Youth votes are different

Of course! This is why the Labour party and Tories oppose electoral reform: what would these voting figures mean if translated nationally? Serious problems for their hanging onto power, that's what. No wonder young people don't vote very highly: they know that their preferences will not register in a first past the post system.

The Hansard Society's " Y-Vote" mock elections were conducted in schools up and down the UK and were designed to co-incide with May's local elections to encourage young people to vote and take an interest in the political decisions that affect them.
The national results of the " Y-Vote" mock elections were as follows:
Lib Dems 30 % Green Party 25% Labour 25% Conservatives 15 % UKIP 5%

Lib Dems are winners with youth (Green Liberal Democrats):
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