Simon Young (born 1965) is a British politician who served as the Mayor of Pitcairn, the first non-native Pitcairn Islander to hold the position. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Mayor from 2009 to 2013.

Biography

Simon Young was born in 1965. Originally from Pickering in

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, Young served in the

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for ten years. After leaving the air force he wanted to travel the world and was interested in the

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. In order to visit the island Young had to ask for permission from the island's council in writing. Young visited Pitcairn in 1992, and it took him nine days to sail from

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, to the Pitcairn Islands. In 1999, Young and his wife Shirley, who was from the United States, permanently moved to the Pitcairn Islands. He is editor of the island's newspaper ''The Pitcairn Miscellany''. Young was elected as Deputy Mayor in the 2009 Pitcairnese general election and served under Mayor Mike Warren. He ran for the mayoralty in the 2013 elections, losing by one vote in the third round of voting to Shawn Christian after the two candidates had been tied in the first two rounds.Dem Tull
/ref> He later served as the magistrate of the islands. In the 2022 mayoral election Young was elected mayor by 19 votes to 16, becoming the first non-native to head the island's government. Due to the islands small population he personally knew every voter. During his tenure as mayor he has sought to increase the population of the islands by encouraging immigration. He bears no relation to Simon Young, who was magistrate of the Pitcairn Islands in 1849. He was present for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Simon Living people 1965 births People from Pickering, North Yorkshire Royal Air Force airmen English emigrants to the Pitcairn Islands Mayors of the Pitcairn Islands Members of the Island Council of the Pitcairn Islands Military personnel from North Yorkshire 20th-century Royal Air Force personnel