{"id":3233,"date":"2015-03-05T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3233"},"modified":"2015-03-24T18:17:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T18:17:17","slug":"ge2015-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3233","title":{"rendered":"#GE2015 Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Emilymatters_80096b\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emilymatters_80096b-1024x170.jpg\" width=\"819\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong># G E 2 0 1 5 \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0 T O O L K I T<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3308\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-to-vote\" target=\"_blank\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3308\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3308 \" title=\"RegistHERtoVote Campaign: Click to go to voter registration webpage\" alt=\"RegistHERtoVote\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/RegistHERtoVote.jpg\" width=\"481\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/RegistHERtoVote.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/RegistHERtoVote-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/RegistHERtoVote-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image from the excellent @RegistHERtoVote campaign.<br \/>Click on the time to go to the voter registration webpage.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-to-vote\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-to-vote<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The deadline to register to vote in the UK general election is 20 April 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">How the General Election works in 60 seconds<\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wDRDS2kiAbE?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Y Vote? <\/strong>from the excellent League of Young Voters <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngvotersuk\" target=\"_blank\"> @youngvotersuk<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/89107673\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/89107673\"><br \/>\nY Vote<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ukya\">UK Young Ambassadors<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/center>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a growing number of apps and websites to help you find out more about each party and your local candidates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_votr\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>@_votr<\/strong><\/a> is a brilliantly simple app to use and was created by <strong>Zak Cutner<\/strong> and <strong>Freddie Poser<\/strong>. It helps you find out which local candidate you agree with most. Zak and Freddie are teenage coders who I met at last year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yrs.io\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Young Rewired State&#8217;s<\/strong><\/a> <strong>Festival of Code<\/strong> in August 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Click here to go to @_votr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.getvotr.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3236 aligncenter\" alt=\"GE_info_votr\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GE_info_votr-1024x492.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GE_info_votr-1024x492.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GE_info_votr-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/GE_info_votr.jpg 1283w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/voteforpolicies.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Votes for Policies<\/strong><\/a> does exactly what it says on the tin &#8211; it&#8217;s another good way to find out which party&#8217;s policies you agree most with.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Click here to go to Votes for Policies\" href=\"https:\/\/voteforpolicies.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3263 aligncenter\" alt=\"VoteforPolicies_screenshot_Mar15\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoteforPolicies_screenshot_Mar15-1024x615.jpg\" width=\"614\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoteforPolicies_screenshot_Mar15-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoteforPolicies_screenshot_Mar15-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/VoteforPolicies_screenshot_Mar15.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutmyvote.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>About My Vote<\/strong><\/a> is a great website, which includes a search facility to find your local electoral registration office and information on elections in your area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Click here to go to About My Vote\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutmyvote.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3306 aligncenter\" alt=\"AboutMyVote_info_register_vote_2015\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/AboutMyVote_info_register_vote_2015.jpg\" width=\"627\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/AboutMyVote_info_register_vote_2015.jpg 863w, https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/AboutMyVote_info_register_vote_2015-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The above suggestions are just a sample of what&#8217;s out there.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know if you&#8217;ve found them helpful and if you find any other apps or websites that you think can help voters make a more informed decision about who to vote for please <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=28\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>get in touch<\/strong><\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kate Willoughby<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>Actor &amp; Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play\u00a0<a title=\"2009-2014:  News &amp; Background Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=804\"><strong>To Freedom\u2019s Cause<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Votesforwomenstrap.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Votesforwomenstrap\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Votesforwomenstrap.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A rising tide carries all\u00a0<em>VOTES!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?page_id=3233\" data-a2a-title=\"#GE2015 Toolkit\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D3233&amp;linkname=%23GE2015%20Toolkit\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/twitter.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Twitter\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.katewilloughby.co.uk%2F%3Fpage_id%3D3233&amp;linkname=%23GE2015%20Toolkit\" title=\"LinkedIn\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/linkedin.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"LinkedIn\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\"><img src=\"\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p># G E 2 0 1 5 \u00a0 &#8211; \u00a0 T O O L K I T &nbsp; https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/register-to-vote The deadline to register to vote in the UK general election is 20 April 2015. How the General Election works in 60 seconds . &nbsp; Y Vote? from the excellent League of Young Voters @youngvotersuk. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3233"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3315,"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3233\/revisions\/3315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}