As the country goes to the polls in one of the tightest general elections in years, students at Waldegrave School in Twickenham will be getting involved, experiencing democracy first hand with their own Mock Election on Wednesday 7th June 2017. 

Mock Elections actively engages students with the democratic process and shows how politics affects their everyday lives. 

Students have gained a hands on insight into how the election works as they run for office, create manifestos, canvass support, design campaign posters and literature and cast their votes. Other students organised the election – registering voters, preparing the polling station, and counting the ballot papers. 

The 2017 Mock Election involved students from across the school and students cast their vote in their very own Polling station. The results were announced via Twitter with the Liberal Democrat candidate winning the election.

Article supplied by Maura Cassels