A YOUNG activist has been elected as student union president at one of the UK’s top-rated universities.

Rhiannon Jones (pictured), who was raised in the Pwllheli area, stormed the polls in the Lancaster University student union presidential election and will off­cially take up the full-time position in September.

The 21-year-old won the election after the first round of counting, with 1,058 votes, ahead of rivals Adam Gardner (196) and Ashley Threadgold (639).

The former Ysgol Bro Plennydd pupil is a second-year biomedical science student and was previously president of Lancaster’s County College, the largest of the university’s nine colleges.

Rhiannon will take a sabbatical from her studies in order to take up the new role, which will see her represent the interests of 13,000 students, before completing her degree.

See full story in this week’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News