Keighley has six new youth parliament members.

More than 11,000 young people voted district-wide to elect a total of 30 representatives on to Bradford and Keighley Youth Parliament.

Six seats were available in each of five constituencies, including Keighley, where eight candidates did battle.

Polling stations were set up at locations such as schools, youth centres and libraries and voting could be done online.

The count was carried out at the Hilton Hotel, in Bradford, at the weekend.

Keighley’s successful candidates were Amreen Akhtar, 15, of Greenhead High School, 365 votes; Robert Flesher, 15, Ilkley Grammar School, 230 votes; Aidan Higgins, 14, Ilkley Grammar School, 221 votes; Farah Malik, 15, Greenhead High School, 197 votes; Marium Yaqub, 16, Greenhead High School, 179 votes, and Geraldine Snell, 16, Skipton Girls High School, 178 votes.