The Chair of the Cambridge Development Corporation / Growth Company will be speaking at Great St Mary’s, Cambridge on 15th May from 7pm
And don’t forget the mayoral hustings on 23 April 2025 at the Wesley Church by Christ’s Pieces
See details here including how to sign up for in-person and also online/live-stream tickets
There is also a hustings on 10 April by the former Health Secretary’s construction forum which you can register online here. I remain concerned at the lack of properly-publicised hustings events for ordinary voters to cross-examine the candidates. This is the second construction industry forum event that I’ve been aware of. While it’s fine for someone like me based in Cambridge with a decent internet connection to access these things, most people in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough can’t. Therefore once these elections are over, whoever wins the election needs to put in place arrangements to ensure that every district council area has one ‘in-person’ hustings – thinking of the Huntingdonshire and Fenland towns which are all too easily overlooked in favour of the two largest cities.
Contact your candidates today!
By the wonderful Democracy Club, go to Who Can I vote For’s Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoralty’s election page. Click on each of the candidates to find out their social media details and contact details and put your questions to them. Some of you may find it useful/helpful to ask the same question of each of the candidates, and compare responses.
See also your candidates in the county council contests – there are at least five candidates per seat, the first time ever we’ve had that many.
Ineligible to vote? Table your questions to the candidates anyway – and let them know why you are not eligible to vote and see how they respond.
New workshops
I will be running a quartet of workshops in April and May at the recently-opened Cambridge Room at The Grafton Centre. See their announcement on LinkedIn here. They will be as follows (with links on booking)
Workshop 1: Introduction – How Cambridge grew to the city it became – a history of the town with maps
16th April 1pm-2.30pm
https://lnkd.in/eBxuDE-G
Workshop 2: Governing a growing town – the growth of local government and public services
23rd April 1pm-2.30pm
https://lnkd.in/eQeahN8A
Workshop 3: The relationship between local and central government in Cambridge
7th May 1pm-2.30pm
https://lnkd.in/eQp6g8Yw
Workshop 4: The future of city, county, and region
14th May 1pm-2.30pm
https://lnkd.in/eEjdJ7v9
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