LIVE: 18-YEAR-OLD TRIUMPHS IN ELECTIONS

Conservative William Lloyd was elected to serve on the Tory-held Brentwood Council early this morning.

The 18-year-old, who is head boy at Brentwood County High School, said he thought his age would attract younger disenchanted voters.

He has been a member of the Tory Party for two-and-a-half years and said his interests outside politics were collecting James bond memorabiliaand following rugby union.

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William claimed his political heroes were Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, saying: "They had a fighting spirit, and that's what I've got."

After completing his A-levels, the youngster hopes to read politics at University but commute from his ward.