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Councillor Stuart Newbold, Cherry Hinton
20 Walpole Road, Cambridge, CB1 3TJ Phone: 01223 457225 Email: stuart.newbold@cambridge.gov.uk
Stuart Newbold is your local Labour candidate for the City Council elections in 2010. He was elected as a Labour & Co-operative city councillor for Cherry Hinton in 2006 having campaigned on local issues for many years previously. Stuart, a keen environmentalist, is Labour's city council spokesperson on recycling, waste and the environment.
Stuart has a distinguished local campaigning history as a Cherry Hinton councillor. In 2006, prompt action by Stuart helped ensure that Lloyds-TSB stayed on the High Street after the council received a planning application to turn the branch into a takeaway. Stuart was also instrumental in helping keep the Royal British Legion Hall on Fisher's Lane, itself the subject of a planning application that summer. In 2007 Stuart arranged for street lighting to be installed between Sunmead Walk and the High Street.
From 2008 Stuart became involved in the campaign with the Colville Estate Residents Association to get permanent CCTV equipment on the High Street opposite Tesco. The campaign bore fruit at the end of 2009, when the target of raising the £16,800 needed to get the camera up and running was reached. Stuart's initiative in 2009 also saw the erection of hanging baskets along the High Street during the summer, something set to continue again in 2010.
And of course Stuart has been actively involved in Labour's campaigns to both prevent the Cambridge East housing development from going ahead, and at the same time press for Marshall of Cambridge to stay in the city (the keep Marshall Flying in Cambridge campaign), safeguarding 1,800 direct jobs and as many as 3,000 more across other local companies.
Stuart places great emphasis on helping to get residents problems solved and making improvements in the ward. "I have a tenacious approach and am very keen to see problems addressed and things fixed, including with quite often difficult problems that people come to me with. I will also campaign aggressively to see much-needed improvements wherever possible, such as better street lighting, traffic safety measures, housing repairs, or environmental improvements for the High Street."
Stuart is secretary of the Friends of Cherry Hinton Hall, a group that only launched in July 2009 but which has quickly grown to a membership of 160. The Friends' desire is to get a better deal for those who use the Hall grounds; whilst they also strive to vastly improve the communication and consultation between both residents and stakeholders and the City Council owners.
On a wider front, one of Stuart's passions is the co-operative movement - and Stuart is secretary of Cambridge & Saffron Walden Co-operative Party, as well as being joint secretary for the Co-operative Party both in the Region and at Party Council level. "It seems that the co-operative agenda has really taken off since the financial crisis struck. Increasingly, the idea of co-operative and mutual solutions is gaining ground, with membership in co-operatives expanding rapidly and many new co-operatives being formed. Locally there is so much that Co-operatives could offer - from community owner public transport, more co-operative housing, adoption of a mutual model for the provision of sports and community services including the Village Centre, right through to a Cherry Hinton food growers co-operative - there is plenty that can be achieved."
Stuart sits on the following City Council committees:
A few of our other local Labour team members: Cherry Hinton
Councillor Robert Dryden, Cherry Hinton
23 Wenvoe Close, Cambridge, CB1 9JG Phone: 01223 457246 Email: robert.dryden@cambridge.gov.uk
Former Wenvoe Close resident Robert Dryden has served as a Cherry Hinton city councillor for 13 years. Robert has lived in Cherry Hinton for most of his life. Both he and his four children went to local schools.
Robert is active in the local community as Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator for the area, Chair of the Fulbourn Hospital Social Club and a member of the British Legion. He is also involved in "Friends with Disabilities" and is Chairman of the Colville Estate Residents' Association. He has been a school governor of the Spinney School for over 13 years.
Robert has been Mayor of Cambridge twice - last year he had the honour of being the 800th Mayor of Cambridge. He organized major fundraising activities for local charities including the Arthur Rank Hospice at Home, St John's Ambulance, Magpas, Press Relief and the Addenbrooke's Breast Cancer Unit. His mayoral theme when in office was recognition of the work of the many organisations that contribute to protecting the community in Cambridge.
As mayor, Robert met Al Gore (ex Vice President of USA) when he visited Cambridge in 2007 to lecture on global warming (photo: courtesy of the University of Cambridge).
Robert sits on the following City Council Committees:
Councillor Russ McPherson, Cherry Hinton
184 Church End, Cherry Hinton 457227 russ.mcpherson@cambridge.gov.uk
"I have lived in Cherry Hinton for 26 years with my wife Carole. I enjoy playing music at local folk clubs and the highland pipes whenever I can! I also enjoy motorcycling and good wine with friends. I am a MAGPAS volunteer for Cherry Hinton, and helped to establish a MAGPAS team for the area. I am also chair of the Cherry Hinton Community Safety Partnership (Neighbourhood Watch Scheme), safety advisor for the Cherry Hinton Festival, and a member of the British Legion."
"Traffic is an issue in every ward and Cherry Hinton is no different. Speed is a real problem on all our roads. Tackling instances of antisocial behaviour in the ward is an ongoing issue. However, the ward councillors work closely with the police and other bodies in an effort to keep the village free from disturbances."
Russ is currently campaigning on:
Russ is chair of the Labour Group and sits on the following City Council committees:
County Councillor Christine Carter, Cherry Hinton
18 Bridewell Road, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9EP Phone: 01223 561426 Email: christine.carter@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Christine Carter is married with two daughters and one grandson and has lived in Cherry Hinton for 19 years.
Christine says, "When I first became your County Councilor I was worried about the state of Cherry Hinton. Shops were being broken into and the Library and Colville School were under threat of closure. However, now we have new shops including Tesco Express, Dorringtons and Peacocks; the Library is the second best in Cambridge with its people's network system that I was proud to launch; the High Street is soon to have permanent CCTV coverage; and Colville School, where I am a governor, is rated ‘very good(tm).”
Currently Christine is campaigning against the proposed move of the Joe Jennings bookmakers to premises besides the Cherry House Chinese on the High Street, and is also involved in the Hands off Marshalls campaign. “Although we know more houses must be built in the Cambridge area, we believe using the airfield itself in addition to the adjacent sites will not only add to congestion on our roads but also have a devastating impact on Cherry Hinton and the surrounding area.”
Christine sits on the following:
County Council committees:
Outside Bodies: