Contact Details
- 01622871270
- office@laddingford.kent.sch.uk
Darman Lane, Laddingford, Maidstone, Kent ME18 6BL
FRIDAY - The results
After achieving a majority of 6 seats, the Blue party won our election.
Year 1 was a tied seat and this was settled by a game of rock, paper, scissors which the Red party won.
The voter turnout in the whole school was 86%.
| Year R | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Staff | OVERALL | |
| Voters present | 5 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 84 |
| Blue votes | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 48 |
| Red votes | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 23 |
| Yellow votes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spoiled | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didn't vote | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| WINNER | BLUE | BLUE/RED | BLUE | BLUE | BLUE | RED | BLUE | BLUE | BLUE |
| % Turnout | 80% | 80% | 80% | 92% | 100% | 92% | 100% | 58% | 86% |
The votes share shows some of the potential unfairness around the 'first-past-the-post' voting system. The Blue party achieved a vote share of 66%, almost exactly two-thirds of the vote. They won 6 of 8 seats - which is 75% of the seats. The only reason they didn't win 7 seats (87.5% of the vote) was because of a tie-breaker that went in Red's favour.