More than 865,000 11- to 18-year-olds cast a vote in UK Youth Parliament’s eight-week Make Your Mark ballot this summer, an 81 per cent rise on the 478,000 who took part last year.
During the ballot, which closed on Friday last week, members of British Youth Council visited schools and ran online campaigns seeking young people’s views on 10 topics, including youth service funding and mental health services.
Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) will take a shortlist of the five most popular issues (see list below) forward for discussion during their annual House of Commons debate, chaired by Speaker of the House John Bercow, on 14 November.
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