BRGS Mock General Election 2005
20 May 2005
BRGS hosted its own mock
General Election (organised by Mr Williamson and Ms Haslam) in May 2005, with 4 sixth form students standing as candidates for 4 different political parties!
Students at BRGS voted on Thursday 5th May, the same date as the polling day for the real general election! See the results below...
THE CANDIDATES WHO FOUGHT FOR YOUR VOTE (in alphabetical order) WERE....
BRGS Labour Party: Marie Collinge (UK leader of Labour party: Tony Blair) |
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BRGS Conservative Party: Dayne Powell (UK leader of Conservative party: Michael Howard) |
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BRGS Liberal Democrats: Tom Raveglia (UK leader of Liberal Democrats: Charles Kennedy) |
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BRGS Green Party: Ella Smyth (UK leader of Green Party: Keith Taylor) |
RESULTS! 854 out of 1250 pupils voted (68%) and 45 members of staff voted. |
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WINNER: Tom Raveglia (Lib Dems) 443 votes (49%) WELL DONE TOM! | |
Dayne Powell (Conservatives) 243 votes (27%) | |
Marie Collinge (Labour) 156 votes (17.5%) | |
Ella Smyth (Green Party) 57 votes (6.5%) | |
See statistics for the BRGS General Election | |
BRGS ELECTION FACTS: * All years voted the most for the Liberal Democrats, but the closest result came from Year 9 voters, where there was a difference of one vote between Lib Dems and the Conservatives! * The Green Party (Ella Smyth) received their highest amount of votes from Year 9. * The Liberal Democrats (Tom Raveglia) received their highest amount of votes from Year 10. * Labour (Marie Collinge) received their highest amount of votes from the Sixth Form. * The Conservatives (Dayne Powell) also received their highest amount of votes from the Sixth Form. |
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UK General Election results: Tony Blair's Labour Party won a historic third term in government! |
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Two of our local constituencies, Rossendale and Darwen, and Burnley kept their Labour MPs in charge, but in Rochdale, Labour lost their seat to the Liberal Democrats! |
DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT?... READ ON...
A general election will decide which party (or coalition of parties) forms the next government. (pretty important stuff!!) There will be 646 seats in the UK Parliament's House of Commons which the different political parties will be fighting for! Glossary of those confusing Election related words !
Our current Prime Minister, Tony Blair, announced 5th May as polling day. He could have chosen a date any time before 12 June 2006 - five years after the last poll! Votes are traditionally held on Thursday, but do not have to be. Elections cannot be held on weekends or public holidays.
Anyone at BRGS can vote in our mock general election!
40% of the people who could vote did not bother in the last election. We want you to become good citizens and have an understanding of how elections work and why they are important.
You can find out about the BRGS candidates, by getting involved in the activities over the next week, listed in the top right of this page!
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH POLITICAL PARTY... |
BBC Newsround Election website |
Official Websites of the 4 Political Parties: ConservativeGreen Party Labour Liberal Democrat |
Your area - the Conservative Party Rossendale Rochdale Burnley |
Your area- the Green Party Rossendale North West News |
Your area - the Labour party Rossendale Rochdale Burnley |
Your area - the Liberal Democrats Rossendale Rochdale Burnley |
BORED OF READING?... Play "Race for Number 10" game! Fun downloads and E-cards from the Green Party! Watch Liberal Democrat video broadcasts! |
Tags: News Archive 2004/2005