Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

03rd  May (Saturday) 09:30 to 10:30 (No appointment required)
You can inform the Town Clerk beforehand should you wish, otherwise
first come basis.

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First of all, may I congratulate ALL the candidates for putting themselves up for election.
The public have voted and democracy takes it’s course.

I would personally congratulate Mr. Michael Fisher for being elected for the County Council Ward of Whittlesey South (this being my own Roy Gerstner Ward for Whittlesey Town Council and Fenland Distruict Council) and I am sure we can work together for the best in the interest of our community and electorate.

Supporting today at the count our Independent candidate Barry Wainwright came a respectable 3rd in the Whittlesey South Ward, probably enough to have ‘split’ the vote and allowing the Reform Candidate Mr. Fisher a very credible majority over Dr. Haq Nawaz (The pictures tell the story).

All Kudos to Barry for standing up…..

Mr Michael Fisher (R)                                        Dr Haq Nawaz (Con)

In the North Ward, Incumbent FDC Leader and WTC Councillor Chris Boden takes the seat – not without a fight and a very much reduced majority.

Elsewhere the ‘Conserative Heavyweights, Steve Tierney, Sam Hoye, both re-elected in Wisbech.

Two Conservative Heavyweights beaten, Steve Count (ex leader of Cambs CC) and Ann Hay the sitting candidate.

You can view all the results by going to FDC’s Website by – Clicking Here……

To top off the day, my once every 4 years passing/meeting with MP Steve Barclay, who I have to say, always remembers my name and has a smile to greet me…..thank you Steve.

I will attempt to report ‘live’ on this web-blog/page on the results, especially the Whittlesey South and North Wards.

Some early feedback – there maybe an upset in Fenland !

I will be attending the ‘count’ at The Hudson Centre Wisbech tomorrow, Friday 02nd May.

The running order goes something like this…

Thursday Evening – Postal Vote opening will commence from 8pm for any postal votes hand delivered to the polling station after 3pm up to the close of poll.

From 10pm the varification of the postal votes will begin.

Then the varification of polling station ballot papers will be conducted by 16 teams of 4 as they arrive from the polling stations.

Varified ballot papers from polling stations and postal votes will be mixed into mini-count ballot boxes per County Division/Combimed Authority Mayoral Election.

Friday 09:30am Commencement of the Combined Authority Mayoral election count.

Following the completion of the Combined Authority, the commencement of the County Council election voting will commence.

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An officer conducting house to house enquiries today visited several properties where windows were left open, but nobody was at home.

Many burglars are opportunists, and this provides them with an easy way of getting into your property.

The warmer weather is glorious, but please remember to shut windows if you go out. This is a simple way of protecting your home.

More burglary prevention advice can be found on our website.

Kind regards,
Tim Goddard
Communications officer

A busy and full meeting of 11 applications.
I’ll be out the rest of today at this meeting.

We received a call last week from a very worried woman whose elderly mother had been targeted by suspected rogue traders.

The woman reported that she saw two men pull up at her mother’s home in Cambridge on her doorbell camera. They asked if she wanted her gutters cleaning, but before she could answer, they retrieved a ladder form their van and headed up towards the roof.

The woman said they were up there for less than five minutes before coming back down and demanding £100 payment, which her mother dutifully paid.

She was approached twice more the very same week by people asking if she wanted her gutters clearing. Thankfully, she refused on these occasions and they left.

We often see a spike in reports of rogue trading during the summer months, as people require garden work and home improvements.

Look out for elderly or vulnerable family, friends and neighbours and report anything suspicious. Visit our website for more details:
https://www.cambs.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/fa/fraud/personal-fraud/door-to-door-courier-fraud/