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I'm curious what the under-30s turnout is. I'm hoping this will inspire younger people & encourage them to engage more in politics.


My 18 year old son was checking results at about 6 this morning - he voted for the first time for Labour and our constituency was a very narrow win for Labour over the SNP (about 250 votes).

Pretty sure his reaction is "Wow this voting thing actually works" :-)


Hearing figures around 72%.


in my constituency in a university city and thus with many under thirties the total turnout was down seven percent. However Labour who the young tend to vote for got more votes.


72% of 18 to 25 year olds, which is much higher than normal.




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