YOUNG people from all over Bolton have chosen their youth MP representatives for the next 12 months.
Some 14,620 under 18s voted in the election - a new record - and the results were announced in a ceremony this evening.
The winners were Fahad Ali, aged 16, of Ladybridge and Lydia Wolstenholme, aged 11, of Astley Bridge – the youngest ever Bolton youth MP.
Full results: Aysha Khan, 1,691; Ebony Cropper, 1,453; Fahad Ali, 2,926; Gulwali Passorlay, 1,535; Lydia Wolstenholme, 2,151; Meera Solanki, 1,148; Olivia Presto, 1,874 and Zaviriya Jina, 1,836.
Read more in Thursday's issue of The Bolton News.
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