Last Wednesday 16 November saw the election of Newham’s tenth Young Mayor and a celebration of a decade of Young Mayors.
Khadija Sethi, 15 from Langdon Academy was elected has made Newham history by becoming the 10th young person elected to the Young Mayor post.
She said: 'I’m so happy and thankful that young people in Newham believe in me and trust me enough to vote for me. I’m here to represent and support them and that is what I will do. I’m really looking forward to fulfilling my manifesto promises of giving all young people in the borough more activities that bring them together and working with big business so they can provide more opportunities including work experience for the borough’s youth.”
Khadija will be in office for one year and will have a budget of £25,000 to spend on priorities identified by young people.
