Students in South East Cornwall have been staging their own general election/

At Saltash.net Community School, seven candidates vied for the votes of the whole school – speaking in assemblies, persuading voters, and plastering their colourful posters around the site.

On the eve of the General Election, a team of students helped turn the lecture theatre into a polling station.

At the end of the day, more than a thousand students and staff had voted. The final result saw the Independent candidate, Josh Slocombe, win the contest with 312 votes. Josh now has a permanent seat on the school council.

The full result was:

Matthew CHAPMAN Conservative 149

Dylan ELLIS Monster Raving Loony 137

Becky EVANS & Isabelle MILLS Green 76

Jasmine LESLIE Liberal Democrats 251

Josh SLOCOMBE Independent Bee Movie 312

Ashleigh SMITH Mebyon Kernow 59

Bradley YEO Labour 174