Students ‘overwhelmed but excited’ by voting for the first time

Beth Firman is studying sports massage and personal training at West Herts College in Watford, and described voting for the first time as “exciting, but daunting”.

She said: “Some people are like I’m a first time voter and don’t really want to vote, but I think people our age should be excited about voting.

“If our voice is heard then we’re setting our lives up, whereas older people if they’re voting, by the time the changes happen they won’t be living their life through those changes.”

She added: “The view that young people don’t care enough about politics comes about because we don’t know enough as we’re not taught enough. We’re told to look it up at home or online where the information is not always available.”