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Year 9 Citizenship students at Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich are organising their own general election on May 7, to mirror the national election.

Candidates for eight parties - Conservative, DUP, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Plaid Cymru, SNP and UKIP - will campaign around the school competing for students' votes.

Candidates chose their parties from a hat and are campaigning on five issues: education, crime, welfare, health and the environment. All students in the school will vote on May 7. Each candidate is supported by a campaign manager.

Our Mock Election 2015 from Harris Dulwich Girls on Vimeo.

Watch the party videos our students have made.

Listen to an interview with House Coordinator Virginie Clarke on why we're holding our own general election on May 7."The idea behind the election is to instil in students the importance of voting and help them understand the democratic process," she says.

Meet the candidates

Eight political parties will be represented by Party Leaders (front row), their Campaign Managers (back row) and a team of volunteers.

The main students representing each party are (campaign manager listed second and appearing on the right of each picture):

Conservative
Zoe
Georgia

 

 

Labour
Shianne
Shani

 

 

 

Liberal Democrats
Oluwasemilore
Suprina

 

 

Green Party
Amber
Lauren

 

 

UKIP
Iqra
Ethiopia

 

 

 

Plaid Cymru
Kendra
Saarah

 

 

Democratic Unionist Party
Khadijah
Mistura

 

 

SNP
Aisha
Jeyda

 

 

The party campaigners will be producing marketing materials explaining what they stand for including radio interviews and posters around school. They will also be asking students for their opinions in the weeks leading up to polling day.

The whole school will be voting on the 7th of May.

Will the HGAED majority vote be the same as the new democratically elected government?