From paperboy to politician: Age is no barrier for Telford's new teenage councillor
A teenage politician who reckons he is the youngest councillor to ever hold a seat in his borough says he won't let his age get in the way of fighting for his home.
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In May's election, Labour candidate Ollie Vickers turned Donnington red in one of the closest counts in the area's history.
In the end, just 14 votes separated the 19-year-old law student and his closest opposition, and Ollie set what is thought to be a new record as Telford & Wrekin's youngest-ever councillor.
But that doesn't phase the University of Birmingham student, who says his youth won't be a barrier to representing the area that raised him.
After a month in his new role, Ollie said: "It feels strange. There are not many people who are my age that are in politics.