A 15-YEAR-OLD school pupil has said he "feels great" after being elected as a student representative at his Kingsbury school.

Labour candidate Mohammed Hasan, 15, of Brampton Road, defeated four of his fellow students in Kingsbury High School's answer to the London mayoral elections.

He said: "It's a lot to take in but I'm feeling great. I'm just absorbing it and feeling happy but I'll have to work hard and devise a plan for what I want to do."

In his new role, Mohammed will be the voice of Kingsbury High's student community and he said he wants to raise the standards in a number of areas.

Among his ambitions, he hopes to improve health and safety and wants cleaner toilets at the school.

He says he thinks his parents, Amira, who works for Brent PCT, and entrepeneur Al-Ghazali, will be proud when he tells them the news.

He said: "It was a great experience and I have to thank the people I was competing against because I wouln't have learned from it otherwise."

All the candidates were from year 10 and pupils from both the lower school, in Bacon Lane, and the upper school, in Princes Avenue, voted.

The result was announced in both centres simultaneously at 1.45pm.

The poll was arranged to coincide with today's vote for the mayor and London Assembly candidates.

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