Pending the election of a Labour councillor for Newnham, Katie Thornburrow – a local architect, Labour councillor for neighbouring Trumpington ward and lead city councillor for open spaces – undertakes to help look after Newnham’s green spaces and to...
Newnham Labour Party is lucky to have secured a young but highly experienced advocate and campaigner to stand as its Cambridge City Council candidate in May. Joe Beastall has developed strong advocacy skills whilst working for UNISON, the union,...
Labour fully understands why the local community has voted in favour of a residents’ parking scheme in Newnham. However, we must now ensure that, in implementing the scheme, the Tory-led county council and our Lib Dem county councillor remain...
Mike Davey has been selected as the Labour Candidate for Newnham in May’s city council elections. Married with three children (and a dog and a cat), Mike has lived and worked in Cambridge for nearly 20 years. Formerly a...
To mark the 100th anniversary of the first votes for women, a blue plaque honouring Millicent Garrett Fawcett, leader of the non-violent suffragists, has been unveiled by Labour’s Anne Campbell, Cambridge’s first female MP. Millicent Garrett Fawcett worked tirelessly...
Local people are angry about proposals for residents’ parking in Newnham. One local resident summed it up when she said, “It’s very disappointing – after public meetings and so much discussion, the scheme we’re being offered isn’t what we...
At the general election held on 8 June 2017, Daniel Zeichner, Cambridge’s Labour MP, increased his majority to 12,661 (52% of the total votes cast). This is a stunning result in a constituency that is often viewed as marginal and is...
In the County Council elections on 4 May, Labour failed to take Newnham from the Liberal Democrats but in other wards in Cambridge Labour’s results were encouraging. This election was fought on new boundaries so comparisons with previous years are complicated....
Labour pressure brings prospect of local control over bus services Newnham’s buses are the worst in the city. Our number 18 bus stops on Barton Road and Newnham Road but it is both infrequent and unreliable with no service...
Cambridgeshire’s social care services have long been struggling. Carers are allowed only 15 minutes to help elderly people to get up in the morning, help them to wash and dress, prepare their breakfast and then do all the paperwork....
