Young Mayor of Carlisle 2010

(Date of issue: Wednesday, 13 October 2010)

Ten-year-old Inglewood Junior schoolgirl, Chloe Prangnell was chosen as Carlisle’s Young Mayor this afternoon (Wednesday, 13 October).

Chloe was one of five candidates representing different local primary schools. Fellow local primary school children cast their votes for their preferred Carlisle Young Mayor candidate in the Civic Centre’s Council Chamber. The special Carlisle City Council event was organised to coincide with Local Democracy Week (11 - 15 October).

Some of the hot topics discussed, included clean streets, making traffic lights go faster and youth activities.

The Carlisle City Council Young Mayor event gave the year 5 and 6 (9 – 11 year olds) pupils the chance to become Young Mayor of Carlisle, experiencing local democracy in action. The candidates were:

• Bobby Ward (10) - Hayton C of E Primary School;
• Chloe Prangnell(10) - Inglewood Junior School;
• Tom Cox (10) – Norman Street Primary School;
• Meg Burns (10) - Rockcliffe C of E Primary School; and
• Ilyaana Kane (9) – Upperby Primary School.

An invited audience of young people, Council Members and teachers listened to the final candidates’ manifestos in the Council Chamber, chaired by the Mayor of Carlisle, Cllr Mary Styth. The candidates and their fellow pupils voted in a secret ballot for their preferred Young Mayor.

Jessica Barker, Young Mayor 2009, who represented Inglewood Junior School, officially handed over the badge of office to Carlisle’s new Young Mayor for 2010 - Chloe Prangnell.

This is the tenth year that Carlisle City Council has supported Local Democracy Week (11-15 October), the national campaign which aims to get people involved in decision making and to take part in democracy.