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Cllr Simon King who held onto his Roman Bank seat
- Credit: Harry Rutter
Early Friday at the Hudson leisure centre in Wisbech and the celebrations are about to begin as every available seat – for county, district and town – goes to the Conservatives.
County council leader Steve Count wins a handsome victory in March North & Waldersey, along with his colleague Cllr Jan French.
Andy Maul (left) who lost out to Steve Tierney
- Credit: Harry Rutter
And the pattern is repeated as the results are declared, Labour, Lib Dem, Green and other opposition parties or individual candidates swept away.
MP Steve Barclay drops into the county at the Hudson
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12:25 PM April 15, 2021
Returning officer Paul Medd blamed software error for publishing a Tydd St Giles councillor as a candidate for Wisbech Town Council by-election.
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Chief executive and returning officer Paul Medd today blamed a “software issue” for publishing incorrectly that a deputy chairman of a parish council was a candidate for a vacancy on Wisbech Town Council.
Geoff Mathias, a Tydd St Giles parish councillor, found himself at the centre of a political mystery when his name appeared on a list of declared candidates for Octavia Hill ward by election on May 6.
Days later his name had been removed and the list of candidates reduced to three.
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A statement and photo on Wisbech Town Council Facebook page says the mayor, Cllr Aigars Balsevics, and his deputy, Cllr Andrew Lynn “both wanted to place flowers and send donations to their chosen charities”.
Whittlesey town clerk Sue Piergianni said that “with the sad passing of the Duke of Edinburgh, the town council have opened a book of condolence”.
The book will be in the council chamber at Peel House, 8 Queen Street, Whittlesey and will be available to sign Monday to Thursday between 10.00 and 2.00pm and Friday until 1.30.
She said flowers may be laid in the garden of Remembrance (Strawbear Garden) on Station Road.