Peterborough City Council announced local elections due to take place on 2nd May.  20 council seats are up for elections this year.

In North West Cambridgeshire we have three new candidates standing in three wards: Fletton and Woodston, Hempsted and Hargate and Hampton Vale. 

Shailesh Vara MP recently visited Spirotech-SRD Group’s Head Office in Sawtry, Huntingdonshire and met with Engineering Director David Gadsby.

Mr Vara was shown around the large manufacturing factory and learnt of their expansion plans, which will bring more jobs to the region.

Shailesh Vara MP recently visited Arthur Mellows Village College in Peterborough to meet with Mike Sandeman, the Head of College and address Sixth Formers followed by a Question & Answer session with students.

Shailesh Vara MP presented the cups and trophies this weekend at the Ramsey and District Garden Club’s Annual Garden Show, hosted at the Ramsey Rural Museum.

Shailesh Vara MP has today been promoted by the Prime Minister to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, having served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department since January of this year.

Mr Vara said:

Peterborough City Council members agreed the 2nd tranche of the council’s Medium Term Financial Strategy at their meeting on 8th March, after lengthy debate and much posturing from the opposition benches we managed to get a majority agreement on the prudent Conservative proposals we put forward f

Our MP for North West Cambridgeshire, Shailesh Vara, officially opened Stilton Parish Council’s changing room pavilion at the Village Playing Field recently (Saturday 18 February 2017).

Alderman Sheila Scott OBE was relected Chair and Sue Wiles as Secretary and Cath Cavenagh is the Hon Treasurer. 

Our chair Peter Hiller was invited to attend the AGM and lunch thereafter at the Bell in Stilton on 27th January. 

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Following the sad demise of Cllr. John Pethard, who lost his battle with cancer in April, the by election was held last Thursday, 7th August.  The turnout was low, although higher than had been expected for an August by election, at around 27%. Angie Curtis was the Conservative Candidate and she held the seat with a comfortable majority in the context of the low turnout.