Jobs and unemployment is set to be a key issue in the forthcoming election, according to research from job board TipTopjob.com.

The survey, which received over 4,000 online votes, shows that 69% of jobseekers’ votes will be influenced by the unemployment policies of the leading parties, while 68% are unaware of any new policies on unemployment being proposed by the major parties.

Mike Dauncey, head of TipTopjob.com, says: “It is interesting to find that most British jobseekers will vote depending on the employment policy of major parties. The stone cold fact remains that jobseekers now represent a significant proportion of eligible voters, so either the parties acknowledge and address these people or inevitably suffer the consequences.”