Green Party win Strand on the Green Constituency

On the 3rd July, Strand on the Green Junior School went to the polls! The four political parties represented were the Labour Party, the Conservative Party, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party. Four children were elected to lead these parties and have been hard on the campaign trail over the last few weeks, creating posters and writing and presenting speeches to their peers. While they were preparing for a debate on the 3rd July the rest of the school discussed the importance of registering to vote. Other members of Year 5 were tasked with registering every child, to ensure they were eligible to vote. The whole school attended to watch the lively debate, deepening everybody’s understanding of the main issues affecting the UK today. This gave the children time to reflect on the policies they felt were most important to them. Finally, on election day the gym was transformed to a polling station, much to the confusion of the general public, who were looking for the real polling station next door! The Returning Officers, Patrick and Marlowe, were on hand to instruct the children on how to cast their vote. 341 votes and 0 spoilt ballots later, the result was incredibly close! The victorious party for the constituency of Strand on the Green was the Green Party, represented by Marni, by a margin of only 2 votes from the Liberal Democrats, led by Eva. The parties in 3rd and 4th place, Labour, represented by Zubeyr and Conservative, represented by Fredrik, are to be commended for their great campaign.