THERE was a landslide victory for Labour in the election held at John Kyrle High School when students took part in their own version of the general election on Wednesday, June 7th.

Tom Marshall, a Year 10 student, was the winning Labour candidate. He told the Gazette that he had been interested in learning about the different party’s policies. He said that the younger generation may vote differently to the rest of the country when it comes to the actual election.

He secured 42% of the vote, the Conservatives had 22%, the Green party were in third place with 14%, closely followed by the Liberal Democrats with 13% and UKIP had 9%.

The candidates had discussed the parties and their policies and were allocated a party to represent before the campaigning began, as the election day drew closer many of them said they had begun to question some of the policies of the parties they had been asked to represent.

Rhydian Williams, who is in Year 8 was standing as the Conservative candidate. He said that he was very supportive of the Conservative party before the election but had begun to have mixed feelings about some of their policies, in particular the issue of university fees. He said, “I want to go to university and this worries me, and I think more money needs to be spent on education.

Ingrid Morgan of Year 10 was the Green candidate and said that she had really enjoyed the campaigning. Charlie Manning, also of Year 10 told the Ross Gazette that he has been flirting with both Labour and the Liberal Democrats, but said he was very surprised at how close the Conservatives and Labour seem to be.

Aneurin Morgan of Year 9, who had been allocated the task of representing UKIP, said he did not expect to win but the isue of Brexit had been very interesting. He said, "I think it will be a tighter result in the general election that when the campaign started.”