The childcare charity, in partnership with the Bounty Parenting Club, surveyed 2,500 mothers and asked how the political parties' childcare policies would affect their voting in the General Election.
They found that respondents considered the 12.5 hours a week free childcare all threeand four-year-olds are entitled to the most important childcare policy, with 69 per cent saying they would be less likely to vote for a party that reduced or removed the free entitlement.
The survey also found that a removal or reduction in tax credits would make 67 per cent of mothers less likely to vote for a party that cut them.
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