21歲英國女大學生當選最年輕市長

A 21-year-old student has been elected Selby's youngest-ever mayor.

Councillor Rosie Corrigan was presented with the mayoral chains after spending a year as Selby's deputy mayor.

The Selby Town councillor was elected at the council's annual general meeting on Monday, when she took over the mayoral role from previous incumbent Cllr Graham Gatman.

Cllr Corrigan, who grew up in the Selby area, became a councillor in 2011 when she was elected to represent the Selby West ward.

She was previously a member of the Selby District Youth Council, the North Yorkshire Youth Council and the United Kingdom Youth Parliament.

She said that in her new role as mayor in the 2014/15 year, she hoped to encourage children and young people in Selby to champion their communities.

Cllr Corrigan is currently studying for a degree in British Politics and Legislative Studies, and has worked in parliament for the Shadow Secretary of State for Health.

Cllr Gavin Harding, who represents the Selby North ward, was elected deputy mayor.

Cllr Harding has been a town councillor for four years and is also an active member of Voices for People, the Selby-based group which supports people with learning difficulties.

【新聞快訊】

5月19日，英國一名21歲的女大學生當選爲該國最年輕的女市長。

該女生名叫羅西·克里甘，是一名強硬的左翼工黨黨員。作爲第一位迅速實施政策將金槍魚糕點添加到其所在學校午餐菜單裏的議員，她當選爲塞爾比市長。儘管競選過程有些曲折，但她爲能夠當選感到十分榮幸。

克里甘自18歲起就一直在其家鄉塞爾比擔任議員。如今她在校學生會工作，創立了塞爾比青年委員會，還是英國青年議會的一員。當其他學生爲享受暑假做準備時，她卻必須一直忙於工作。在當選爲議員後她已擔任一年時間的副市長，並期待能當選市長。爲此她受到了家人和朋友，特別是其男友的大力支持。其男友也是一名議員，但由於是一位保守派人士，兩人時常會展開激烈的政治辯論。

克里甘表示很高興代表年輕人並參與到當地社區活動中。因爲有過多的青年和兒童遭到忽視，她認爲這樣有助於讓議會中的年輕成員參與進來，幫助青年和兒童擺脫困境，同時表達他們自己的想法。

關聯信息：2013年，20歲的自由民主黨成員、大三學生喬·哈里斯當選爲最年輕的賽倫塞斯特男性民間領袖。他在18歲時即當選爲英國最年輕的議員。