Following a health debate at the April meeting of Cambridge City Council, Council Leader Sian Reid issued an invitation to attend a public debate on the government’s health ‘reforms’ to both the city’s MPs, Julian Huppert and Andrew Lansley. Cambridge City MP, Julian Huppert accepted the invitation very quickly, but nearly two months later, we […]

At the City Council’s annual meeting on Thursday, Councillor Ian Nimmo-Smith was made Mayor of the Cambridge for the municipal year 2011-2012. In his speech proposing Ian, Cllr Damien Tunnacliffe said, ‘Cllr Nimmo-Smith has served as a councillor for over 20 years, and during that time has gained the affection of many, many people from […]

Yesterday was the AGM of Cambridgeshire County Council, at which Conservative Cllr Nick Clarke was elected leader of the Council.  The Conservative Group voted through sweeping changes to the council’s Constitution, giving less than 24 hours’ notice and this was allowed by the Conservative chair of the meeting. Cllr Manning (elected last year) commented ‘I […]

Peter Facey, Director of Unlock Democracy, will be leading a Policy Forum on Thursday evening for the Liberal Democrats. In the light of the AV referendum, and with the Coalition’s House of Lords reform proposals just announced, an interesting evening of facts, visions, reflections, debates and hopes is in prospect. Do come along! Venue: Ramsey […]

Cambridgeshire library managers will be visiting the South Area meeting at the Queen Edith Chapel in Wulfstan Way this Wednesday. They’ll be doing a presentation on the Conservative administration’s library review and seeking the views of the public on the planned changes as well as ideas on the library service and its future viability. The […]

George Pippas has been elected as the new Liberal Democrat city councillor for Queen Edith’s. The figures were as follows: Election Candidate Party Votes % George Pippas Liberal Democrat 1318 41% Elected Vince Marino Conservative 830 26% Not elected Sue Birtles Labour 642 20% Not elected Brian Westcott Green Party 416 13% Not elected George […]

On 5th May we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to change the way we elect our MPs. Today’s Unfair System Under the present ‘first-past-the-post’ (FPTP) system, most MPs get elected even though they are not supported by half of the voters in their constituencies. Under FPTP, Labour won the General Election in 2005 with the support […]

Could I have a dropped kerb on Blinco Grove, please? That was the very first thing I was asked to do as a new councillor back in 1994 when I was first elected. The request came from a lady who used a wheelchair and needed a dropped kerb near her home, (‘mobility crossing’) in order […]