Election Results

Northamptonshire Youth Parliament Representatives Elected

Over the last two months across Northamptonshire, elections for the UK Youth Parliament have been taking place to elect four Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) and four Deputy Members of Youth Parliament (DMYPs) from the seven districts and boroughs across Northamptonshire.

In total, 71 young people stood for election in a process which involved them writing election speeches and having them published on the internet, where young people were invited to vote for the person they wanted to represent them.

Speeches and photos of the candidates were then uploaded onto the internet the week before voting opened and the real hard work began. They tried to drum up support and get young people to visit the website and vote for them by doing assemblies in school, putting up posters advertising themselves all over the local area, as well as campaigning in and around Connexions offices and libraries during election week.

After all of the hard work the young people had put in getting people to vote for them came the evening they had all been waiting for when the winners were announced and we got to find out who would be representing Northamptonshire in the Youth Parliament. A celebration evening was held on Wednesday 17th March at the Guildhall in Northampton, which was attended by all the candidates, parents, supporters and local councillors.

There were eight places up for grabs - four MYPs and four DMYPs.

The announcements began with the winning person from each of the seven districts being announced and the top four with the most votes being voted in as MYPs and the other three receiving the posts of DMYPs. The final DMYP place was then announced as the best-placed runner up from all of the areas. Below is a table of all the winners:

Members of Youth Parliament

• Megan Sherlock (Corby)
• Jonathan Reynolds (Wellingborough)
• Sara Tuckey (Daventry)
• Hayley Hall (Northampton)

Deputy Members of Youth Parliament

• Sharfaa Shiraaz (Kettering)
• Darren Jarvis (East Northants)
• Rob Armistead (South Northants)
• Adam Gravely (Countywide)

The newly elected MYPs and DMYPs have now begun their term of office, which will last for two years. They will meet regularly with the MP in their area and promote issues affecting young people in Northamptonshire and promote them at a national level.

Kevin Johnson, of Connexions Youth Involvement Team who have supported the process and will support the MYPs for the term of their office, said: "This has been a great process and is fantastic to see so many young people wanting to make a difference in their local area. We see a lot of negative images of young people at the moment but here we have a group of young people who are passionate about changing things and making Northamptonshire better for all young people and the population as a whole."

Election Candidates

You can view a list of everyone who stood at the election here: Election Candidates