eDemocracy Pupil Questionnaire Analysis
Question 24: Do you intend to vote for:
| Yes |
No |
Not stated |
|
| Mayor of London |
64% |
20% |
16% |
| Young Mayor of Lewisham |
63% |
21% |
15% |
| Mayor of Lewisham |
62% |
21% |
18% |
| Local Councillor |
51% |
31% |
18% |
| Member of Parliament (MP) |
46% |
37% |
16% |
Give your reasons:
| I like him/he does a good job/he will help us |
24% |
| I want to/it is my right! |
18% |
| He is younger/can relate to the young/give the views of the young |
5% |
| It is important to London/Lewisham |
3% |
| I want to get involved/want to be part of it |
3% |
| It is a bigger area/London includes more |
2% |
| It will make things better/will after the area |
2% |
| Nobody takes it seriously/its boring/don't care |
2% |
| Children have good ideas/give children what they want |
2% |
| He is local/it is where I live |
1% |
| Need a Mayor/Mayors are better |
1% |
| Don't know enough about them/the others |
1% |
| Too young to vote/make decisions/won;t take it seriously |
1% |
| Don't keep promises/won't help us |
1% |
| MPs are more important |
1% |
| Not interested in Young Mayor/not important |
1% |
| I live here |
1% |
| Children never get to vote/adults do it all |
1% |
| Not interested in Mayors/not important |
0% |
| Not interested in MPs/not important |
0% |
| Better communicator/understands issues more |
0% |
| Don't like them/ any of them |
0% |
| My parents/relatives voted for him |
0% |
| Other |
12% |
| Nothing stated |
36% |
Variety of comments made by children:
| Children can be allowed to vote for their favourite Mayor or MP |
| Because he is the Mayor of London |
| get the person you want |
| Because I have met the Mayor |
| because they can help us |
| because I live in London |
| because my parents don't vote so I will |
| So people know more things about them. |
| because we need someone to run the city |
| So I can have a say in it. |
| because I want the city to be safe |
| It is good to vote |
| because I want to be part of the decisions |
| Because they all play a part in London |
| Because everyone has to have a say in whether they want to vote |
| They can make things better |
| mayor of Lewisham because we want to make Lewisham a nice place |
| Because to me those three are the most important jobs. |
| So I have a choice for once |
| It's important to have your say on issues |
| cause they're good people |
| so we can take part in the democracy |
| Because I will be grown up and can vote |
| Because he might understand more of my issues. |
| To get us involved |
| gives us a part in the communities |
| because if you vote for the Mayor of London, London is a big place and if you vote for the Mayor of Lewisham he can sort it out. |
| I will want to vote for the Mayor of London to make London a safer place |
| We know the young mayor |
| They will communicate with schools |
| because they take your ideas to the council |
| because the young mayor of Lewisham will understand the children. |
| young mayor of Lewisham because kids should make choices too as well as adults |
| I want to get the my voice heard. |
| I think it would be fun to have a say with all the other members |
| I like that kind of stuff |
| because those are the people I trust |
| too much hard work to take on |
| so I have a small part in having a choice |
| Because everyone should be allowed to vote |
| we need to help decide on a responsible person |
| because I want to be involved in choosing who is in charge |
| I believe that London's future rests on children's shoulders |
A full list of children's comments can be accessed from the Responses spreadsheet page.
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