Key to the NUS Vote for Students campaign was the drive to get out the student vote on polling day, already at this stage it is clear that turnout amongst students was very high – indeed, on election night itself stories were already out of students being turned away at polling stations, in Sheffield, Liverpool and London with staff unable to cope with such high numbers of student voters turning out to vote. NUS takes this issue very seriously, please do get in touch with us if you had any trouble voting on Election Day.
Also key to the Vote for Students campaign was the Funding our Future pledge which parliamentary candidates were asked to sign, in so doing stating their opposition to any rise in the tuition fee cap. Nationally, more than 10 million votes were cast on polling day for candidates pledged to Vote for Students.
This has resulted in over 150 MPs in the new parliament who have pledged their opposition to higher tuition fees, many of whom will owe their jobs in large part to the student vote.
Find out more about our Vote for Students MPs here!