There is just one week of campaigning left until the General Election and voters have not got long left to make up their minds. Luke Sproule spoke to our election panel to get their thoughts on the campaign so far and where their sympathies are beginning to lie

OXFORD WEST AND ABINGDON
JOHN BLEACH, 60, retired, Wolvercote

Oxford Mail:

“I would normally vote Liberal Democrat but I am not voting for them this time.

“I think I will be voting for the Green Party.

“I voted in the past for tactical reasons but I no longer have any confidence in the Westminster trio.

“I am not a Tory voter anyway and I would be more inclined to Labour in my social leaning.

“I do not feel Ed Miliband has serious clout and that he will make a difference.”

WANTAGE
JULIE MABBERLEY, 57, part-time management consultant. Parsonage Close, Wantage.

“None of the parties are tackling enough of the big issues like the economy.

“It is no better than it was five years ago, but none of the main parties are talking about it this time.

“I am trying not to listen to too many soundbites because they do not tell me anything anyway.

“I prefer some of the more serious stuff with the facts. I do not care what they say.

“I am not really any closer to knowing who I want to vote for.

“Ed Vaizey is a minister and so I do not feel he has much time as an MP.

“The Lib Dem candidate is quite credible but then they might not get much done because the councils around here are all Tory.”

WITNEY
ERIC MARSHALL, 48, care home owner. Long Hanborough

“I think David Cameron is in a very different position from the other party leaders in as much as he is still the Prime Minister.

“Should he just ignore global issues or should he focus on the domestic campaign?

“The trouble I have with Ed Miliband is that I really struggle to take him seriously as a world leader.

“As much as David Cameron has got his faults he carries that position very well.

“I cannot see Ed Miliband sitting in the White House with Barack Obama.”

BANBURY
JOHN BROAD, 70, retired development engineer. Mallards Way, Bicester.

Oxford Mail:

“I saw David Cameron trying to be passionate and to me it just came across as panic.

“I think he should stick to his convictions.

“You do not see Cameron and Miliband out knocking on doors.

“They are trying to run a campaign from behind a lectern.

“Farage is coming over to me as a man of the people. He comes out and he stands on doorsteps.

“UKIP do have a lot of policies which I do not agree with, but I would like to see us get out of Europe so at the moment they would get my vote.”

OXFORD EAST
AAMIR SHAHZAD, 30, taxi driver. Field Avenue, Blackbird Leys.

Oxford Mail:

“I have spent a lot of time on the internet reading up on the candidates and I found some really interesting debates.

“I think I will go for the Labour party but other options are still there.

“But Labour are strong on the NHS and welfare.

“The interesting debates are still those about taxation and immigration.

“Ed Miliband is good in my thinking. I think he has been doing well this week.

“I would have liked to have seen David Cameron debating more.”