What were you doing at 25? Moving out, starting a first, maybe second job? It’s highly unlikely you did what Sam East did and became a city councillor.
The Oxford graduate has represented the Warbreck ward for Labour since securing the position in a tightly fought by-election in April. Cllr East, 25, who grew up in a political household in Orrell Park, said he recognised taking the path to Liverpool Town Hall isn’t a regular beat for those under 30.
He said: “It’s not the done thing, I think being a young councillor a lot people think your friends are councillors of the median age, shall we say. All my mates are 25, launching their own careers, but the idea of being a councillor is alien to them.
