Southwark Youth Parliament
Southwark Youth Parliament (SYP) is a group of young people, elected by young people to represent the voices of young people through their schools and neighbourhoods. SYP support the council’s engagement with young people and lead on developing exciting and empowering ways of addressing priority issues that matter most to young people in Southwark.
During Southwark Youth Parliament election week, 19 to 25 July 2021, Southwark young people between the ages of 14 and 19 stood as candidates to represent their Southwark school or community area. Two candidates from each Southwark school and two candidates from ten community areas with the most votes were successfully elected.
Southwark young people also decided Southwark’s first-ever Youth Leader and Deputy Youth Leader as well as the top three issues they want SYP members to work on during their two-year term.
Priority issues in ranking order:
- Black Lives Matter
- Knife crime
- Mental health
Elected youth leader |
Elected deputy youth leader |
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Awele Benokwu |
Dreaon McDonald Simms |
Community area |
Elected representative |
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Bermondsey |
Grace Agou Oluferanmi Balogun |
Borough & Bankside |
Elsie McDowell Leona Bimbashi |
Camberwell |
Camille Kiavue Dreaon McDonald Simms |
Dulwich |
Aiken Furlong Alfie Garvin |
Elephant and Castle |
Azmarea Muhamad Azlan Manish Chauhan |
Nunhead |
Drago Elliott Barker Taina Popoola |
Peckham |
Fatiat Kareem Zoe Madu |
Rotherhithe |
Lee Palmer Sarah Salim Omar |
Southwark |
La-Tia Marie Pinnock Matilda Odidi |
Walworth |
Alex Gough Konrad Szuminski |
School |
Elected representative |
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Ark All Saints Academy |
Niamh Standley Raghad El-Sayed Kassem |
Ark Globe Academy |
Di'Mario Downer Humayra Choudhury |
Ark Walworth Academy |
Lourenco Macovschi |
Bacon's College |
Aaron Suti Raheemah Yusuff |
City of London Academy Southwark |
Mehmet Ozer |
Compass School Southwark |
Mariam Ajayi Milly Curtis Ramsey |
Harris Academy Peckham |
Haliyat Mudasir Kristian White |
Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich |
Marlo Enzo |
Harris Girls' Academy East Dulwich |
Awele Benokwu Marghlara Khakwan |
Notre Dame RC Girls' School |
Ashanti Stoner |
Sacred Heart Catholic Secondary School |
Tife Ogunlowo |
St Michael's Catholic College |
De-Winton Parker Isabelle Monteza Kwokova |
St Saviour's and St Olave's |
Angel Adegbayi Oyewole Mariam Durrani |
St Thomas the Apostle College |
Ojei Imiavan Stephen Odeleye |
The Charter School East Dulwich |
Cormac Wygers |
The Charter School North Dulwich |
Rianne Royal |
For more information about Southwark Youth Parliament please contact suley.muhidin@southwark.gov.uk.
Page last updated: 24 February 2022