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School General Elections Results

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RandomlyChosenName · 14/12/2019 11:44

Did your child’s school run a GE? If so, do you know who they voted for?

Just wondering as my child’s school and another school nearby both voted overwhelmingly for the Lib Dem’s, which is the opposite of the constituency result.

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lovesmarties · 15/12/2019 23:19

Invite a load of people to a party. Tell them it's a free bar. Tell them they don't have to clean up. They'll have great fun, getting drunk and stepping crisps into your new carpet as they dance the night away.

Then ask them if they want to pay for the party, host it in their own house and do all the cleaning afterwards. Not so keen, probably.

This is why children and uni students are overwhelmingly keen to vote Labour, LibDem or Green in school elections. They have nothing to lose, bless 'em.

yasle · 14/12/2019 20:52
  1. LD
  2. green

Labour and conservatives between them scored less than 20%.

Rosieposy4 · 14/12/2019 20:45

Lib dems overwhelmingly winners at my school. It is possible some students were swayed by the legalised cannabis part.

Wellmet · 14/12/2019 20:42

My sons' secondary school did it anonymously...as it they were just party 1,2,3,4 and the kids had to vote based on the manifestos. The party that won turned out to be labour. Reflective of the constituency and VERY reflective of the immediate locality- the labour offices are within walking distance of the school and the MP has a great relationship with the locals.
#jessphilipsforleader Grin

zen1 · 14/12/2019 20:37

Secondary comp: Labour (by two votes), Greens, Lib Dem’s, Cons.

The area is a Tory safe seat.

nancy75 · 14/12/2019 20:35

1Labour, 2Green, 3Lib Dem, 4Tory, 5Brexit.

Very, very safe Tory seat - good to know they’re not all brainwashed by their parents & we might have some hope for the future.

Smoothyloopy · 14/12/2019 20:35

Labour
Green
Conservative
Lib dems

We're in conservative seat, although not a safe one

JacquesHammer · 14/12/2019 20:33

All girls’ grammar.

Labour won by a huge margin.

Didn’t reflect the constituency which is Tory safe seat.

LeekMunchingSheepShagger · 14/12/2019 20:31

Overwhelmingly labour. We are in a very safe labour seat though so I just assumed they copied their parents!

QueenMabby · 14/12/2019 20:29

DS’s school (indie school in a v safe Tory seat) voted Lib Dem. Tories second. DS voted Lib Dem based on their campaigning and the fact that DS doesn’t want Brexit.

DonaldTrumpsChopper · 14/12/2019 20:26

DS2's school went Labour.

vdbfamily · 14/12/2019 20:26

greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives, Labour.

CuckooCuckooClock · 14/12/2019 20:25

Wouldn’t it be interesting to collate all the school mock election results?

CuckooCuckooClock · 14/12/2019 20:24

Lib Dems won convincingly at our school.
Safe Tory seat in the real world.
Most of the students voted on the issue of Brexit.
It was like a day of mourning similar to the day after the referendum yesterday.

lljkk · 14/12/2019 20:18

Don't know who DS voted for. The split was something like 25% Labour, 24% Cons, 23% LDems in his secondary mock election. We are a deep blue county, in reality.

ApplejackCriesOnTheInside · 14/12/2019 20:12

Overwhelmingly Labour, barely any votes for the Tories. School draws from one Labour and one Tory constituency.

SillyBub · 14/12/2019 20:11

All boys grammar school with candidates studying A level politics

  1. Greens
  2. Labour
  3. Tories - apparently (according to DS) they only came this high because he's the most popular guy in the school
  4. Lib Dems
  5. Brexit Party
pontiouspilates · 14/12/2019 20:07

Greens at DDs school. We are in a Tory 'safe seat' ~sadly~

wigornian · 14/12/2019 19:49

Conservatives won at DS’s school - like the constituency.

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RandomlyChosenName · 14/12/2019 14:32

I have just found the results of the National Mock Election Run in schools by the Hansard society and Labour ‘won’ with Lib Dem’s second.

I also found the 2017 results and labour are down 5% from then, Conservative down 3%. Greens up 2% and Lib Dem’s up by 7%!

Wow.

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1066vegan · 14/12/2019 13:33

Lib dems 1st, Green 2nd, Labour 3rd (primary school). Their parents overwhelming voted Tory.

Halleli · 14/12/2019 13:30

My children's school had a large Lib Dem majority. It's a Jewish school, so not exactly surprising that the current Labour Party didn't win...

crookshanksthecat · 14/12/2019 12:15

Yes. Massive Lib Dem win in our school which was a first.

youknowitmakessensedunnit · 14/12/2019 12:05

lol, bless their (organic) cotton socks

fedup2017 · 14/12/2019 11:59

Very green here.... Green majority I think. ( They did it as a first past the post per year)

We are in the depths of old school Tory country.

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