With the general election coming soon, the political parties, both the big players and the smaller ones, begin to campaign, attempting to win over the electorate. There are a lucky few in Hills Road who are included in this number, and whilst it’s not enough to focus on Hills alone, swaying the voters here might be enough to tip the balance in any parties favour. The question is this, who will you be voting for? Unfortunately I am too young to vote unless there is a hung parliament and a need for another general election next year as well, so whoever I favour is irrelevant.

Due to its position as an educational hub, it is often the Liberal Democrats, with Julian Huppert going for the seat, who win the seat for Cambridge city. However, the Green party’s Tony Juniper has as good a chance as anyone to take the seat for the first time, being able to for the first time to affect legislation within parliament. With that said, like a looming cloud, the conservatives, helmed by the charismatic Nick Hillman, are looking confident to win over this Liberal Democrat stronghold. Alongside the most likely candidates there is of course the labour candidate, Daniel Zeichner, who is trying to absolve Labour of the mistakes it has made, although he has not promised the removal of Gordon Brown from office, which would quite possibly have raised their chances of winning yet another term. Then there is Peter Burkinshaw of the UKIP party, who are trying to increase the number of seats they hold in Parliament, building on the attention they got for Mr Farage’s attack on the new EU President Herman Van Rompuy. Last, but not least, there are the smaller parties and the independents, such as the Cambridge Socialist party with their candidate Martin Booth, and Magus Lynius Shadee, the self proclaimed King of all witches who wishes to makes changes that would benefit all humans. Every starts somewhere, and apparently Cambridge has been chosen as the start point of this change.

These are the candidates. Whether you want to vote for one or any of them is up to you. If you want to see tuition fees go, then vote for either the Liberal democrats, the Green Party or UKIP. If you just don’t want to pay more, then go for the more mainstream parties of Labour or the Conservatives. No matter which you vote for, if you are old enough to vote, it will be your first plunge into the democratic pool. If you are still not old enough, chances are there will have to be another election, if there is a hung parliament and the Liberal Democrats won’t form a coalition.