A dilemma

I suspect that most people who put themselves forward for local elections are well motivated and intend to do their best for residents. Perhaps it is not a bad idea to send a message to the two main parties and vote for an independent?

But the label independent can hide a multitude of sins......

marye as can any label

Personally speaking, I would never vote Conservative or Lib Dem but I might vote Green.

If I had no particular objection to the stance of any of the parties, I would vote for the person who has done a good job locally even if I was disillusioned with the main political parties and/or the political system in general.

My local vote will have no bearing whatsoever. Whoever I vote for whatever monkey is wearing the red tie will always win !

I think that's the case in quite a few areas gilly

I don't understand people who say they are lifelong voters for one party. The Labour party of today, for example, is very different from the Labour Party of my youth and then tended to be supported, solely, by the working class. That is not the case today. We moved from an area here academics and professionals voted Labour, but the ones I knew were most definitely uncaring NIMBY types.

I am anti-EU but as I mentioned in an earlier post, our local Lib Dem councillors are very hard working and we get lots of feedback from them. I am not a fan of Vince Cable and his policies but as others have pointed out, at grass-roots level it is important to have good people in office, no matter the colour of their rosette.

You are so right Day6 . My dad and his chums do nothing but moan about the council and their incompetence, the rise in council taxes and the lack of services and yet when polling day comes around .........

I wouldn't vote tactically in a local election.

I'd probably vote for the person who promises to do the most good for the local community. However, our Lib Dem candidate in the local elections made wonderful promises - we've only seen him once and heard nothing from him or know what he's done since then so I think he's a damp squib.

However, the local MP (whom I did not vote for as he is a Brexiter Tory) is very pro-active about local issues.

I predict that the turnout will be very low because people are so fed up with politicians.
That will be a pity as these local elections are not to do with Brexit.