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Rebecca Levett: Wortley High School pupil aims to become Mayor for a Day
A Wortley High School pupil is among a series of candidates competing to become Mayor for a Day and help switch on the Christmas lights.
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Rebecca Levett's campaign slogan is 'A vote for me is a vote for a greener world.'
Rebecca and other potential mini-mayors have drawn up their manifestos and the winner will spend a day at the Civic Hall in their role as mayor.
They will get the chance to meet senior officials and councillors and be asked to speak at a meeting of all the city's 99 councillors.
Other highlights will be a ride in the Lord Mayor's limousine and helping to switch on the city's Christmas lights.
Youngsters have been setting out their ideas for how the city should be run as part of Local Democracy Week, a national initiative organised to improve young people's understanding of local government.
To help the mayoral candidates develop their ideas three themes were chosen – green travel, the new Leeds Arena and regeneration.
Voting is being organised through the schools.
Last year's young Mayor, 13-year-old Connor Prior is a pupil at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School.
Measures to limit damage to the environment were the main plank of his manifesto.
His policies included families cutting their carbon footprints by a quarter, increasing fines for people who drop litter, doing more to tackle rubbish in schools, encouraging people to recycling more and developing a school policy on the environment.
Coun Richard Harker, executive member for learning, said: "I'm really pleased that so many schools across Leeds are getting involved in Local Democracy Week and taking part in Mayor for a Day.
"Many of the ideas being put forward by students in their manifestos are imaginative and I think the voting is going to be really close."
Coun Richard Brett, council leader, said: "Unfortunately not enough young people are interested in politics, but Local Democracy Week is the perfect opportunity to explain to them what we do.
"And, we're really interested in what young people have got to say – their views are just as important as the adults of this city and the Mayor for a Day competition is a perfect way of finding out what youngsters think and what their priorities are."
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