Voters care most about car costs

While Messrs Cameron, Brown and Clegg are out kissing babies and dodging eggs on the campaign trail, they would do well to study the cost of their endless travelling around the countryside.

It seems the issue at the top of a list of voters' concerns is just that – the cost of motoring. An AA survey of drivers' issues showed that the high costs involved in running a car were the number one political concern for 51 percent of motorists, followed by illegal drivers – 32 percent mentioned this – and the condition of the roads – 30 percent.

The AA surveyed 14,848 of its members, and saw that the concerns highlighted by those who replied had not been given much prominence in the build up to the election on 6 May.