Student vote increasingly important in local elections, says Lib Dem councillor
A local councillor has said students could dictate the outcome of upcoming elections, Hannah Gul-Khan reports
Tag Archives: voting
Vote Jesmond 2017: UKIP candidate
Despite repeated requests, UKIP candidate Tony Sanderson declined to participate in our series of profiles
Vote Jesmond 2017: Green Party candidate
Continuing our five days of profiles, James Vesty meets Green candidate, Alistair Ford
Vote Jesmond 2017: Liberal Democrat Party candidate
Ahead of the general election on June 8th, JesmondLocal will be profiling each of the five candidates standing for election in the Newcastle East parliamentary seat. Continuing our five days of profiles, Morgan Ayre meets Lib Dem candidate, Wendy Taylor
Vote Jesmond 2017: Conservative Party candidate
In the first of our election profiles, Morgan Ayre meets the Conservatives’ Newcastle East parliamentary candidate, Simon Kitchen
Jesmond ward boundaries likely to be focus of consultation
A national consultation has opened on ward boundaries, allowing Jesmond voters to redraw the electoral map, Megan Thrall and Imogen Scott-Chambers report
EXCLUSIVE: One in 10 Jesmond voters to drop off electoral register
A change in the way voters are registered will disproportionately affect 1,500 Jesmond residents, Imogen Scott-Chambers and Megan Thrall report
Video: JesmondLocal hustings
Watch candidate introductions and key moments from last week’s JesmondLocal hustings, including our pre-debate discussion
Transport and bins dominate debate at hustings
Candidates conferred – and squabbled – over the major issues at our hustings yesterday evening. Our Carly Peacock recaps the night’s events
Audio slideshow: Young voters’ political engagement
With the April 20th deadline for voter registration approaching, Claire Hawthorn asks young voters how politically engaged they are