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Conservative Sam Hurst will fight for the Radcliffe East seat

STUDENT Sam Hurst is hoping to become the borough's youngest ever councillor.

For the 20-year-old has been selected to stand for the Conservative party in Radcliffe East in the local elections this year.

A former pupil of Cams Lane Primary School and Coney Green High School, Sam is currently studying environmental geography at Salford University.

He wants to encourage young people to get involved with politics and improve life for people living in the town.

Sam said: "I believe that young people are unnecessarily detached from politics and I want to encourage more young people to get involved with local issues affecting their communities.

Currently, only 3.5 per cent of councillors in the UK are under 30 years of age. "I think that experienced councillors are always essential but younger, zealous people can and should get involved with their local communities to have a voice and help make a difference.

He added: "As I love and am proud to live in Radcliffe, I am increasingly distressed at the level of rubbish, graffiti and nuisance behaviour that residents are forced to put up with locally and I want to do what I can, however little, to improve people's lives."

Currently, Stuart Penketh is the youngest councillor, having won the Radcliffe North seat last year at the age of 25.

Radcliffe West councillor Tony Isherwood holds the record as the youngest-ever person to be elected in the borough, winning his seat in May 1985 - aged 22.

9:46am Friday 18th January 2008

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