Stefan Di-Finizio elected Member of Youth Parliament 2010

On February 4^th 2010, young people aged 11 – 18 from across Bath and North East Somerset voted in their thousands to elect their local Member of Youth Parliament. The election was organised by Democratic Action for B&NES Youth (DAFBY), now in their tenth year.

The result was announced by Deputy Leader of the Council Malcolm Hanney, at 6:45pm in the Guildhall, Bath. A total of 6,595 votes were cast, achieving a fantastic turnout of 41%. Stefan Di-Finizio, 14, of Wellsway School was elected as the Member of Youth Parliament with 1,253 votes. Billy Holmes, 16, of Norton Hill School, was elected to the Deputy position with 1,122 votes.

This year polling stations were available at 14 schools, in addition to local youth centres. The most improved turnout was at Writhlington School, where over 5 times as many students voted compared to last year. The poorest turnouts were at Beechen Cliff School and Chew Valley School. Across the constituency, there were 119 spoilt ballots, a drop of almost a quarter from last year

Pictured clockwise from top: Fred Cotterill, MYP 2009, George Lindars-Hammond, Deputy MYP 2009, Stefan Di-Finizio, MYP 2010, and Billy Holmes, Deputy MYP 2010

Full results:

1st: Stefan Di-Finizio (1253 votes / 19%)

2nd: William Holmes (1122 votes / 17%)

3rd: Tara Sexton (980 votes / 15%)

4th: Alice Marsh (957 votes / 15%)

5th: Natalie Dunn (732 votes / 11%)

6th: Patrick Fenton (533 votes / 8%)

7th: Ellie Wood (379 votes / 6%)

8th: Ben Partridge (258 votes / 4%)

9th: Tim Head (200 votes / 3%)

10th: Bethan Stone (62 votes / 1%)