Showing that politics has never been more relevant to young people, The Nottingham University Conservative Association (NUCA) have recorded a massive uptake in membership at this year’s Freshers’ Fayre, exceeding the numbers for the same time last year despite a £2 increase in membership fee.

The President of the Conservative Association at Nottingham, Nick Allsopp said “Response has been overwhelmingly positive; a lot of people who have never been involved with the Conservatives before are coming up and joining; seeking to find out more about the party, to get involved and keen to help elect more Nottingham Candidates than ever before and to return a Conservative Government.”

Wednesday saw visit of Dr Rowena Holland, Nottingham South parliamentary candidate and a team from the East Midlands Conservatives. Dr Holland said “It’s really exciting to see so many students engaged with modern politics. University is a place where ideas and principles are formed and it’s vitally important that we involve young people at every stage.”

Nick added, “With a general election inevitable during the next academic year, we are finding students are excited to be taking part in the upcoming campaigns and this year will potentially be the most important for the society in 30 years.”

The students are also ambitious for their own political campaigns now and in the future and James Spencer, 20, Deputy President of NUCA was recently elected as a Parish Councillor in his home town.

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