Brooke House Sixth Form College in Clapton, Hackney, is located in precisely the type of deprived area where youth voter apathy remains rife. Only a stone's throw from Hackney's notorious "murder mile", the school has faced an uphill struggle trying to get young people registered to vote for this year's elections.
A visit to the college shows young people do care about politics. During break time, a young black student from the Young Socialist Party talks about the issues facing our country today while young people listen intently. But despite this grassroots level interest in politics, a disappointing 60 per cent of young people did not vote in the general election.
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