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Who gets the early years vote

Ahead of Thursday’s crucial general election, we asked Nursery World readers who they would be voting for and why.

Ahead of Thursday’s crucial general election, we asked Nursery World readers who they would be voting for and why.

We also carried out two 24-hour polls on Twitter (see charts), which give an interesting snapshot of voter intentions in the sector.

This put Labour ahead with 68 per cent of the vote, followed by the Conservatives on 18 per cent, and the Liberal Democrats and other parties each on 7 per cent. The slant towards Labour among our readers is reflected in the comments we received, with more Labour voters in the sector getting in touch to share their thoughts.

Separately, 25 per cent of respondents to a second Twitter poll had yet to pick a party.

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