LABOUR may have won the general election but it came a poor fifth at Okehampton College when a mock election saw the Green Party stride ahead.

A manifesto, which focused on the traditional Green Party issues but also resisted a sixth term year at school and supported the legalisation of cannabis, proved a popular one, propelling 14-year-old candidate Amy Stephens to victory with 134 votes.

In second place was Scott Hopper, representing the UKIP, with 80 votes and Liberal Democrat Mark Stephens (who did the most political homework!) came third with 47 votes. The Conservatives scored 40 votes with candidate John Cummings and Labour representative Martin Partridge came fifth with 30 votes.

Old fashioned hustings were held prior to 'election day' and although there were no tomatoes to be seen the candidates were given a 'really hard time' said head of humanities Paul Smith who organised the event to raise awareness of national issues and how the election process worked.

'The whole thing created quite a buzz — each party had to produce their own manifesto some of which were true to the party politics and some added in to appeal to young people,' he said.

College principal Christopher Powell will now decide whether the winning candidate will take more of a representative capacity within the college.