Malaika Dean AT the age of 18-years-old Malaika Dean is the youngest candidate standing in this year s local elections as she follows her father a long standing councillor into politics. The Bury College student is standing as a Conservative councillor in Halliwell, where her great grandfather settled when he moved from India to Bolton during the 1920s. Malaika, who is studying public services, said: I want to be the voice of the young people, and this an opportunity to stand in an interesting ward, which forms part of the town centre, the regeneration of which is important for young people.