Y VOTE MOCK ELECTIONS

Get Your Party Started

Jobs: A candidate is only as good as their party, so make sure you have a great team. There are lots of jobs to be done within the party from designers to policy makers. It's important that everyone knows exactly what their job is. Have a look at the list of jobs below and then make a list of who will do what in your team.


Candidate: A person who stands for election to Parliament. A candidate can be nominated by a political party or stand as an independent.

Canvasser: A party member who has the job of influencing people's voting decisions.

Designers: People in charge of making posters and leaflets.

Electorate: A group of people eligible to vote.

Policy Makers: People who write the manifestos.

Political Party Members: Members of a party who help to run the election campaign.

Press Officer: A person who releases information about the party to journalists.

Pressure Groups: Organisations that campaign to influence political parties to support their point of view. Click here to read more about them.

Speech Writers:People who write the speech for hustings day.

Spin Doctor: A party member who puts a specific angle on an issue.


Get Elected!: Once you've got your team you can start winning votes. There are two main things which convince people to vote for a party:

a) Policies are your action plan, the things you would do if you were elected.
b) The campaign is the activities you run to make sure voters hear about your policies. Campaigns involve things like speeches and posters and convince voters that you have the best ideas.

Read more about deciding on your policies here, or find out more about campaigning here.

Below Lembit Opik MP explains the importance of choosing the right party:

Untitled from Cit Ed, Hansard Society on Vimeo.