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Where’s your gay vote going?


by Left Outside    
April 10, 2010 at 10:48 am

My gay vote website have put together some graphs on how the Parliamentary parties have voted on Gay issues.

They want us to vote for them, but do they vote for us in Parliament?

Conservatives Labour Liberal Democrats

Equalise age of consent #

Bringing age of consent for gays down to 16 in line with straight couples.

 14%
14%		 95%
95%		 91%
91%

Repeal of Section 28 #

Abolishing the ban on local councils being able to distribute any material relating to homosexuality.

 24%
24%		 99%
99%		 100%
100%

Equal adoption rights #

Allowing gay couples to adopt.

 6%
6%		 94%
94%		 100%
100%

Civil partnerships #

Giving gay couples the same legal protections and privileges straight couples enjoy.

 65%
65%		 99%
99%		 100%
100%

Equality act #

Preventing people from being discriminated against because they’re gay.

 26%
26%		 96%
96%		 88%
88%
Averages 27% 97% 96%

I think there’ll be more coming from this site as the election continues so take a look now and in the next few days.

UPDATE: Taken From My Gay Vote.

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  1. Shane Croucher

    RT @libcon: GE2010: Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  2. Sam Dent

    Oh look, the Tories don't like us… Quelle surprise. RT @libcon: GE2010: Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  3. David Cameron

    We in the modern Conservative Party have a proud record on gay rights? er well we have a record: http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  4. Golly Gumdrops

    RT @davecameroon: We in the modern Conservative Party have a proud record on gay rights? er well we have a record: http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  5. Graham Jeffery

    RT @davecameroon: We in the modern Conservative Party have a proud record on gay rights? er well we have a record: http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  6. Justin Baidoo

    RT @libcon: GE2010: Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  7. Liberal Conspiracy

    GE2010: Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  8. Andy Sutherland

    #GE2010: Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/dqHQRS (via @libcon) #fb

  9. kevin john browning

    RT @davecameroon: We in the modern Conservative Party have a proud record on gay rights? er well we have a record: http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  10. Soho Politico

    Look at the atrociously low level of support from Tories for important gay rights advances. & they say they've changed! http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  11. Soho Politico

    Look at the atrociously low level of support from Tories for important gay rights advances. & they say they've changed! http://bit.ly/dqHQRS

  12. GLBT World News

    LibCon – Westminster » Where's your gay vote going? http://bit.ly/9KYtnZ



Reader comments

1. Tamsin

Tomorrow at 2pm outside Tory party hq – 30 millbank – near Westminster 5000 queer folk will be dancing proud and asking the Tory party to come out and admit how nasty they can be. Come down people and call or your friends so they come too. Sky news, BBC, c4 and itv are heading down x x x x

2. Bill P

And where have these statistics come from? Source? Awful to put stuff like this up here WITHOUT proving those numbers.

3. Left Outside

@2 I’ve updated with with link to the website.

4. Bill P

Yes @3 I have seen you have linked to them.

But even THEY don’t have any sources. Just a bunch of numbers without explanation where they came from. This looks more and more like an agenda against Conservatives.

Give people the information to make their own decisions. Link them to these statistics. Don’t just throw numbers at them that are clearly just to knock Conservatives.

5. cim

If you click on the ‘#’ by each title (because the usability and accessibility provided by obvious and sensible link text is clearly overrated) you get to the summary of each division provided by Public Whip.

There may well be other votes on gay rights that aren’t included, for which the voting record is more favourable to the Conservatives (post the public whip links if you find any?).

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