- guardian.co.uk, Saturday June 9 2001 01.59 BST
Stuart Morris, Blair St, London "I went for the Lib Dems in the end. The more the election went on, the more impressed I was getting with Charles Kennedy. As far as the Conservatives were concerned, the more I thought about it the more unelectable I thought they were.
"Blair's got to deliver on health now, and transport, but I don't have a great deal faith in him. I suspect we're going to end up paying more tax, but I don't think we've got any choice. I was hoping the Conservatives would get a reasonable increase in seats so we could have a decent opposition, but now we're probably looking at 10 years before they can get back in."
Frank and Freda Edwards, Blair St, Rochdale Frank: "We voted Labour, because the main issues for us are pensions and health, and we think they'll be best on those issues. But we could find something in each party that appealed to us.
"We'd like to see Tony Blair keep the pound but we're not too worried about it because it we're near the end of our time."
Freda: "We stuck with Labour because we're getting the best results with them. Apart from on immigration."
Thomas Shotter, Blair St, London "I didn't vote but I was thinking of voting for the BNP, even though as a political party they're useless. There's never been immigrants here who've done what this lot have done. We're not even allowed to say we're English, or put out St George's flags.
"Tony Blair definitely hasn't done enough for hospitals. I'd like to see them segregated."
Adrienne Whitbread, Blair St, London "I voted Lib Dem. I didn't want to give Labour my vote, and I'm not happy with them getting in.
"What I'd like to see Tony Blair do now is keep his promises, but I doubt he will. If he actually did what he says he'll do on schools and hospitals it would be really good. I don't want to go into the euro but I know he'll make us. We're going to lose our identity."
Sue Parkinson, Blair St, Bolton "I went for Labour. I was never going to vote Conservative and I just thought Tony Blair's polices were better than Charles Kennedy's, so I stuck with what I knew. Another party would have had to come up with something pretty good to change my mind.
"I'd definitely, definitely like to see education improve, especially round here. The schools have suffered so much - they need smaller class sizes. And there aren't enough nursery places. I reckon he'll have a good try. He's got four years to prove himself, and if he doesn't then it's definitely time for a change."
Fred Leadley, Blair St, London "I was going to vote BNP but I didn't in the end because my daughter-in-law had a baby and we had to go to Epping Forest for the whole day. Nothing was said about immigration during the campaign - we've no checks on anyone coming into this country and we don't know what diseases they're bringing with them.
"I've got no faith in Tony Blair. Foreigners run everything in Britain now - we're the ethnic group these days. He should listen to us, the working people."
Andrea Byrne, Blair St, Rochdale "I did vote Labour in the end. The Lib Dems had similar ideas but they weren't going to get in and are just a bit too weak. The Conservatives' mistake was to say they wanted people to be responsible for themselves and not rely on the state - unfortunately for them most people have become reliant on the state. They expect free health care.
"Now Tony Blair has got to do what he promises. The health service does need a big shakeup, and we need more health promotion too. There are lots of thing, like Aids, that people don't know enough about. There's still a lot to do in education, too. It's all the social things really. They say they've got a social conscience - I'd like to see that put into play."
