onmmunist]

If Scottish:

1. Labour
2. UKIP
3. SNP
4. Lib Dems

If Welsh:

1. Labour
2. Plaid Cymru
3. UKIP
4. Lib Dems

I fully expect you to change your allegiance, and the image you post in your signature each and every week until the next election. So I don't give that much weight

If I was going to change my allegiance, I wouldn't have joined the Labour Party and I wouldn't have joined CND.

[minionofmidas]

It all depends on the constituency I'm in, of course.

[Franzl]

As Lewis said....it does depend on the constituency......but considering entirely generic circumstances (if that exists ), I'd vote:

1.) Conservative
2.) Labour
3.) UKIP
4.) Lib Dem
5.) Green
6.) BNP