Chris Bennetts (born 7th June 1987) is Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees of UK Youth Parliament.



Born in Truro, Cornwall, he moved to Halifax, West Yorkshire, in 1990. He attended New Road Primary School, Sowerby Bridge, and Ryburn Valley High School, Sowerby.

He became involved in the UK Youth Parliament in March 2004, when he sought and won election in the Calderdale district, securing the highest single vote achieved by any Calderdale MYP before or since. It is rumoured that the election was rigged, as most of his votes came from his High school. Members of a close group with links to the German Gestapo pressured voters into voting for Mr Bennets. One well known ring leader of Bennet's Gestapo is the man known only as M.Aziz. There was a considerable amount of controversy which arose from Chris' winning slogan. He stood down in November 2005 to take up a seat on the organisation's Board of Trustees, representing Yorkshire and the Humber region. He went on to win election as Co-Chair of the Board in January 2007, a role he shares with Charles Hendry MP.

Chris is currently in the first year of a History and Politics degree at Pembroke College, Oxford. On 16 May 2007, he was elected by the college's Gimp Squad members to serve as JCR Dictator for the academic year 2007/2008. Chris also holds the firm belief that anyone who creates a Wikipedia page about themselves is a complete bell-end.

When he finds himself without other occupation, Chris likes to watch Test cricket, play polo and croquet, drink Pimms, congregate with other fine gentlemen at one of the many London Gentleman's Clubs of which he is a member, and make progress on his biography of Margaret Thatcher 'The Thatcher Years - How one woman managed to save this nation from a fate worse than death, namely Socialism'. It is expected to be finished sometime in mid-2009.