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 Bootle Students lead the way
At Bootle High, students were given the chance to vote for real parliamentary candidates in advance of the adult community. The students enthusiastically read up on all the local Bootle Constituency Parliamentary candidates and made their vote in secret during the day.Bootle High Results
| Name | Party | % | Pos. |
| Joe Benton | Labour | 54.9% | 1 |
| Chris Newby | Lib Dems | 18.2% | 2 |
| Paul Nuttall | UKIP | 12.0% | 3 |
| Wafik Moustafa | Cons | 11.4% | 4 |
| Peter Glover | Socialist | 3.5% | 5 |
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A huge turn out of over 90% made sure that the result was truly representative. Interestingly they didn’t always match the views of their parents, although the overall results was notably similar to the Election results for the Bootle Constituency as the figures show:
General Election results for Bootle
| Party | % | Pos. |
| Labour | 75.5% | 1 |
| Lib Dems | 11.7% | 2 |
| Cons | 4.1% | 4 |
| UKIP | 6.2% | 3 |
| Socialist | 2.6% | 5 |
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