Young Mayor and MYP Elections 2026!


General Information

The Young Mayor and Member of Youth Parliament elections are in process! We have 11 candidates for each role who are looking to be elected as either the next young person representative for North Tyneside.

The two young people who will be elected will each have a pledge that they are passionate about and they will work towards achieving this in their term. Their pledge is based around a topic which is important to young people and the candidate feels they can improve.

How and when to vote

To vote you must be aged 11-18 (Year 7-13) or live/study in North Tyneside. Online voting takes place on Friday 23rd January at 12 noon and ends Friday 6th February 12 noon.

This will narrow down candidates to a top 4 for both roles and leads us to a ballot election. Young people will be given the opportunity to vote in the election through their school, accessing a library or attending a youth provision.

There will be one vote per person per election, for example 1 vote for Young Mayor and 1 vote for Member of Youth Parliament. This will take place across schools, libraries and youth provisions in North Tyneside on Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th March.


Young Mayor Candidates and pledge topics:

Austin Green - Environment

Ava Appleby - Equality

Avan May Longstaff - Youth Voice

Evie Close-Ash - Youth Voice

Grace Legget - Tackling Bullying

Hollie Ebdale - Public Safety

Lola Thornton - Youth Voice

Malcolm Jackson - Public Transport

Melissa Morrow - Improving Mental Health

Roisin Mullin - Youth Opportunities

Sachin Chopra - Environment


Member of Youth Parliament candidates and pledges:

Callum Stoddart - Social Change

Edison Green - LGBTQ+ Awareness

Esmae Smith - Tackling Bullying

Harlea Harrison - Education on mental health

Hugo Ni - Public Safety

Maggie Stead - Youth Spaces

Mo Alom - Discrimination

Olivia Whillis - Improving Mental Health

Sumayyah Hasan - Discrimination

Xander Byford - Online wellbeing

Zoe Mills - Social mobility


For further information or any questions please email youthvoice@northtyneside.gov.uk



General Information

The Young Mayor and Member of Youth Parliament elections are in process! We have 11 candidates for each role who are looking to be elected as either the next young person representative for North Tyneside.

The two young people who will be elected will each have a pledge that they are passionate about and they will work towards achieving this in their term. Their pledge is based around a topic which is important to young people and the candidate feels they can improve.

How and when to vote

To vote you must be aged 11-18 (Year 7-13) or live/study in North Tyneside. Online voting takes place on Friday 23rd January at 12 noon and ends Friday 6th February 12 noon.

This will narrow down candidates to a top 4 for both roles and leads us to a ballot election. Young people will be given the opportunity to vote in the election through their school, accessing a library or attending a youth provision.

There will be one vote per person per election, for example 1 vote for Young Mayor and 1 vote for Member of Youth Parliament. This will take place across schools, libraries and youth provisions in North Tyneside on Wednesday 4th to Friday 6th March.


Young Mayor Candidates and pledge topics:

Austin Green - Environment

Ava Appleby - Equality

Avan May Longstaff - Youth Voice

Evie Close-Ash - Youth Voice

Grace Legget - Tackling Bullying

Hollie Ebdale - Public Safety

Lola Thornton - Youth Voice

Malcolm Jackson - Public Transport

Melissa Morrow - Improving Mental Health

Roisin Mullin - Youth Opportunities

Sachin Chopra - Environment


Member of Youth Parliament candidates and pledges:

Callum Stoddart - Social Change

Edison Green - LGBTQ+ Awareness

Esmae Smith - Tackling Bullying

Harlea Harrison - Education on mental health

Hugo Ni - Public Safety

Maggie Stead - Youth Spaces

Mo Alom - Discrimination

Olivia Whillis - Improving Mental Health

Sumayyah Hasan - Discrimination

Xander Byford - Online wellbeing

Zoe Mills - Social mobility


For further information or any questions please email youthvoice@northtyneside.gov.uk