Who Should I Vote For?
UK Political Compass Election Quiz
Asking “Who should I vote for?” Start by comparing where UK parties stand on the issues that matter to you. This quiz helps you explore your policy preferences alongside other considerations, including local candidates and tactical voting.
This free political compass election quiz presents policy trade-offs across 30 questions. Choose the option closest to your views, or skip a question if neither fits. Your three selected priority areas receive double weight in the calculation, helping you explore your party matches ahead of the next UK general election.
Your selected UK nation determines which questions and parties are included in your results. The quiz covers Labour, Conservative, Reform UK, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, Restore Britain, SNP, Scottish Greens, Alba, Plaid Cymru, DUP, Sinn Féin, Alliance, SDLP, UUP, and TUV across its nation-specific versions. Your match percentages summarise alignment with the party positions assigned in this quiz; they do not confirm which candidates are standing in your constituency.
Holborn & St Pancras By-Election Quiz
Who best matches your views in Holborn & St Pancras? Explore the policy choices in our dedicated by-election quiz and see how your priorities compare with the parties included. An email address is required to view your results.
Take the Holborn & St Pancras Quiz →Understanding Your Local Vote
Matched with a party? Your result compares policy preferences; it does not confirm who is standing locally. For a UK general election, constituency results are decided by First-Past-The-Post (FPTP). Explore how local competition and tactical voting relate to your choice.
How this UK political compass quiz works
This election quiz compares your policy choices with the party positions assigned in its scoring model. Understanding how the questions and weights work helps you interpret your results.
Understanding the question format and its limits
Question wording, party assessments and priority weighting all affect a match score. The quiz provides a starting point for further research.
Each question presents two policy options. Choose the one closest to your views, or select Skip / Neither. Two options cannot capture every possible position, so you do not need to choose an answer that misrepresents you.
The results compare your answers with the party positions assigned to the questions. They do not capture every aspect of your political identity, every party policy or the views of individual local candidates.
Questions in your three selected priority areas count twice as much as other answered questions. Other answers still contribute, so disagreement on a priority issue does not automatically rule out a high overall match.
What this election quiz measures
Choose between two policy options, or skip a question if neither reflects your views. Skipped questions are excluded from both the party score and its maximum possible total.
Each answered question contributes to a party score by multiplying your answer value by that party’s policy weight. The calculation applies your priority weighting, adds the contributions and converts the total into a percentage.
Each party has a numerical weight for each question. These assigned positions determine your results, so the match depends on the policy assessments used in the quiz.
You select three priority areas before viewing your results. Answered questions in those areas receive double weight. This increases their influence without making them an automatic veto on a party.
Selecting England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland adapts the questions and parties compared. Nation selection does not verify which candidates are standing in your constituency.
How We Calculate Your Political Match.
Your party matches are calculated from your answers, the assigned party policy weights and your selected priorities. Here is how the calculation works.
The quiz contains 30 questions: 20 shared questions and 10 tailored to your selected UK nation. Choose between two policy options, or select Skip / Neither if neither reflects your views. Your nation selection is not a check of your voter registration.
The quiz includes 16 parties across its nation-specific versions. Each party has assigned policy weights, and your selected nation determines which parties are compared. Inclusion does not confirm that a party has a candidate in your constituency.
Each policy answer has a value of -2 or +2. The calculation multiplies that value by each party’s weight for the question, ranging from -2 to +2, and applies any priority weighting. Skipped questions contribute neither to the score nor to its maximum possible total.
You select three priority areas. Answered questions in those areas receive a multiplier of 2; other answered questions receive a multiplier of 1. Priority weighting applies to both the question contribution and its maximum possible contribution.
For each party, the calculation adds the question contributions. The maximum total adds 4 for each ordinary answered question and 8 for each priority answered question. The match percentage is rounded from 100 × (party total + maximum total) ÷ (2 × maximum total). This is alignment within the quiz model, not the percentage of a manifesto you agree with. If every question is skipped, the current calculation returns 50% for every included party; this does not indicate measured agreement.
The 12 Pillars of Our UK Political Compass Election Quiz
The quiz covers 12 policy areas through 20 shared questions and 10 tailored to your selected UK nation. These summaries describe the topics covered; the questions offer a limited set of choices within each area.
Maps your stance on fiscal discipline versus state intervention. It evaluates Capital Gains Tax parity with Income Tax, strict deficit-reduction caps versus borrowing for public investment, and Corporation Tax competitiveness for multinational enterprise.
Examines how healthcare and adult social care should be structured and funded. It measures your preferences on using private healthcare contracts to clear NHS backlogs versus ending private outsourcing, alongside national versus localised funding models for adult social care.
Addresses housing supply, land use, and development models. It assesses whether targets should be met through direct council-built social homes or private developer quotas, as well as critical regional reforms like Green Belt (‘Grey Belt’) designations and English leasehold abolition.
Measures your perspective on national sovereignty, border enforcement, and legal migration. It covers statutory annual caps on net migration, retrospective mass deportation policies for undocumented migrants, and whether the UK should remain inside the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Gauges the pace and funding mechanisms of the UK’s net-zero transition. It weighs new North Sea oil and gas drilling licences against rapid green transitions, alongside the removal of domestic green levies versus state investments via GB Energy.
Evaluates Britain’s global military footprint and strategic spending commitments. It measures whether statutory UK defence spending should immediately rise to 2.5%–3.0% of GDP or remain capped to prioritise domestic public services.
Tracks judicial sentencing approaches, civil liberties, and drug reform. It evaluates mandatory minimum prison sentences for violent repeat offenders versus community rehabilitation, alongside the legalisation and taxation of adult cannabis sales.
Examines funding structures and admissions models across the education system. It evaluates the 20% VAT policy on independent private school fees, university tuition fee models across devolved nations, and selective grammar school admissions.
Assesses the scope and eligibility of the social safety net. It covers the retention or abolition of the two-child benefit cap to address child poverty, as well as strict 5-year residency and tax-paying requirements before individuals can access state welfare.
Measures how regional and national transit networks should be operated and financed. It weighs permanent public ownership of passenger rail operators against private franchising, as well as regional infrastructure priorities (e.g. Northern Powerhouse Rail versus strategic road expansion).
Evaluates constitutional structures, democratic accountability, and devolution. It measures support for replacing First-Past-The-Post with Proportional Representation (PR), regional fiscal autonomy for metro mayors, and devolved constitutional questions across Holyrood, the Senedd, and Stormont.
Gauges perspectives on individual rights, civil liberties, and institutional guidance. It covers statutory parental consent rules regarding gender identity guidance in schools, as well as devolved cultural and linguistic policies like the Irish Language Act and Welsh language public sector requirements.
The Election Quiz Party Policy Comparison Test
The summaries below introduce the parties covered by the quiz. They are not complete manifestos. Check each party’s published policies and your local candidates before deciding how to vote.
Understanding the limits of your party match
This quiz is designed to help you explore your policy preferences when considering who to vote for in the UK. A match score is a comparison within the quiz, not an endorsement or an instruction to vote for a particular party.
The results depend on the questions, the numerical positions assigned to parties and your selected priorities. Assigning party positions involves interpretation; a numerical result does not make those assessments beyond dispute.
Compare your results with the issues that matter to you and the candidates standing locally. The quiz includes nation-specific questions and gives double weight to your three selected priority areas.
Who Should I Vote For? | Election Quiz Questions
UK-Wide Core Policy Questions
- How should Capital Gains Tax be aligned with Income Tax?
- What priority should govern public sector borrowing?
- How should Corporation Tax rates be set?
Health & Social Care
- How should NHS surgical waiting lists be cleared?
- How should social care for the elderly be structured?
Housing & Infrastructure
- How should council housing targets be delivered?
Immigration & Borders
- Should the UK remain in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
- Should there be a hard cap on legal net migration?
- How should the UK handle undocumented migrants already residing in the country?
Climate & Energy Transition
- Should new domestic oil and gas drilling licences be granted?
- How should green energy transitions be funded?
Defence & National Security
- What level of national defence spending should be mandated?
Law, Justice & Civil Liberties
- How should violent repeat offenders be sentenced?
- How should adult cannabis consumption be governed?
Education
- How should independent private school fees be taxed?
Welfare & Social Support
- How should the two-child benefit cap be handled?
- What residency rules should apply to welfare eligibility?
Transport
- How should passenger rail networks be operated?
Governance & Electoral Reform
- Which voting system should be used for general elections?
Social & Educational Policy
- How should gender identity guidance be handled in schools?
England Policy Questions
- How should Green Belt land around major English cities be managed?
- How should residential leasehold rules in England be reformed?
- Should English metro mayors receive expanded fiscal autonomy?
- How should local council tax valuations be structured in England?
- How should English regional transport infrastructure be prioritised?
- How should urban low-emission zones (e.g. ULEZ) be implemented in English cities?
- How should prescription charges operate in England?
- How should water company sewage spills in England be addressed?
- Should prime English farmland be converted for solar energy farms?
- What role should selective grammar schools play in England?
Scotland Policy Questions
- Should Holyrood hold a second independence referendum?
- What should Scotland’s relationship with the EU be?
- How should Scottish Income Tax bands compare to the UK?
- Should immigration policy be devolved to Holyrood?
- How should North Sea oil projects (e.g., Rosebank) be handled?
- Where should nuclear weapons be based?
- How should the UK Internal Market Act affect Holyrood?
- How should university tuition be funded in Scotland?
- How should Scotland address the drug overdose crisis?
- How should Gender Recognition Reform be handled?
Wales Policy Questions
- Should Wales pursue constitutional independence?
- Should justice and policing be devolved to Wales?
- How should Senedd expansion be handled?
- How should central funding for Wales be calculated?
- How should Crown Estate assets in Wales be managed?
- How should second-home ownership be regulated in rural Wales?
- How should urban speed limits be configured in Wales?
- How should the Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) operate?
- Should Welsh tax-varying powers be used for the NHS?
- What role should Welsh language fluency play in public jobs?
Northern Ireland Policy Questions
- How should post-Brexit trade checks in NI be handled?
- When should a border poll on Irish unity be held?
- How should Stormont Executive formation be structured?
- How should NI leverage market access post-Brexit?
- What rate should Corporation Tax be in NI?
- How should Troubles-era criminal cases be handled?
- How should school sector integration be prioritised?
- How should Lough Neagh management be handled?
- Should domestic water charges be introduced in NI?
- How should Irish language funding be regulated?
UK Voter Sentiment Index
Explore aggregate findings from quiz participants in the Voter Sentiment Index. These submissions come from people who choose to take the quiz and should not be treated as a representative poll of the UK electorate.
Who Should I Vote For? FAQs
1. How does the UK Political Compass Election Quiz work?
The quiz covers 12 policy areas. After selecting England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, you answer 30 questions and choose three priority areas. Your answers are compared with the assigned party policy weights to calculate percentage matches. An email address is required to view your results.
2. What question format does this election quiz use?
The quiz offers two policy options and a Skip / Neither choice for each question. Answered questions in your three selected priority areas count twice. This format helps you compare your preferences, but cannot capture every possible policy position.
3. Which UK political parties are included in the results?
The quiz includes Conservatives, Labour, Reform UK, Green Party, Liberal Democrats, Restore Britain, SNP, Scottish Greens, Alba, Plaid Cymru, DUP, Sinn Féin, Alliance, SDLP, UUP and TUV across its nation-specific versions. Your selected nation determines which parties appear in your results.
4. Why does the political compass ask which UK nation I vote in?
Some policy responsibilities differ between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Selecting your nation adapts the questions and parties compared. Your results compare party policies; they do not confirm which candidates are standing in your constituency.
5. How does the ‘Top 3 Priorities’ weighting system work?
Answered questions in your three selected priority areas receive double weight in both the score and its maximum possible total. Other answered questions still contribute. Disagreement on a priority issue does not automatically prevent a party from receiving a high overall match.
6. Does a high match mean the quiz endorses a party?
A match score is not a party endorsement. The same calculation is applied to each included party, but the choice of questions and assignment of policy weights involve judgement. Treat your result as a starting point for research.
7. Do results automatically reflect new party announcements?
Party positions can change. Results reflect the weights stored in the quiz when you take it and are not a live feed of policy announcements. Check current party publications and local candidate statements before making a voting decision.
8. What happens if I skip a question?
Skip / Neither excludes the question from both the party score and its maximum possible total. It does not count as agreement or disagreement. If you skip every question, the current calculation returns 50% for each included party; this is not evidence of alignment.
9. How are my answers used, and is an email address required?
Your answers are used to calculate your party matches. The Voter Sentiment Index also presents aggregate findings from quiz submissions. An email address is required to view your results. Read the Privacy Policy linked below for information about how personal information is handled.
10. Can I share my party match on social media?
Use the share options on your results screen to share your party match summary. A match percentage describes alignment within this quiz’s model, not a prediction of how you will vote.