diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ca455718e1..024eefcf84 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 - **Breaking change** The api now uses the module name instead of the prefix to generate the storage methods. The methods of the grandpa module changed from `api.query.grandpaFinality` to `api.query.grandpa`. 
 - Update with latest substrate 2.x types
 - **Breaking Change** StorageFunction has been renamed to StorageEntry.
+- **Breaking Change** Vote interface extends U8a instead of I8. Vote properties can be accessed via the `isAye`, `isNay`, and `conviction` getters. 
+Votes can still be constructed as before with a raw JS boolean, a SCALE encoded Boolean, an i8 number, or a JS object with properties `aye` and `conviction` defined. 
 - Support latest substrate 2.x v6 metadata with module constants.
 
 # 0.81.1
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
index 981042bdef..cf60f90483 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { Constructor } from './types';
 import * as Classes from './index.types';
 
 const Types = Classes as { [index: string]: Constructor };
-const UNCONSTRUCTABLE = ['origin', 'usize'];
+const UNCONSTRUCTABLE = ['origin', 'usize', 'vote'];
 
 describe('types', () => {
   describe('default creation', () => {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/type/Vote.spec.ts b/packages/types/src/type/Vote.spec.ts
index 7db8ea6849..7b22b86871 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/type/Vote.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/type/Vote.spec.ts
@@ -2,30 +2,116 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
+import Boolean from '../primitive/Bool';
+import Conviction from './Conviction';
 import Vote from './Vote';
 
 describe('Vote', () => {
   it('constructs via boolean true', () => {
-    expect(new Vote(true).toNumber()).toEqual(-1);
+    expect(new Vote(true).toU8a()).toEqual(new Uint8Array([128]));
+    expect(new Vote(true).isAye).toBe(true);
+    expect(new Vote(true).isNay).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('constructs via boolean false', () => {
-    expect(new Vote(false).toNumber()).toEqual(0);
+    expect(new Vote(false).toU8a()).toEqual(new Uint8Array([0]));
+    expect(new Vote(false).isNay).toBe(true);
+    expect(new Vote(false).isAye).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it('has isYay for positive', () => {
     expect(new Vote(new Boolean(true)).isAye).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('has isYay for negative', () => {
+  it('has isNay for negative', () => {
     expect(new Vote(new Boolean(false)).isNay).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('is positive for negative numbers', () => {
-    expect(new Vote(-999).isAye).toBe(true);
+  it('is Aye for negative numbers', () => {
+    expect(new Vote(-128).isAye).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it('is negative for positive numbers', () => {
-    expect(new Vote(999).isNay).toBe(true);
+  it('is Nay for positive numbers', () => {
+    expect(new Vote(127).isNay).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('constructs V2 Vote with raw boolean', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: true,
+        conviction: new Conviction('Locked1x')
+      })
+      .toU8a()
+    )
+      .toEqual(new Uint8Array([0b10000001]));
+  });
+
+  it('constructs with V2 Vote aye is false, conviction is None', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: new Boolean(false),
+        conviction: new Conviction('None')
+      })
+      .toU8a()
+    )
+      .toEqual(new Uint8Array([0b00000000]));
+  });
+
+  it('constructs with Vote aye is true, conviction is Locked4x', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: new Boolean(true),
+        conviction: new Conviction('Locked4x')
+      })
+      .toU8a()
+    )
+      .toEqual(new Uint8Array([0b10000100]));
+  });
+
+  it('Conviction getter works', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: new Boolean(true),
+        conviction: new Conviction('Locked2x')
+      }).conviction.toString()
+    )
+      .toEqual('Locked2x');
+  });
+
+  it('Conviction getter works with raw boolean and string conviction', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: true,
+        conviction: 'Locked2x'
+      }).conviction.toString()
+    )
+      .toEqual('Locked2x');
+  });
+  it('Conviction getter works with raw boolean and conviction index', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: true,
+        conviction: 2
+      }).conviction.toString()
+    )
+      .toEqual('Locked2x');
+  });
+
+  it('isAye getter works', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: new Boolean(true),
+        conviction: new Conviction('None')
+      }).isAye)
+      .toEqual(true);
+  });
+
+  it('isNay getter works', () => {
+    expect(
+      new Vote({
+        aye: new Boolean(true),
+        conviction: new Conviction('None')
+      }).isNay)
+      .toEqual(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/types/src/type/Vote.ts b/packages/types/src/type/Vote.ts
index b17b742275..61bf7ebc26 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/type/Vote.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/type/Vote.ts
@@ -2,39 +2,77 @@
 // This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
 // of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
 
-import { isBoolean } from '@polkadot/util';
+import { isBoolean, isNumber, isObject, isU8a, isUndefined } from '@polkadot/util';
 
-import I8 from '../primitive/I8';
+import Conviction from './Conviction';
+import U8a from '../codec/U8a';
+import Bool from '../primitive/Bool';
 
 /**
  * @name Vote
  * @description
  * A number of lock periods, plus a vote, one way or the other.
  */
-export default class Vote extends I8 {
+export default class Vote extends U8a {
+  private _aye: Bool;
+  private _conviction: Conviction; // for V1, default to None
+
   constructor (value?: any) {
-    super(Vote.decodeVote(value));
+    // decoded is just 1 byte
+    // Aye: Most Significant Bit
+    // Conviction: 0000 - 0101
+    const decoded = Vote.decodeVote(value);
+
+    super(decoded);
+
+    const msb = decoded[0] >> 7;
+    const conviction = decoded[0] & 0b01111111;
+
+    this._aye = new Bool(msb);
+    this._conviction = new Conviction(conviction);
   }
 
-  private static decodeVote (value?: any): any {
+  private static decodeVote (value?: any): Uint8Array {
     if (isBoolean(value)) {
-      return value ? -1 : 0;
-    } else if (value instanceof Boolean) {
+      return value
+              ? new Uint8Array([0b10000000])
+              : new Uint8Array([0b0]);
+    } else if (value instanceof Bool) {
       return Vote.decodeVote(value.valueOf());
+    } else if (isNumber(value)) {
+      return value < 0
+        ? new Uint8Array([0b10000000])
+        : new Uint8Array([0b0]);
+    } else if (isObject(value) && !isUndefined(value.aye) && !isUndefined(value.conviction)) {
+      const aye = new Bool(value.aye);
+      const convictionIndex = new Conviction(value.conviction).index;
+
+      const result = convictionIndex | (aye.eq(true) ? 0b1 << 7 : 0b0);
+
+      return new Uint8Array([result]);
+    } else if (isU8a(value) && value.length > 0) {
+      return value;
     }
 
-    return value;
+    throw new Error(`Unable to convert input ${value} to Vote`);
   }
 
   /**
-   * @description true is the wrapped value is a positive vote
+   * @description returns a V2 conviction
+   */
+  get conviction (): Conviction {
+    return this._conviction;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description true if the wrapped value is a positive vote
    */
   get isAye (): boolean {
-    return this.ltn(0);
+    return this._aye.eq(true);
   }
 
   /**
-   * @description true is the wrapped value is a negative vote
+   * @description true if the wrapped value is a negative vote
    */
   get isNay (): boolean {
     return !this.isAye;