UK Youth Parliament elections
The News is out!
This year’s new Hertfordshire Members of UK Youth Parliament are announced
The results of this year’s election were announced at County Hall on Saturday February 13th.
Nineteen young people fought for a place this year, and the twelve successful candidates were:
Members (MYPs):
- Tom
- Tiffany
- Lauren
- Raphael
- Emma
- Hari
Deputy Members (DMYPs):
- Tamanna
- Elizabeth
- Colette
- Josh
- Chinye
- Christopher
Find out more about each MYP or DMYP and what they will be campaigning for here .
The elected members are shown here with Ian Crichton who is Youth Connexions Youth Work Development Worker:
Left to right: Back row: Tamanna, Elizabeth, Lauren, Emma, Colette, Chinye, Ian Crichton Front Row: Josh, Tom, Hari, Christopher. (Tiffany and Raphael are not shown as they were unable to attend the ceremony)
Announcing the results, Councillor Richard Thake, who is the county’s Executive Member for Education and Skills, congratulated the new young parliamentarians and gave certificates of achievement to all candidates who had taken part.
“I sincerely wish to thank you all for being willing to run for representative office,” he said. “The fact that you – each and every one of you – have been prepared to offer yourself forward, to run the rigours of campaigning and to stand the test of democracy, singles you out as people who care, people who feel they have something to offer and people who would like to ‘make a difference’ and believe they can do so. ”
Here are photos of the six of the seven candidates who stood for election but were unsuccessful this time around – good luck next time!
Dan receiving his certificate.
Dominic receiving his certificate.
Hani receiving his certificate.
Lilian receiving her certificate.
Rory receiving his certificate.
Ufeli receiving her certificate.
Find out more about each MYP or DMYP and what they will be campaigning for here .