{"id":59960,"date":"2024-05-02T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/?p=59960"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:44:35","slug":"sheffield-voters-call-for-an-increase-in-youth-engagement-in-local-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/sheffield-voters-call-for-an-increase-in-youth-engagement-in-local-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield voters call for an increase of youth engagement in local politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Sheffield City Council elections are taking place today and voters have expressed the importance of the vote and for young people to be involved in local and national politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are taking to the polling station to elect the next City Councillors and the next South Yorkshire Mayor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the polling station in Western Park, Shefnews spoke to people going in to choose the candidates they feel best represents them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Squires, 45, said: \u201cIt\u2019s so important to not waste your vote, especially young people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t think young people are as engaged with local politics as they should be and it\u2019s them that it\u2019s ultimately going to affect when they inevitably don\u2019t feel represented.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffield.gov.uk\/your-city-council\/election-results\" title=\"Sheffield City Council\">Sheffield City Council<\/a>, voting turnout was 34.81% which is lower than the national average.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<script>var pd_tags = new Array;pd_tags[\"13710019-src\"]=\"poll-oembed-simple\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.polldaddy.com\/p\/13710019.js\"><\/script><noscript><iframe title=\"Have you voted in the Sheffield City Council elections?\" src=\"https:\/\/poll.fm\/13710019\/embed\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"cs-iframe-embed\"><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ewan Leitch, 21, said: \u201cI think now more than ever it\u2019s important for people to go out and vote whenever they get the opportunity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur government has shown repeatedly that it won\u2019t act in the interest of the population and I think it\u2019s clear that we need drastic changes in this country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven local elections such as this will play a crucial role in making a step towards a much needed change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandy Creaser-Meyers, 63, said: \u201cThe more people who vote, the more representative it becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf more people vote then the council will represent the views of the majority, rather than just a select few who decide to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Pereira, 22, said: \u201cYoung people are starting to get more involved in politics, but not enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they don\u2019t use their vote, political parties won\u2019t listen to us and they won\u2019t represent us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI definitely think sixth forms and universities could be doing more to encourage political engagement in young adults, and even the council themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Labour are the biggest party within the council, but are only one ahead of the Liberal Democrats, so the council is under no overall control.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 84 elected Councillors, with three Councillors for each of the 28 wards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The polling stations have been open since 7am, and won\u2019t close until 10pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield voters have urged young people to get involved in local politics. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":59962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[415,50],"tags":[416,38,141],"class_list":["post-59960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-politics","tag-elections","tag-sheffield","tag-sheffield-city-council"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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