Wetherby and Easingwold Constituency
Biography:
Born in Yorkshire and resided in North Yorkshire for 21 years with 17 years’ experience as a councillor at North Yorkshire. Former Industrial chemist, married with 2 grown up children living locally. My hobbies include cycling and classic cars and doing voluntary work as and when required.
The constituency is very rural with several towns and a lot of villages. Connectivity is a key requirement along with a need for good infrastructure and places to be made welcome. There is currently no Leisure Hub in the main town of Wetherby and the new constituency also covers 2 different councils giving rise to conflicting needs. This requires managing to get the most for the area.
This rural nature of the area also means a more flexible approach to my surgeries is needed, and these will be set up on a rotational basis so members of the public do not have to travel far to see me.
Having driven and cycled round the area for a long time some of the roads clearly need an upgrade and I have contacts within the councils that I can turn to.
Finally there is the issue of public transport. How that will operate with the Mayor of West Yorkshire running services there and North Yorkshire thus becoming a separate entity is anyone’s guess at the moment. A sit down and conversation needs to take place.
Wetherby and Easingwold Constituency Map
Constituency Information
Electorate: 71455
Wards:
1 Harewood
2 Wetherby
3 Appleton Roebuck & Church Fenton
4 Boroughbridge & Claro
5 Easingwold
6 Hillside & Raskelf
7 Huby & Tollerton
8 Ouseburn
9 Spofforth with Lower Wharfedale & Tockwi
10 Tadcaster
11 Wathvale & Bishop Monkton
