Today, writing specialists tell us how the way you write your cross in today's election reveals your true personality... and what you can do about it!

Start from top right, firm downward stroke to bottom left, pick pencil off paper place in top left corner down to bottom right.

You pick your nose in the car, you pick your feet but you never fart anywhere in the house always ensuring that you go outside to do that (make sure the neighbours aren't anywhere around this time!) You have voted for the winning side the last two times so you are likely to vote Labour in again today you idiot.

Start from bottom right, up to top left, lift pencil off, place at bottom left straight up to top right

Driving on the left has always been a problem for you. This is because you associate driving on the right with holidays and nice places. You are likely to vote for Kilroy today and then emigrate!

Start from top right, down to centre of cross, out to bottom right, back to centre, out to bottom left back to centre, out to top left without removing your pencil

You are an awkward bugger, always picking fights and arguing over minutia. You have just spent the last 15 minutes arguing with the returning officer about why he writes your polling card number in his book, surely he's doing it to track you later right? Watch for ulcers in you mid to late 50's.

You spoil your ballot by drawing a face of your favourite politician

A European at heart, you will go home to eat croissants and coffee in one of those fancy caffetierre thingies. Pretentious. French speaker. Uses a suspiciously large quantity of soap in the bath.

Start from top right, limp wristed downward stroke to bottom left without removing pencil off of paper go straight to top left corner down to right.

You love fresh fish and eat enthusiastically, sometimes swallowing too quickly causing choking and vomiting sometimes in people sitting at the same table as yourself. You are the most likely personality type to use the phrase 'Do you know who I am?' and pull hissy fits over wine in restaurants.

Start from top right, downward stroke to bottom left and then stop

You are a very forgetful person who never finishes what they start. It really wasn't worth your effort turning up to vote at all today was it? It would be amazing if you even read this sentence.