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The Russell Group uni cities where the most students are registered to vote in the Genny Lec
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The deadline to register to vote in next month’s General Election is 11:59pm tonight. And whilst students and young people are often tainted with the stereotype of being disengaged from politics, regular NUS polling finds that 87 per cent of students intend to vote in the Genny Lec. But are there areas where students are going to make the biggest difference and where most students are registered to vote?
Well, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) alongside the National Union of Students (NUS) have used data from the 2021 census as well as 2019 election data and 2024 polling to work out where students will have the biggest impact in the election.
The constituencies with the most students registered to vote are, naturally the cities with several big unis like Leeds, Sheffield and Nottingham. All of these top 10 uni constituencies, and all but two of the top 20, are currently held by Labour after the 2019 election.
There are also 75 constituencies across the UK where the number of students actually exceeds the winning majority needed to win the seat. These are spread across the UK and many are historically Labour areas where the Tories made gains in the 2019 election, such as Yorkshire and the North West.
So, these are the Russell Group uni cities where the most students are registered to vote in the General Election:
10. Exeter
Constituency: Exeter
Number of registered students: 14,862
9. Cambridge
Constituency: Cambridge
Number of registered students: 14,964
8. York
Constituency: York Central
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Number of registered students: 15,784
7. Nottingham
Constituency: Nottingham East
Number of registered students: 16,757
6. Bristol
Constituency: Bristol Central
Number of registered students: 17,326
5. Liverpool
Constituency: Liverpool Riverside
Number of registered students: 18,614
4. Manchester
Constituency: Manchester Rusholme
Number of registered students: 19,035
3. Sheffield
Constituency: Sheffield Central
Number of registered students: 19,864
2. Nottingham
Constituency: Nottingham South
Number of registered students: 21,857
1. Leeds
Constituency: Leeds Central and Headingley
Number of registered students: 30,482
You can register to vote here by 11:59pm tonight here.
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