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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Murray

‘Lesser of two evils’: voters in Sheffield Hallam look to Labour with reluctance

A man walking along the street in the Crookes area of Sheffield.
The Crookes area in the Sheffield Hallam constituency. Photograph: Andrew Fox/The Guardian

On the high street of Crookes, a leafy hillside suburb of Sheffield with a large student population, there were plenty of people saying they would vote Labour at the next general election – but most weren’t too happy about it.

“It feels like the lesser of two evils – it’s definitely better than going back to what we’ve got,” said Amy Pattison, a 24-year-old occupational therapy student at Sheffield Hallam university. “All I know is I won’t be voting Tory. And whatever I do vote will be tactical.”

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