Mete Coban
Mete Coban | |
|---|---|
| Councillor for Stoke Newington | |
| Assumed office May 2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 July 1992 |
| Political party | Labour |
Mete Coban (born 19 July 1992) is a British Labour Party politician who has been a Councillor for Stoke Newington since the 2014 UK Local Elections. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of My Life My Say.
My Life My Say
Coban is best known for founding the All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Better Brexit for Young People and for contributing to the increase of turnout for young people at the 2017 UK General Election, [1] as well as for receiving the UK Government's National Democracy Change-Maker of the Year Award in 2018.[2]
Political career
At the age of 21, Coban became the youngest ever elected Councillor in the London borough of Hackney in the 2014 UK Local Elections, receiving 2,297 votes.[3] He was re-elected in May 2018 with an increased vote of 2,581.
In June 2018, he was elected as the Chair of the Skills, Economy & Growth scrutiny commission, focusing on inclusive growth, transport and large-scale economic regeneration in Hackney.[4]
References
- ↑ CSheffield (2017-05-18). "Your vote is your choice, but what matters is that you vote". Virgin. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
- ↑ "'Champions of our democracy' announced at the National Democracy Week Awards". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ↑ Bartholomew, Emma. "Jermain Jackman from The Voice turns out to support Hackney's youngest new councillor Mete Coban". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 2018-12-15.
- ↑ "'Everyone versus TfL': Residents, union members and councillors protest bus cuts". Hackney Citizen. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-12-24.
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