Ever been surprised by how you've voted? Why?

I was always told growing up that I'd vote for Labour and it wouldn't matter because England would vote in the Tories. I'm now 20, I've voted in a referendum in which I went against the Labour party's wish, voted in two elections in which I voted SNP and in May I will vote SNP again for the council elections. With Scottish Labour being a Blairite disgrace of a party and being anti-independence I've not once voted for the party that I always assumed I would.

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

I'm also from a Labour background. Though of course, England has never had a left leaning nationalist alternative.

I voted Labour all my life as a lesser evil option only. Then, after they appeared to be moving to the right in the immediate aftermath of the 2015 election, I said I would never vote for them again. I had given up.

Then Jeremy Corbyn became leader and I joined the party. Lol.

thatscottishguy · 26-30, M

If they oust Corbyn and go with (just for example) a Hilary 'stain on his father's legacy' Benn type, will you vote for someone else?

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@thatscottishguy: It would depend on what happened after. If they say tightened party democracy and expelled Momentum then there would be little chance of it moving to the left ever again. In such circumstances I would leave and never vote Labour again.

That is a realistic possibility unfortunately. The future of Labour as a force for progressive change all depends on the next few years.