Blog 8

My Local Constituency : Northampton North :)
My Local MP : Sally Keeble MP
My Local Council: Northampton Borough Council
My Local Party : Labour :(


I have mixed feelings about people who don't vote, because there's probably many reasons behind it, like not finding a party who share their particular views, or not understanding. People who say they don't vote because it won't make a difference do annoy me a little because of course it won't make a difference if you don't bother, a difference can only be seen if they make the effort.

I'm going to vote in 2010, I voted in the European elections because we were taught about it a lot at school and were given loads of background information about each party and what they stand for. I think that mainly people who don't vote decide not to because they don't really know about the policies which each party stand for, as it can be rather confusing. Watching the news and reading the papers you can be given a very biased view on particular parties especially in newspapers as they each have their own political alliance.

Political parties will promise a lot of things especially in the run up to elections and much of this will never happen but its important for people to get easy access to each parties plans. However I don't think people appreciate the mail they get sent from each party to try and sway them. I feel quite lucky that during sixth form we were taught very well about the politics of the UK and were allowed to form our own political views without being told we were wrong. I also think that my family have had a big impact on my attitude to voting, I appreciate the fact that I can vote because not long ago women weren't able to.

I know that voting in the younger generation is at an all time low, I really think that if people were informed like I was at school which I know most people aren't many more young people would vote. I know that its been attempted but it needs to be enjoyable otherwise people will be put off politics and voting for life.

Reference

1. http://www.sallykeeble.com/northampton.html (Sally Keeble Information)
2. http://www.julianwalker.org/images/nnmap.png