ELECTION 2025: Fenland goes to the polls for county and mayoral contests
Fenland goes to the polls today to elect county councillors for eight wards in the district as well as voting for a new mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Cambridgeshire County Council is responsible for providing a number of services, including highways maintenance, adult and children’s social care, education and running libraries.
Currently the authority is run by a joint administration made up of Liberal Democrat, Labour and independent councillors.
The Liberal Democrats are currently the largest party with 23 councillors, followed by the Conservatives with 21 and Labour 10. There are two independent councillors, four non-aligned independent councillors and one St Neots Independent councillor.
Listed below are all the candidates standing in Fenland in the local elections on May 1.
Chatteris
Daniel Divine, Reform UK
Jay Eames, Labour and Co-operative Party
Anne Hay, Conservative
Emma Pollard, Green Party
Janet Elizabeth Porter, Liberal Democrats
March North and Waldersey
Steve Count, Conservative
Stephen Robert Court, Liberal Democrats
Diane Priscilla Cutler, Liberal Democrats
Martin Edmund Craik Field, Labour
Stefan Christopher Fisher, Reform UK
Colin Hugh Galbraith, Reform UK
Elizabeth Alice May, Green Party
Hannah Louise Orbell, Labour
Dal Roy, Independent
Elisabeth Sennitt Clough, Conservative
Simon Wilkes, Green Party
March South and Rural
Peter Damian Bimson, Labour
Gary Christy, Conservative
Andrew William Nicholas Crawford, Green Party
Christopher Philip Ross, Liberal Democrats
Christopher Mark Thornhill, Reform UK
Roman Bank and Peckover
Amanda Jane Hirson, Labour
Simon King, Conservative
Lucy Ann Mance, Green Party
Andy Osborn, Reform UK
Jack Wheelan, Liberal Democrats
Whittlesey North
Chris Boden, Conservative
Clare Delderfield, Liberal Democrats
Angela Howe, Labour
John Male, Green Party
Kevin Ian Michael Marston, Reform UK
Whittlesey South
Katharine Mary Bultitude, Labour
Michael Edward Fisher, Reform UK
Liliya Aleksandrova Masharova, Green Party
Hay Nawaz, Conservative
Stephen Anthony Newton, Liberal Democrat
Barry Norman Wainwright, Independent
Wisbech East
Nick Brooks, Reform UK
Toby Robert Ensch, Green Party
Samantha Hoy, Conservative
Joshua Matthew Lee, Liberal Democrats
Ucuncu Didem, Labour
Wisbech West
George Patrick Broughton, Labour
Bob Ensch, Green Party
George Arthur Harwin, Reform UK
Chang Liu, Liberal Democrats
Steve Tierney, Conservative
MAYORAL ELECTION
People in Fenland will also be asked to vote for a new mayor to head up the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
Five candidates have decided to stand for mayor, and they are Paul Bristow (Conservative), Ryan Coogan (Reform UK), Lorna Dupré (Liberal Democrats), Bob Ensch (Green Party) and Anna Smith (Labour and Co-operative Party).
The next mayor will be granted a range of powers after being elected. Dr Nik Johnson, the current mayor, announced earlier this year that he would not be standing for re-election.
The elected mayor leads the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, which was established in 2017 and is the transport authority for the area. It puts together a plan which sets out the transport-related infrastructure improvements that it aims to make in the area.
The authority says it is responsible for “delivering economic prosperity across the region, particularly in relation to housing, travel, employment skills and environmental improvements”.
Whoever is elected mayor will oversee a £20million annual budget and also has devolved powers to spend up to £800million on housing, infrastructure and jobs.
Representatives from the city and district councils in the area, as well as Cambridgeshire County Council, sit on the various committees and the board, and are part of the decision-making process at the combined authority.
Some of the examples of the things that have been done under Dr Nik Johnson’s leadership include the subsidising of certain bus services, the decision to move forward with bus franchising, and the introduction of the Tiger Bus Pass, which offers £1 bus fares for under 25s.
The mayor can also ask to make changes to the mayoral precept, which is added to household council tax bills.
Additionally, under central government devolution plans, the next mayor could also be granted new powers over things like housing, planning, transport, energy, skills, and employment support.
WHERE TO VOTE
Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm, with the votes due to be counted the following day.
People who have registered to vote will have received a poll card in the post that will highlight which polling station they should use.
Here is a full list of all the polling stations due to be used in Fenland:
Chatteris
Chatteris Library, 2 Furrowfields Road
Quaker Way Residents Community Room, Quaker Way
The Masonic Hall, 24 Huntingdon Road
Emmanuel Church Hall, East Park Street
March North and Waldersey
Elm Centre, Main Road, Elm
Friday Bridge Tower Hall, Maltmas Road, Friday Bridge
Coldham Playing Field, Station Road, Coldham
Play2Day, The Old Station Yard, Gull Road, Guyhirn
Christchurch Community Centre, Upwell Road, Christchurch
St Peters Church, High Street, March
Morton Avenue Residents Community Room, Morton Avenue, March
Roman Catholic Church Hall, St Johns Road, March
GER Sports Club Function Room, Robingoodfellows Lane, March
St John’s Church Hall, Station Road, March
The Rookswood Club Ltd, 27 West End, March
Wisbech St Mary Sports and Community Centre, The Portsfield, Beechings Close, Wisbech St Mary, Wisbech
Thorney Toll Village Hall, Main Road, Thorney Toll, Wisbech
March South and Rural
Manea Village Hall, School Lane, Manea
Wimblington Parish Hall, Addison Road, Wimblington
March Child and Family Centre, adjacent Cavalry Primary School, Cavalry Drive, March
March Town Cricket Club, The Avenue Sports Ground, Burrowmoor Road, March
St Wendreda’s Church Hall, Church Street, March
Roman Bank and Peckover
Hudson Leisure Centre, Harecroft Road, Wisbech
Leverington Sports and Social Club, Church Road, Leverington
Leverington Village Hall, Gorefield Road, Leverington
Newton-in-the-Isle Village Hall, Church Lane, Newton-in-the-Isle, Wisbech
Tydd St Giles Community Centre, Broad Drove East, Tydd St Giles, Wisbech
Parson Drove Village Hall, 63 Main Road, Parson Drove
Murrow Village Hall 1, 9 Murrow Bank, Murrow, Wisbech
Gorefield Community Hall and Sports Pavilion, Wolf Lane, Gorefield
Hudson Leisure Centre, Harecroft Road, Wisbech
Whittlesey North
Whittlesey Athletic Football Club, Drybread Road
Whittlesey Baptist Church, Gracious Street,
1 Bowker Way, Whittlesey
St Andrews Parish Hall, Parkinsons Lane, Whittlesey
Whittlesey South
Doddington Village Hall, Benwick Road, Doddington
St Mary’s Church Hall, Wisbech Road, Westry, March
Benwick Village Hall, access via the church hall, High Street, Benwick,
The Eastrea Centre, 2 Roman Gardens, Eastrea,
Coates Public Hall, 1 The Fold, Coates
The Old School, 452 March Road, Turves, Whittlesey
Quinion Close Residents Community Room, Quinion Close, Whittlesey
Manor Leisure Centre, Station Road, Whittlesey
Pondersbridge Village Hall, Oilmills Road, Pondersbridge, Ramsey
Wisbech East
The Robert Hall Centre, St Augustines Road, Wisbech
College of West Anglia (Wisbech Campus), Ramnoth Road, Wisbech
Awdry House, 110 Ramnoth Road, Wisbech
Walsoken Village Hall, Kirkgate Street, Wisbech
Meadowgate Academy, Meadowgate Lane, Wisbech
Wisbech West
The Oasis Community Centre, St Michael’s Avenue, Wisbech
The Boathouse, Harbour Square, Wisbech
St Raphael Community Hall, Love Lane, Wisbech
