A record-breaking 7000+ votes have been cast for this year's Youth Elections.
Congratulations to the newly elected Youth Council and Youth Parliament.
Youth Parliament
- Poppy Watkins (Sacred Heart)
- Findlay Shaw (Gosforth Academy)
Deputy Youth Parliament
- Jeevan Abilash (Jesmond Park Academy)
- Maz Ogunkoya (Newcastle School for Girls)
Youth Council
- Zyon Jackson (Excelsior Academy)
- Molly Bawden (St Mary’s)
- Bharath Gopal (Callerton Academy)
- Cara Mitcheson (Gosforth East)
- Ayesha Premchand (RGS)
- Evie Ikin (Newcastle Sixth Form College)
- Beatrice Pain (Bridges)
- Benji Branson (Gosforth Central Middle)
- Jack Thompson (Callerton Academy)
- Emily Lewis (Excelsior)
- Jayden Jennings (St Mary’s)
- Samer Barashi (Jesmond Park)
Thank you to everyone who took part in the vote for the Newcastle Youth Elections yesterday. Successful candidates will be announced at an official event this afternoon.
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The Youth Council and Youth Parliament give young people the opportunity to experience the excitement of elections and local democracy in a non-political way.
We are delighted to have three candidates representing students at Jesmond Park Academy - Samer & Sarah in Year 8 and Jeevan in Year 9.
The benefits of Youth Elections include:
- becoming an active citizen by having your voice heard and campaigning on issues that matter
- learning about the importance of democracy and voting
- a positive contribution to add to a CV or university application
- helping to increase confidence and develop important skills, like public speaking
How to Vote:
- If you’re aged 11-17 and live or study in Newcastle, please remember to vote.
- Voting takes place tomorrow Thursday the 14th March.
- WE HAVE A VOTING STATION AT OUR SCHOOL ON THURSDAY – YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VOTE AT BREAK & LUNCHTIMES – WE WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW THIS WILL WORK!
- You can see the candidate manifestos and vote at the following open access venues:
- Newcastle College (between 8.30am and 4.30pm)
- Haven at Kenton (between 3pm and 5.30 pm)
- Walker Activity Dome (between 3pm and 7 pm)
- Newcastle Trampoline park (between 3pm and 7pm )
- Remember to only vote once.
- To vote:
- Put a cross in one box on the voting slip.
- If you mark more than one box your vote will not count.
To find out more, please visit - https://new.newcastle.gov.uk/council-elections/newcastle-youth-council-youth-parliament