The 31-year-old has said she isn't sure whether she will be voting Labour in May
Life-long Labour supporter Cheryl Fernandez –Versini has reportedly hit out at the party's proposed mansion tax, claiming it would 'f**k' her over.
The X Factor judge, who says she pays a ‘f**king lot of tax’, allegedly admitted she may not vote for Labour because of the plan which would see those with homes worth more than £2million paying an average of £250 per month.
Speaking to the Telegraph's Stella magazine, Cheryl reportedly said it would be a tough decision for her “because all my friends and family vote Labour.”
The 31-year-old, who grew up in a council estate in Newcastle, reportedly said: “I’ve always been Labour all my life but I want to hear what they’ve got to say for myself. Now that I’m a mature woman.
“I feel like a greater responsibility now to vote for who runs our country. And I pay a f—ing lot of tax. So I think that I need to have a really well-informed, well-educated opinion.”
However, when asked whether she would consider voting for the Tories, she said: “Not really."
Cheryl's spokesperson told Mirror Celebs: "Cheryl never discussed mansion tax in Stella magazine. Her words were taken out of context."
Cheryl tweeted: "Here we go with the out of context headlines! FYI.. I am a labour supporter, but will always want to hear what everyone has to say #Stella"
Cheryl has previously spoken about her support for Labour.
In 2010 when asked about how the Tory party would affect her place of birth, Newcastle, she told the Guardian: "I was brought up Labour and it is pretty s**t times. But I also think pop music helps that.
“And that's what I'm going to focus on – being a pop star. I'm not a politician."
But when asked if she was still a Labour supporter she replied: "Yes, absolutely."
In that same year she publically came out to thank the NHS – an idea conceived was Aneurin Bevan, a Welsh miner who became a Labour politician.
Cheryl, who was struck down by the deadliest strain of malaria, thanked expert Peter Chiodini and his team for helping her as she lay close to death.
She told them: “I want to say how grateful I am for everything you guys have done. I wouldn’t be here now, if it wasn’t for you.”
In 2012 she criticised the Conservative party when they attempted to introduce a tax on pies and pasties.
She told The Sun at the time: "It was ridiculous. I would have been penniless as a teenager - and hungry - if I'd been taxed every time I had a hot pasty.
"I wouldn't have had a penny. It's crazy. Pasties, pizza, McDonald's - we didn't have a clue about nutrition."
The star went on to say it would affect those with a low income, such as herself when she was a child: "It was tasty and it was what we could afford. The whole idea of putting tax on that is about taking money out of the pockets of people who can't afford it."
The pretty brunette is the latest star to wade into the mansion tax debate as the general election nears.
Myleene Klass previously divided opinions when she said: "For me, it's so disturbing - the name in its own right: 'mansion tax'.
“Immediately you conjure up an image of these Barbie-esque houses, but in London, which is where 80 per cent of the people who will be paying this tax actually live, have you seen what that amount of money can get you? It's like a garage."
"When you do look at the people who will be suffering this tax, it's true a lot of them are grannies who have had these houses in their families for a long, long time.
"The people who are the super-super rich buying their houses for £140million, this is not necessarily going to affect them because they’ve got their tax rebates and amazing accountants. It’s going to be the little grannies who have lived in those houses for years and years.”
But comedian Ben Elton last month said he was happy to pay the mansion tax and said he is embarrassed the house he bought for £650,000 in the 1990s has rocketed in value to £3million.
He told the Mirror: "You can see an increase in the number of people living in doorways. They disappeared under Labour and are coming back.
“I have been very fortunate so I think I should make a bigger contribution.
“Nobody likes paying tax but I prefer it to living in a community that’s being divided and is quite frankly unBritish.
“I find it weird that people suggest there’s something weird or even hypocritical in wealthy people like me voting Labour.
“I wouldn’t be a better person if I said ‘Ha, ha, I’m rich and don’t care about people less fortunate than myself’.”
If Labour do win the election and put their proposed tax into action, only 0.5% of the UK's most expensive houses will be hit by the mansion tax - about 100,000 households.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this week explained what the mansion tax revenuewould be used to pay for.
Writing in the Daily Mirror, Mr Balls said: "We will save our NHS from the Tories with 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 GPs and cancer tests guaranteed in one week, paid for by closing tax loopholes and a mansion tax on properties over £2million.
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