- Newcastle Upon Tyne Youth Council 2010
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Contents
The Youth Council
The 30 elected members of the Newcastle upon Tyne Youth Council are:
Kieran Bell, Mohammed Ali, Patrick Pyka, Sophie Shanks, Glen Softley, Amaan Nadeem, Chantelle Boyle and Abdul Miah. First reserve (should any place fall vacant before June 2011) is Said Musavi. Second reserve is Jann Paggabao.
Newcastle East
Emma Beattie, Johnathan Gough, Molly Secret, Patrick Taylor, Julia Henzell and Samantha Symons. First reserve (should any place fall vacant before June 2011) is Michael Watts. Second reserve is Zack Wylie.
Newcastle North
Roisin O'Brien, Siobhan O'Brien, Will Murtagh, Patrick Aspray, Claire Devlin and Rory Priestley. First reserve (should any place fall vacant before June 2011) is Charlotte Stevens. Second reserve is Ahmed Sharif.
Newcastle Central
Karina Shooter, David Matthews, Elliot Lydon, Nour Shaaban, Luke Martin-Fuller and James Telfer. First reserve (should any place fall vacant before June 2011) is Jessica Cripps. Second reserve is Shivani Lal.
UK Youth Parliament members
Reece Connelly, Razzia Gafur, Emma Neibig and Eddie Shields.
Elections
Elections for the city's first elected youth council were held over ten days, 7–17 June 2010.[1]
Twenty six seats were up for election. Candidates were aged 13–18 and eligible to stand if they lived, worked or studied in Newcastle. Fifty two candidate applications were accepted[2]. Elected candidates serve until October 2011. Voters were aged 11–18.[3]
There were four electoral constituencies: Newcastle East (six seats, postcodes NE6, NE7), Newcastle West (eight seats, postcodes NE4, NE5, NE15), Newcastle North (six seats, postcodes NE3, NE13), Newcastle Central (six seats, postcodes NE1, NE2 and Newcastle College). Four elected Newcastle UK Youth Parliament representatives[4] sit on the council in an ex officio capacity. Elections for these places will be held in January 2011.
Voting took place by ballot box and online. Results were declared on Saturday 19 June at the Sir Bobby Robson suite in St James' Park, in a ceremony officiated by the Sheriff of Newcastle.[5] 8,695 votes were cast.
The elections were organised by the West End Youth Enquiry Service, part of the charity Children North East[6], which won a contract with Newcastle City Council to establish a democratically elected organisation which would "challenge, influence and work with" city decision makers "to improve the lives of young people and make the City a more young person friendly to live". The youth council will have the freedom to set its own priorities and agenda, as well as control its own budget.[7]
It is understood to be the first time a local authority in the UK has outsourced the establishment of a youth council to an outside agency.[8][9]
References
- ^ http://www.newcastlechildrenservices.org.uk/node/12398
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Youth-Council-Elections-2010/116924381657790
- ^ http://www.youthelection2010.children-ne.org.uk
- ^ http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/ukyp
- ^ http://www.youthelection2010.children-ne.org.uk
- ^ http://www.children-ne.org
- ^ http://www.tendersdirect.co.uk/OurService/TenderView.aspx?ID=%20000000002657911
- ^ http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/04/03/north-youth-gets-a-voice-61634-26167812/
- ^ http://www.localgovernmentexecutive.co.uk/news/newcastle-creates-uk%E2%80%99s-first-independent-youth-council-20106882
External links
OFFICIAL ELECTION WEBSITE * [1]
Categories:- Youth councils
- Youth rights
- Newcastle upon Tyne
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