This year’s elections saw fewer students voting than last year. A total of 6561 voted in this year’s Leadership Race, a decrease from last year’s turnout of 7744. Students have been voting since Monday to […]
News | Labour maintains stronghold in student areas
Labour candidates have won in local elections in the wards of Hyde Park & Woodhouse and Headingley. Javaid Akhtar, who already held the seat in the Hyde Park & Woodhouse ward was re-elected, beating first […]
Comment | The Case for Votes at 16
With Ed Miliband’s call to lower the voting age to 16, and this summer’s announcement that 16 and 17 year olds living in Scotland will be able to cast their vote in the independence referendum, […]
Police boss wins with zero votes
23.11.12 Students have given the thumbs down to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) as turnout in one student area was zero per cent. At the polling station situated in Bodington Hall, where 1, 055 eligible […]