IT workers voting Liberal Democrat

Party support varies according to sector

Almost 40 per cent of those looking for work within the IT sector are planning to vote Liberal Democrat in the general election on Thursday, according to a poll by recruitment web site Totaljobs.com.

A poll of 1,300 jobseekers showed that although overall support for the main parties resembles that of more traditional polls, support varies significantly according to the sector.

A considerable 38 per cent of IT workers plan to vote Liberal Democrat. This compares with 28 per cent who will vote Conservative, and 15 per cent who say they will vote Labour – 18 per cent will vote for other parties and five per cent are as yet undecided.

John Salt, web site director at Totaljobs.com, says of the research:

“Since the final debate it is clear that the vast majority of those looking for jobs in IT have decided who they are going to vote for and by quite a margin they have decided that the Liberal Democrats are the party for them.

“It seems that the Liberal Democrats, with their support for a stronger, more comprehensive broadband network, their promise to water down the Digital Economy bill as well as their vaunted online strategy, have persuaded the IT sector that they would be the best party to lead the country. ”

Support for the Liberal Democrats was also high among those seeking employment in education and catering – at 38 and 40 per cent respectively. The Tories scored best results for those jobseekers looking for construction work, at 27.6 per cent.