‘I’m not excited’: first-time voters weigh up their options
Opinions vary in schools and sixth form colleges across the country as UK heads to polls
While polls have indicated that the majority of young voters will support Labour in the general election, voting intentions among 18- to 25-year-olds vary as much as they do among older voters depending on the area.
In the Lancastrian seaside town of Morecambe, the Conservatives had a majority of just 1,399 votes in 2017 but Labour hasn’t entirely convinced the sixth formers of Morecambe Bay academy.