Following in the footsteps of actress Jean Alexander - better known as Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden - and the late BBC Look North presenter, Harry Gration, Selby's new MP Keir Mather, 25, will turn on the Christmas lights in Burn, just south of Selby.
Mr Mather, who takes up the unofficial title of “Baby of the House” at Westminster because he is currently the youngest MP, will join the community on Saturday, December 2 to visit Burn Methodist Chapel Christmas Tree Festival and then to switch on the Christmas lights.
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