Our Generation. Our Vote.

Political education programme and mass-scale election for under-18s across England and Wales. Formed by a coalition of youth-focused organisations

[RECLAIM @RECLAIMproject]

Never let anyone tell you that young people are not interested in Politics and in having their say in who runs our country...

#OurGenerationOurVote #YouthVote

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You can read a breakdown of the results here: https://t.co/xfWssfwewk

Thank you to everyone who took part and made their voices heard! 📢 #YouthVote #OurGenerationOurVote🌟🚀

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🎉🗳️ It's Results Day 🗳️🎉

Thousands of young people have cast their ballot in Our Generation, Our Vote’s mass-scale election for children across England and Wales – and this is how they voted...

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[Our Generation. Our Vote. @OurGenOurVote]

Children cited education (22%) as the policy area that influenced their vote the most, followed by health (18%) and climate change (18%). 16% said cost of living, 12% safety and another 8% named immigration and refugees.

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Stay tuned as later today we announce the official results of the mass election for under 18s across England and Wales.

#OurGenerationOurVote #PoliticalLiteracy

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We were delighted to host content creator and teacher @shabazsays at a school in Newham to teach a political literacy lesson and engage with students on the voting process🙌🎓

[Democracy Classroom @Democracyroom]

🚨 Do you know who your #GeneralElection2024 candidates are and what they stand for?

The https://t.co/WmxLDbGT5W website has resources to help support young people understand who they could vote for, including:

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Students have been diving into:
👉 Learning how politics works
👉 Understanding why voting matters

From debates to mock elections, they’ve seen firsthand how their voices can shape the future.

✨Stay tuned on to find out how they voted and why!

[Our Generation. Our Vote. @OurGenOurVote]

🗳️ The votes are in and being announced June 28th! 🗳️

We visited Newham Youth Empowerment Service (@lbnYES) to see how the young people taking part felt about voting and getting their voices heard in the mass election for under 18s across England and Wales.

[Our Generation. Our Vote. @OurGenOurVote]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cewch wybod ddydd Gwener, 28 Mehefin sut y bu i miloedd o bobl ifanc ar draws Cymru a Lloegr bleidleisio ac am ba resymau ✨

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Find out on Friday, 28 June how thousands of young people across England and Wales voted and for what reasons ✨

[Our Generation. Our Vote. @OurGenOurVote]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 “Mae’n bwysig iawn i wrando ar leisiau plant”

Rhai o aelodau Senedd Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Abercynon sy’n egluro wrth @NewyddionS4C pam ei bod yn bwysig i wleidyddion wrando ar ei lleisiau nhw ar faterion pwysig fel newid hinsawdd a chostau byw.

https://t.co/x5m1eY4lSg

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 "It's very important to listen to children's voices"

Some of the members of the Abercynon Gymraeg Primary School Senedd explain to @NewyddionS4C why it is important for politicians to listen to their voices on important issues such as climate change and the cost of living.

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@Year6Monksdown1 @CitizensUK @MonksdownSchool We love this! Thank you for taking part 🗳️

[Higher Bebington Junior School @HBJSCH63]

We took part in a vote that children in our school & all across the country are carrying out with @OurGenOurVote to decide who we would like to represent us as an MP in parliament ahead of the general election. #HBJSBritishvalues (5/6)

[Brocks Hill Primary School @BrocksHill]

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The votes have been counted and verified @OurGenOurVote!
Years 3-6 have spoken - and our votes have now been submitted.
Watch this space - for our results as well as the national results next week. @LHTrustLeics

[Godwin Junior School @godwinschool]

Yesterday was voting day at Godwin! Children participated in a parallel election, reflecting the British value of democracy. Let's see if their votes will mirror the adults' on 4th July.   #GeneralElection #elections2024 #ourgenerationourvoice #RRSA @OurGenOurVote

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@hogarth_the 🗳️looks great!

[Oulder Hill Leadership Academy @oulderhillla]

Students from Years 7 and 8 have been casting their votes today as part of
@OurGenOurVote

Student leaders have handed out ballots and counted the results as our electorate returns from the #STAR

[Small Heath Leadership Academy @SmallHeathLA]

Students from Years 7, 8 and 9 have been casting their votes today as part of @OurGenOurVote
Student leaders have handed out ballots and counted the results as our electorate returns from the polling booth.Tomorrow, Y10 will have their say and we'll mop up any postal votes! #STAR

[Crickhowell HS @crickhowellhs]

And we’re off! Our Mock Election has started! Voting closes at midday for us to count up the votes! Who will young people vote for? @SeneddWales @OurGenOurVote #empoweringyoungpeople