New Members Of The Scottish Youth Parliament Elected For Highland - Wick Representative Megan Travers

17th April 2024

The Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) has welcomed five new Highland members following the outcome of recent elections.

Members of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) are elected every two years and become the voice of Scotland's young people. The elections took place between 4-15 March 2024 and were open to vote for people aged between 12 and 25 years.

The new MSYPs for the three constituency areas in Highland are:
  
Inverness and Nairn: Hamish Nott studying at University of Highlands from Nethy Bridge and Ziva Kinsman from Inverness Millburn.
 
Caithness Sutherland and Ross: Jamie Dickson from Alness and Megan Travers from Wick.

Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch: Rory Young, from Lochaber and a bi-election will take place soon for the vacancy in this area.

MSYPs range in age from 14-to-25 and represent constituencies in all 32 local authorities throughout the country.

The youth parliament was established on June 30, 1999 - making it older than the Scottish Parliament. SYP's mission is to provide a national platform for young people to discuss the matters that are crucial to them, and campaign for changes to the nation that they live in.

HLH Senior Youth Development Officer Audrey Anthoney said: "The new members will now be participating in Scottish Youth Parliament campaigns and contributing at the SYP sittings which take place three times throughout the year.

"They will also collaborate with their local youth forums, groups, the Highland Youth Parliament and Highland Youth Convener, to ensure that the perspective and views of young people across the Highland area are voiced and represented on a national scale."

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Megan Travers From Wick