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[edit]
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 Elections,[1] as well as for receiving the UK Government's National Democracy Change-Maker of the Year Award in 2018.[2]
Political career[edit]
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[edit]
- ↑ 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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