How it works
Every two years young people aged 11-18 vote for their four Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) to represent them at a local, regional and national level.
Following the elections at the start of 2018, the current MYPs for Leeds are: Samuel Cliff, Sylvia Cullen, Arqam Al-Hadeed and Harry Small.
During the late summer, MYPs helped roll out the 2018 Make Your Mark ballot (in which 24,708 young people from Leeds voted) and following the subsequent national sitting in the House of Commons in November, your local MYPs are now working on the UKYP national campaign which is 'tackling knife crime".
How to become an MYP for Leeds
The UKYP Elections happen every two years in Leeds with the next elections due to take place in early 2020. To ensure that you are always up-to-date with Youth Voice opportunities in Leeds and are amongtst the first to hear about the next UKYP elections we reccomend that you join the Leeds Youth Council
Current Campaign
Members of Youth Parliament for Leeds are currently working on a campaign to reduce knife crime amongst young people. This issue was voted the top national issue at the UKYP Sitting in the House of Commons in November 2018. Whilst working on this campaign - MYPs have also been busy with other projects and pieces of work. You can read their bi-annual updates below as well as a report from the Knife Crime Youth Summit held in July 2019.
UKYP Knife Crime Event Report.pdf
April to Sept 2018 UKYP Report.pdf
Oct 2018 to Feb 2019 UKYP Report.pdf
Previous Campaigns
2011-12 Cheaper public transport
2012-13 Cheaper public transport
2013-14 A Curriculum for Life / Votes @ 16
View the short film documenting their journey here
2014-15 Better mental health services for young people
View the short film documenting their 2015 journey here
2015-16 Tackling Racial and Religious Discrimination
Read a full summary of the UKYP 2016-18 Full Term Report.pdf
View the 2016/17
#LetsTackleIt film or read the
event report
Contact info and further links
More about UK Youth Parliament.
More about British Youth Council
Email at: vic@leeds.gov.uk
Twitter: @LeedsYouthVoice
Instagram: @LeedsYouthVoice
www.ukyouthparliament.org
