Manifesto Summaries

Tomorrow we SEND IT! Polling day is almost here - and it’s not every day that you get the opportunity to elect politicians who will prioritise the things we love! That’s something to celebrate in our book, so let’s make the most of it by showing up and being heard.

Still unsure who to vote for? You’re not alone—about 1 in 10 people decide on Election Day! So we’ve put together a quick summary of the major parties’ positions on climate change and our Send It For Climate phase 1 manifesto asks to help you.

We believe the most important policy change we need to see from the next government is the end of new oil & gas extraction licences, so that's at the forefront.

Our other Send It For Climate asks were:

You can read our mini manifesto here.

We scored the largest parties on all our major manifesto asks - 1 point if they meet the criteria, with a half point for some commitment but lacking any detail or going far enough. This is a similar methodology to that used by Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace who had 40 points available. We then banded them in green, yellow or red based on which third of the max score they fall in.

You can see further assessment around this here for Friends of the Earth. You can also get summaries of climate stances of more parties at CarbonBrief.

If still unsure and wonder if your previous bias is creeping in, you can use Vote For Policies or the BBC’s tool to select which policies you like best, whilst blinded to which parties they are until the end.