Ellie Bishop Youth MP for John Banks & Epsom Seeking Public Opinion

By Winona D’Costa
Youth Press Gallery Member for Youth Parliament
Friday 21st June 2013

You’re 17 and you want to vote. Except you can’t. At 17 you feel like you know enough to make a sound decision on who should be the Prime Minister yet that decision is not yours to make. You don’t count.

Ellie Bishop-John Banks’ youth mp, disagrees. While at parliament, Ellie will be reflecting her Epsom community’s opinions on the Mock Bill: lowering the voting age from 18 years to 17. Feeling like the current voting age, 18, disregards you? Facebook Ellie and let her know.

Ellie is a swimmer, a runner, a peer tutor, a debater, a member of the United Nations, a youth mp and by the looks of it one extremely good multitakser! Ellie occasionally even helps her mum out at SAFE New Zealand.

During her tenure as a youth mp she will be involved in select committee meetings on social services. She will be addressing how the demand for social services can be balanced with the rising costs of providing these services. How will New Zealand juggle the costs with the demand for social services?

Ellie’s goal is to find out “the issues and ideas that young people have in the Epsom community and the lack of community groups for young people in the area.” Who said you didn’t count?

Social Services Select Committee Submissions: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NZyouthparliament2013

Contact Ellie with your opinions:
https://www.facebook.com/EllieBishopYouthMp2013

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