Warrington schools stage mock elections along side General Election

Culcheth High School and Padgate Academy took a more practical approach to engage its students in the country’s General Election, with the results revealing a Labour win this morning, Friday.

In a hands-on lesson in democracy, students at Padgate Academy participated in a mock election.

On Thursday, the students were escorted to the polling station set up in the school's library, where they cast their votes in a realistic mock election.

Padgate Academy students cast their vote (Image: Supplied)
One student even expressed his gratitude for the experience, noting what a ‘great opportunity’ it was how they felt ‘more prepared and confident about voting’ when they turn the legal voting age of 18.

This exercise not only provided a practical lesson in democracy but also sparked discussions among students about political issues and party policies.

Citizenship teacher Mrs Mitchell, who organised the event, highlighted the educational value of the exercise, saying: “Teaching citizenship through a practical voting session really gave students a sense of importance and involvement.

“It's essential for young people to understand how their voices can make a difference.”

Meanwhile, year eight students from Culcheth High also got to experience what it was like to take part in a mock election at their school.

Culcheth High pupils also cast their votes in the mock election (Image: Supplied)
In a bid to educate pupils on democracy, over the last fortnight, all year eight students have been involved in a series of lessons about the General Election.

In their History lessons, students learnt about the manifestos of the different major parties.

While in their Geography lessons, they focused on how important environmental issues seem to be to the different major parties.

Finally, during RE lessons, students learnt about the importance of voting.

At the end of this series of lessons in the Humanities Faculty, all year eight students had the opportunity to independently cast their vote on a ballot paper and post it into the ballot box.

Yesterday, Thursday, all ballot papers were counted, revealing a 54 per cent majority share of the vote went to the Labour Party.

This was followed by the Reform Party and the Green Party, with 35 per cent of year eight’s voting for these two parties.

Lib Dems came in fourth, followed by the Conservatives who won a shocking 1per cent of the vote.