Members of the UKYP voted in the House of Commons for our priority campaign for 2013 from a shortlist of the top five chosen in a public ballot of over 250,000 votes. These were:
A Curriculum for Life
Make Public Transport Cheaper, Better and Accessible To All
Getting Ready for Work
An Equal National Minimum Wage for All
Marriage for All
The National Campaign for 2013 was chosen as… “A Curriculum For Life”
The amounts of votes cast across all topics in the 2012 Make Your Mark Ballot was:
| Topics | total |
| Our World, Our views. |
7,121 |
| Giving our issues a platform. |
7,381 |
| Youth-led Youth Budgets. |
8,979 |
| Involve young people in the political system. |
11,184 |
| Our minds matter. |
11,843 |
| Save our Youth Services. |
12,331 |
| Our rights matter. |
12,376 |
| Working with the Police. |
13,220 |
| Votes for 16 and 17 year olds in all public elections and referendums. |
14,988 |
| A curriculum to prepare us for life. |
17,391 |
| Better 16-19 Bursaries. |
19,579 |
| An equal National Minimum Wage for all. |
21,345 |
| Getting ready for work. |
25,019 |
| Marriage for all. |
29,792 |
| Make public transport cheaper, better and accessible for all. |
41,088 |
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6th December 2012
UKYP national campaign for 2013 – Curriculum For Life We believe that the place of citizenship education and PSHE in the curriculum should be radically overhauled through a youth-led UK-wide review;...
26th October 2012
Should every young person be required to take one week's work experience before they leave school? WATCH THE VIDEO House of Commons debate report: In the second debate of the 2012 visit to...
25th October 2012
Should the national minimum wage be changed to one even level? WATCH THE VIDEO NOW House of Commons debate report: How is it fair that two people doing the same job over the...
24th October 2012
Should public money be invested in making transport less expensive for under 18s? WATCH THE VIDEO NOW House of Commons debate report: Public transport is too expensive and unreliable for young people who...
23rd October 2012
Should same-sex marriage be allowed across the whole of the UK? Watch the video now House of Commons debate report In a debate held at the House of Commons in November 2012, MYPs...
