County Elections and Bye-Election 4 June 2009

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Election Results

Burwell

CON: 1321

WILLIAMS Hazel: 1290

LAB: 165

Cottenham, Histon and Impington

JENKINS David: 2419

GYMER Sue: 2202

CON: 2168

CON: 2074

GREEN: 698

LAB: 363

LAB: 281

Ely North East

BELL Nigel: 1414

CON: 1355

LAB: 233

Ely South West

AUSTEN Sue: 1374

CON: 1115

LAB: 153

Fulbourn

CON: 1064

IND: 906

WILLIAMS John: 785

LAB: 235

Haddenham

CON: 1642

WILSON Gareth: 1427

LAB: 131

Linton

BATCHELOR John: 1812

CON: 1737

LAB: 195

Soham and Fordham Villages

CON: 2331

CON:1919

WARNER Charles: 1347

ALLAN Michael: 1238

LAB: 280

LAB: 257

Waterbeach

WILLIAMSON Michael: 1618

CON: 1325

LAB: 152

Willingham

CON: 1485

FALLA Rob: 888

LAB: 185

Woodditton

CON: 1811

BRYANT Christine: 1288

LAB: 216

Balsham

CON: 988

JARVIS Pauline: 852

LAB: 111

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County Election Candidates

Burwell

Cllr Hazel Williams

Hazel Williams

Ely North & East

Cllr Nigel Bell was born in Cambridge in 1961 into a footballing family; his father having played for Cambridge United and his grandfather for Cambridge City.

After gaining a degree in Philosophy from Birmingham University he worked for the Inland Revenue for many years where he was active in the Trade Union, including being a TUC Delegate, and was Branch Secretary of a large Midlands Branch.

Nigel served as the East Cambridgeshire District Councillor for Ely East Ward from May 2003 until May 2007, and was elected Cambridgeshire County Councillor for Ely North and East Division in May 2005. He has been Vice-Chairman of the Environment & Community Services Scrutiny Committee for the last 4 years.

He lives in Stuntney with his partner Debbie and their two cats. Nigel's hobbies include writing music and brewing beer; though his Council duties unfortunately mean that these have become neglected of late.

Nigel is very keen on environmental issues and if re-elected would continue to work to try and improve the environment and quality of life of the people of Cambridgeshire.

Nigel Bell

Ely South & West

Cllr Sue Austen is originally from Kent, has lived in Ely for over 40 years and is married with a daughter. She has been actively involved in care and carers' support issues for many years, sitting on various committees for carers' and disability issues, managing the care package funding for her disabled son until his death last year, caring for her husband and supporting a friend living in sheltered accommodation.

As District Councillor for Ely West, Sue has campaigned on various local issues including against the destruction of the natural habitat at Roswell Pits, eventually seeing it classified as an SSSI.

Sue is very community focused and if elected as County Councillor, would like to use her experience of health and social care to improve the provision of services to carers and disabled people in Cambridgeshire.

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Sue Austen

Fulbourn

John Williams and his family have lived in Fulbourn for 20 years. His children have been educated at the local state schools. A transport planner by profession, John has held senior management positions in both the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad.

He was for many years a Liberal councillor in a London borough, but upon moving to Fulbourn had to forego his political activity for employment reasons until 2004. Since then he has campaigned to improve the lives of Fulbourn residents and is currently battling to have a 20 mph speed limit in the Beechwoods estate, a better bus service between the village and Cambridge and controls on the heavy lorries that thunder through Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams. John has also been involved with the production of the Fulbourn Village Plan.

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John Williams

Haddenham

Cllr Gareth Wilson lives in Haddenham Ward and is very involved in village life. He is leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the District Council and an active member of the Parish Council. Gareth, a Chartered Accountant, is Treasurer of the Arkenstall Village Centre and a Deacon and Treasurer of Haddenham Baptist Church. He helped set up Haddenham Youth Club and is their Chairman. He is financial advisor to the Friends of Haddenham Library and Treasurer of the Recreation Centre Charity. He was a founder member of the "Say No to Mereham" committee and is the Coordinator of Speedwatch for this area.

As Chairman of the Asset Management committee he managed to save thousands of pounds by using our internal maintenance team to refurbish the Grange, making it totally unnecessary to move to extravagant new offices as the Conservative group demanded.

Gareth led the project to partner with Forest Heath & Breckland councils to collect council tax and now represents East Cambs D.C. on the Anglia Revenue Partnership which saves East Cambs council tax payers £170,000 per year. This year he is Chairman of the Partnership management committee.

He is prepared to work hard to keep village facilities. He will try to get more affordable houses, so that our young people can stay in the villages they grew up in.

He chairs the Parish Road Safety working party and has been campaigning to prevent the increasing numbers of heavy lorries rat running through our villages.

"I keep in touch all year round, not just at election time."

"If you elect me as your County Councillor on June 4th I will continue to fight for restricting lorries driving through our villages, for better public transport, for improved services for the elderly and more facilities for youngsters."

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Gareth Wilson

Histon & Impington (Two Candidates)

Sue Gymer is married to Richard and has lived in Cottenham for 19 years. She has three children who currently attend the Primary School and Village College in Cottenham and another one that travels to Hills Road Sixth Form College.

Sue works for Cambridge University part-time, on the West Cambridge Site. She says that her interests include studying with the Open University and meeting friends; and she has just started playing football!

If elected she says she would like to be the voice of local people regarding village issues including the roads, bus services and cycle routes on the one hand and support for young people on the other.

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Sue Gymer

Cllr David Jenkins has lived in Histon for 12 years. He is a governor at Impington Village College and has been a county councillor for 4 years.

During this time he has been active both within the council, firstly as Adult Social Care spoke and later as leader of the Lib Dem group, and in and on behalf of the villages which he represents.

He has actively supported several campaigns including those to retain local school buses for Rampton and Oakington, to save the Histon station building, to secure funding for the Ladybird Pre-school and to implement HCV parking controls in Impington.

His support for the community has not been limited by county council boundaries and he has worked with parish councils and district councillors.

David says: 'I've enjoyed the challenge of being a County Councillor and it's satisfying that I am able to make a contribution to the development of the community within which I live.'

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David Jenkins

Linton

Cllr John Batchelor has served our community for the last four years on the County Council.

John is a senior member of the Liberal Democrat team and chairs the important Children and Young Peoples Scrutiny Committee, the watchdog for all matters affecting 0-19 year olds.

His local connections remain as firm as ever, a resident of Linton for more than 20 years, his wife, Julie, teaches at a Community College in Cambridge, their son Henry attended the local schools and is at university. Local commitments include being a governor at Linton Village College, chairman of the BE Partnership responsible for delivering adult education and the Arts in the Linton and Sawston Village College catchment areas, chairman of Linton Action for Youth.

John has a wealth of local government experience having served for eleven years as a District Councillor and four years on the County Council. He has held Cabinet responsibility and currently chairs Scrutiny and is the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group at South Cambs District Council.

There is more to life than just local councils, John and his wife, Julie, are well known for there travels, including the first descent of the Congo River by kayak, and have written a number of books. John had a successful career in management consultancy before dedicating his time to local politics. They still find time for exploring the mountain areas of Europe.

John Batchelor

Soham & Fordham (Two Candidates)

Cllr Michael Allan has been a District Councillor for six years and is currently Chairman of Overview and Scrutiny that has a brief to scrutinise every policy of East Cambridgeshire District Council. In this role he led the move to investigate the effects of the Credit Crunch on the council and the ratepayers and his initiative served as a blue print for many other local authorities.

Part of this initiative was to secure over £2m of development funding to finance community services, taking special note of smaller villages. He is also keen for residents to know that if they do find themselves with financial problems help is at hand via ECDC and the Citizen Advice Bureau.

He is fully up to speed with the Soham Masterplan Vision and will be keeping a close eye on its progress, as it will affect not only Soham but also all the surrounding villages.

Michael is keenly aware of the important issues of County Council that have a bearing on the area such as transport, environment and the police. As an ex-teacher at Soham Village College he knows how much parents value a good educational system for their children and will work tirelessly to ensure standards in local schools are high.

Finally Michael pledges that if elected he will strive to represent all the residents of the villages in the division - Soham, Isleham, Wicken, Fordham, Snailwell, Kennett and Chippenham.

Michael Allan

Charles Warner

Charles Warner

Waterbeach

Cllr Michael Williamson was elected County Councillor for Waterbeach Division (which includes Landbeach, Milton and Chittering) in 2005. He has also been Chair of Waterbeach Parish Council (for two three-year terms). He is Chair of the Finance Committee at Waterbeach School Governors, and is also Treasurer of the Farmland Museum at Denny Abbey and of the Cambridge and County Folk Museum.

He moved to Waterbeach on his marriage to Jane in 1971, and has lived there ever since. They have two grown up children, Helen, who currently lives in Australia, and Richard who is a theatre production manager in London.

Michael worked in the computer industry from 1970 and still does some consultancy. In the late seventies he, with three colleagues, founded a Computer Aided Design company which was later sold to an American company, Computervision Corporation. He then went on to found a company specialising in Mapping software with some of his colleagues in the previous company which was again sold out to an American corporation.

Outside work, Michael is involved with Amateur Dramatics (he is an honorary vice-president of Waterbeach Community Players) and Family History. He also enjoys walking, especially in the more upland parts of Britain.

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Michael Williamson

Willingham & Over

Rob Falla

Woodditton

Christine Bryant has been chosen as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the county council elections.

Christine was elected as an East Cambridgeshire Councillor in 2007 and lives in Bottisham where she has been a Parish Councillor for more than 20 years.

'I have worked to provide more affordable housing in our villages and believe that this need has increased due to the economic downturn. Young people, as well as older residents are feeling the effects of this recession. Local authorities have a part to play in providing affordable housing, as well as cost-effective, and efficient, local services while keeping Council Tax at an acceptable level.'

Liberal Democrats are keen to encourage walking and cycling, and work hard to encourage people to switch from the car to less-polluting public transport. Christine recently worked with other Lib Dem Councillors to keep vital evening bus services running out of Cambridge to local villages.

Christine Bryant

District Bye Election

Balsham

Pauline Jarvis lives in Nosterfield End, Castle Camps and married to Craig, a local builder. She has two children and two-step children.

Pauline has been in close contact with the local community since 1980 running her own business. Pauline's work gives her the opportunity to keep in touch with the views and expectations of all local people.

Living in Nosterfield, She was co-opted as a Parish Councillor in Castle Camps two years ago. She has really enjoyed being part of the team, gained valuable experience and an insight to the issues District Councillors have to deal with.

Pauline said "Village life is very precious to us all and I understand the value of sustaining our area for the benefit of future generations.

"I am so proud our children had the privilege to grow up and be educated here and I know it has given them, along with their achievements and respect they have gained, a sound grounding for their chosen careers and future lives.

"I am determined to help maintain our standards for future generations and make everyone as proud as I am today, and that your children too have opportunity and respect, arising from being brought up in a traditional, caring, rural community."

Pauline Jarvis

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Latest Stories

Wed 10th Mar 2010:

Lib Dems Demand Answers to Guided Bus Farce.

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats are calling on the Tories to give total clarity to the catalogue of defects facing the controversial guided bus project.

Cash -Strapped County Council Spends Millions on Consultants.

County council chiefs spent a whopping £8.8 million to buy in expertise from outside last year.

Sat 27th Feb 2010:

County Council Plan Threatens Villagers with 1,000 Lorries a Day.

Villagers are warned they could face up to 1,000 lorries a day going past their homes if plans to extract 1.4 million tons of sand and gravel from nearby pits is given the go-ahead.

Tue 23rd Feb 2010:

Lib Dem Candidate asks Minister to act over Ely Market.

Jonathan Chatfield the Liberal Democrat General Election candidate for South East Cambridgeshire has written to the local government minister Rosie Winterton MP asking her to intervene in East Cambridgeshire district council's decision not to supply stalls for Ely market traders.

Thu 18th Feb 2010:

Lansley Attacked for Failing to Attend Social Care Talks.

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have attacked Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley for refusing to attend cross party talks on social care.

Mon 15th Feb 2010:

Lib Dem's Fury as Tories Score Cheap Points on "Most Vulnerable" .

Leading Liberal Democrat Geoff Heathcock has attacked the Tories over their tombstone poster campaign accusing them of using the country's most vulnerable citizens to score cheap political points.

Lib Dems Pledge £13M to Transform County's Road Network.

A major £13m investment to transform the county's neglected roads, pavements and paths has been promised by Cambridge Liberal Democrats in their alternative budget.

Roads and Pavements Falling Apart After Years of Tory Neglect.

New figures revealed by Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats show that the county's road and pavements are disintegrating after years of Tory neglect.

Wed 10th Feb 2010:

Tories Grab Transport Fund for Years to Pay Guided Bus Legal Costs.

Tories are to grab £5 million of taxpayers' money earmarked for county transport projects to pay legal costs in the guided bus fiasco.

Tories Cut Staff Handling Primary School Crisis.

Cambridgeshire Tories have failed to predict the number of children needing primary school places; yet they are planning to cut jobs in the department that is handling the crisis.

Tue 9th Feb 2010:

Vulnerable "Easy Targets" for Tory Cuts - Lib Dems.

Worried Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats fear the elderly and vulnerable across the county have become easy targets for the Tories trying to balance their books.

Thu 4th Feb 2010:

Savings could Provide £20M for Priority Services - Lib Dems.

Cambridgeshire Lib Dems have taken the lead to show how aggressive savings could give the county £20 million more for priority services in the next two years.

Mon 1st Feb 2010:

Guided Busway U-Turn: Tories Refuse to Renew Promise.

A leading Tory has refused publicly to renew the Conservative's promise not to hive off taxpayers' cash to pay for the guided bus.

Projects Cancelled to Bail out Guided Bus.

Ely safety projects have been indefinitely postponed as Cambridgeshire Tories struggle to pay for the guided bus.

Tue 26th Jan 2010:

Tories Break Promise and Stash Taxpayers' Money for Guided Bus.

Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservative-run county council of breaking its promise not to spend a penny of taxpayers' money on the guided busway.

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