This General Election has been the most emotive political race that we have seen for many years. As the votes pour in many of us will be waiting impatiently to see how the balance swings. In order to use this event as a learning opportunity to educate our students about the importance of making informed choices and exercising their right to vote, Turton School held its own mock election today and the results are in! Today, Mrs Bali and her committed team of electoral officials set up polling stations around school following a number of form time activities to outline the major political parties’ manifestos.
Whilst we will have to wait until tomorrow to find our the results of the General Election, below you can get a feeling of how we voted in the constituency of Turton School:
As you can see, there was a resounding Labour majority in our election. Early reports from the General Election are that the Labour are gaining ground so perhaps the voice of the students at Turton is an echo chamber of the feelings of the young people of our nation. We shall have to wait and see what tomorrow holds….
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 12 | Teachers | Total | |
| Labour | 79 | 82 | 95 | 38 | 93 | 38 | 425 |
| Conservative | 26 | 24 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 159 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
| Other | 36 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 147 |
| Turnout | 68% | 73% | 86% | 37% | 84% |
