As the country heads to the polls today in the local elections, Leighton Park School staged their very own during April
With eight diverse parties in the fray, spanning from a Reform Party to a  Communist Party, including a unique ?LP?s Own? party, the spectrum of  ideologies and perspectives were rich and varied. Each party crafted campaigns advocating for policies they deemed crucial for the nation.  
Each of the eight political parties had to include one Sixth Form Politics  student as the leader, alongside at least one Year 7 or 8 pupil and one Year  9-10 student. There were roles shared out between the members with  responsibilities for creating videos, designing posters, researching and  producing manifestos and drumming up support. The parties launched campaigns, complete with manifestos, posters, and private social media accounts.  Following the Easter break, the parties took centre stage in Main Hall,  presenting their campaigns to the entire Leighton Park community. Each party had two minutes to convince the audience why they should vote for  their party, ballots rolled in one by one and with only four spoiled ballots, the number of valid votes from the LP community were at a record  number of 81.6%. 
The election allowed students to understand the intricacies of political  processes and develop their initiative, listening skills and logic and reasoning skills. 
Head of Politics, Richard Duckett, shared his thoughts ?The internal election allows th...