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 However, despite the historical reputation for left-wing activism amongst Keele
students which once had the campus labelled "The Kremlin on the Hill" by local people, the Keele University in england has more recently been a centre of
apoliticism, with political groups struggling to recruit on campus. In this regard, however, things have begun to change again over the past couple of years.
 Membership of the university's Conservative Future branch is known to be one of the largest outside of London and the
largest political party on campus by a considerable margin. Every year NKCF as the society is known hold many social and political events with notable visitors
including Boris Johnson and Michael Howard. Every summer NKCF hold their "Conservative Ball" in Keele Hall which attracts fellow "Tories" from all across the country, including notable MPs.
Keele University in england,Recent months have seen a resurgence in membership of Labour Students, who have had high profile visits
from many Keele Graduates who are Labour MPs. Keele Labour Students is now the largest Labour Students club in the West
Midlands in terms of membership, and the group currently occupy four seats on the Newcastle-under-Lyme Constituency
Labour Party Executive Committee, a member on the Stoke-on-Trent North Constituency Labour Party Executive Committee and one former Chairman is now a Councillor for Longton North.
The university was also home to the first ever student branch of the United Kingdom Independence Party and a short lived England Society (loosely affiliated with the English Democrats Party).
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Keele University students have a history of particularly
left-wing activism, most of which occurred in the 1960s and 1970s. A three day sit in of the Keele University in england Registry Office took place in protest against various Keele University in
england rulings of the time mainly centring around accommodation. This included a rule which banned students of the opposite sex in halls after 10pm. Ironically, Keele
University would later become the first UK Keele University in england to offer mixed sex halls. There were subsequent sit ins in various locations around the Keele University in england for various
reasons over the proceeding ten years. The most infamous event however, was Keele students' week long declaration of independence from the UK. However, some less enthusiastic Alumni
claim that the effectiveness and popularity of this stunt have been greatly exaggerated.