Young voters out in force for 2017 election – schools and FE providers are the key to political confidence in the young
The 2017 snap election drew in an incredible 20% increase in 18- to 24-year-old voters since the election two years ago. 63 percent of the young voters backed the Labour manifesto – which stood for the abolition of university fees and increased per-pupil funding for schools while other parties proposed to freeze or cut education funding. 27% of young people voted Conservative.…