According to recent reports the Conservative Party could end up losing the support of many people, including some of its own core voters, as a result of its planned broadband measures.

Broadband is something that both the Labour and the Conservative party have been using to try and persuade voters that they will be the best people to run the country, and with the subject of broadband having become such a prominent one over recent years many people may indeed at least partly base their vote on the strategies and plans that the various parties have when it comes to broadband.

However, the Tory party announced recently that it plans to wait for three years before considering whether to use part of the BBC licence fee to fund the implementation of high speed broadband with speeds of up to 100Mbps in the UK. Research carried out by Point Topic has suggested that this is a decision that could lose the party a lot of votes, including votes from some of the party’s own core voters.

Officials believe that the stance of the Tory party could affect its position in certain areas, particularly in rural parts of the UK where many of the voters are supporters of the Tory party. An analyst from Point Topic said: “The issue of broadband rollouts may not on its own cause votes to be lost, but rival candidates could well exploit the situation by claiming the Tories were not committed to rural areas’ needs, and instead were hoping market forces would solve the issue.”

He added: “The Conservatives have said they will change market regulations around access to BT’s ducts before they looked to consider using a percentage of the BBC license fee, which wouldn’t be for around two years.”

Source – V3