don’t duck Your Guide to Voting in the General Election 2017 out of democracy
Students and young people need to be on the agenda in the General Election on Thursday 8 June. We’ve seen that politicians can feel able to ignore us when we aren’t registered to vote. But across the UK, students and young people can swing the vote.
That’s why Worcester Students’ Union is supporting NUS’ Generation Vote campaign
What is the General Election and when is it? A General Election is an opportunity for people in every part of the UK to choose their MP - the person who will represent their local area (constituency) in the House of Commons for up to five years. There is normally a choice of several candidates in each constituency, some of which are the local candidates for national political parties. People can only vote for one of the candidates and the candidate that receives most votes becomes their MP. Normally General Elections happen every 5 years. This year’s election was not expected and was called by the Prime Minister Theresa May largely as a result of the UK’s decision in last year’s referendum to leave the European Union.