New member of youth parliament for the borough
Date published: 28 February 2018
Louis Tweedale and Anita Okunde
Louis Tweedale has been elected the new member of youth parliament for the borough with Anita Okunde elected the new deputy member.
Following an election campaign in schools, youth centres and online, the results were decalred at Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday (22 February) in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress, Ian and Christine Duckworth.
Louis’ manifesto points are getting young people mental health support early, developing more activities for young people to do and more work experience/apprenticeship opportunities.
He said: “I am looking forward to this new role. I want to give all candidates a role as I am passionate about helping young people as much as I can, and we all want to tackle important issues.”
In the past year Louis has also taken an instrumental lead on championing votes for 16-year-olds.
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