“There’s no reason why there shouldn’t be a better demographic on the council. I want to get more young people into politics.'
Coun Oliver Newton is the youngest person to hold the role of Mayor of Morley in the town's history. Picture: Local Democracy Reporting Service
Perhaps Morley’s unique and colourful history helped light a spark later on. Having run its own affairs until 1974, a government carve-up of local authorities led to the town being reluctantly lumped in with Leeds. “Being 16 or 17, you don’t have a clue what planning applications are. One thing led to another and I was researching what the council was.
Now a fully fledged MBI himself, he wants to use his position to better the town that he’s clearly very proud to be from, having grown up in the Tingley area. “I feel as if Morley can become an Ilkley, but closer to Leeds. A place where people come and live here, send their kids to schools here, eat here and drink here.
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