An 18-year-old from Bath has been chosen to fight the Labour corner at the next general election.
Ollie Middleton, who was selected as prospective Parliamentary candidate yesterday, will be one of the youngest hopefuls in the country.
He will be attempting to boost Labour's appeal in a city where the party has struggled to break a Liberal Democrat stranglehold which saw sitting MP Don Foster increase his majority in 2010.
Mr Foster - first elected in 1992 - is in the process of deciding whether to stand for one more election in 2015.
One of those tipped as a possible replacement for him, Hertfordshire councillor Chris Lucas, was out campaigning with Lib Dems in the city centre yesterday.
The Tory prospective candidate is health care consultant and Ealing councillor Ben Howlett.
On Twitter, Mr Middleton - who founded Bath Young Labour - said he was "absolutely thrilled" to be chosen.
