3 constituencies where students made difference
CANTERBURY ELECTORAL CHANGE: Tories to Labour 2015 MAJORITY: 9,798 (to Tories) 2017 MAJORITY: 187 (to Labour) TURNOUT: 7 .7%
WHAT HAPPENED: The Tories lost Canterbury for the first time in 99 years. Sir Julian Brazier, who lost out to Rosie Duffield after 30 years, put it down to the student vote. The constituency was one of five with high student populations that saw its electorate increase by more than ten per cent on 015.
STUDENT POPULATION: 40,000
LINCOLN ELECTORAL CHANGE: Tories to Labour 2015 MAJORITY: 1,443 (to Tories) 2017 MAJORITY: 1,538 (to Labour) TURNOUT: 66.6%
WHAT HAPPENED: After seven years the Conservatives’ Karl McCartney lost the seat to Labour’s Karen Lee. Her success was put down in part to the number of young people coming out to vote. Lincoln has two universities.
STUDENT POPULATION: 18,000
SHEFFIELD HALLAM ELECTORAL CHANGE: Lib Dems to Labour 2015 MAJORITY: ,353 (to Lib Dems) 2017 MAJORITY: ,1 5 (to Labour) TURNOUT: 77.8%
WHAT HAPPENED: Former Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg lost to Labour’s Jared O’Mara. The party’s decision to increase tuition fees was blamed. STUDENT POPULATION: 34,000