I am strongly opposed to the Wisbech incinerator and remain committed to campaigning against this threat to our community.
These proposals would involve over 300 lorry movements a day, bringing both household and commercial waste from up to a 2 hours' drive away to a mega incinerator located 500m from the largest secondary school. This is a stupid idea.
With that in mind, I am asking all councillors and candidates in next year's election to sign a pledge to the people of Fenland that they will not vote for or support in any way the use of the Wisbech Incinerator.
If Cambridgeshire County Council, Fenland District Council and other local authorities refuse to send waste to the Wisbech incinerator. This will undermine the business case for investment funding for construction of the incinerator. Many incinerators elsewhere that have received planning approval have still not been constructed, and we should do all we can to ensure this is the case in Wisbech. I will also be liaising with MPs in other counties to seek such a commitment from their local authorities too
Below are names of those who have signed and those who have refused so that voters across Cambridgeshire.
Have signed to say they WILL NOT vote or use the Incinerator in Wisbech if built
Cambridgeshire County Council
Conservatives
Cllr Chris Boden
Cllr Samantha Hoy
Cllr Steven Tierney
(in bold also Fenland District Council Cllrs)
Fenland District Council
Conservatives
Cllr Brenda Barber Cllr Ian Benney Cllr James Carney Cllr Gary Christy
Cllr Sam Clark Cllr Mrs Maureen Davis Cllr Mrs Lucie Foice-Beard Cllr Miss Kim French
Cllr Alan Gowler Cllr Stuart Harris Cllr Michael Humphrey Cllr Sidney Imafidon Cllr Mrs Dee Laws Cllr Charlie Marks
Cllr Nick Meekins Cllr Alex Miscandlon Cllr Jason Mockett Cllr Peter Murphy Cllr Dr Haq Nawaz
Cllr Dave Oliver Cllr Mark Purser Cllr Billy Rackley Cllr Christopher Seaton Cllr Elisabeth Clough
Cllr Gurninder Singh Gill Cllr Tim Taylor Cllr Susan Wallwork Cllr Andrew Woollard Cllr Janet French
No response received to date
Cambridge County Council
Independents
Cllr Julie Kerr Cllr Tom Sanderson
Labour
Cllr Alex Bulat Cllr Bryony Goodliffe Cllr Elisa Meschini
Cllr Mike Black Cllr Richard Howitt
Liberal Democrats
Cllr Adam Bostanci Cllr Alex Beckett Cllr Alison Whelan Cllr Anna Bradnam Cllr Chris Poulton
Cllr Christine Whelan Cllr Christopher Morris Cllr David Levien Cllr Edna Murphy Cllr Geoffrey Seeff
Cllr Graham Wilson Cllr Henry Batchelor Cllr Ian Manning Cllr James Stuart Cllr Jonny Edge
Cllr Karen Young Cllr Laurence Homan Cllr Liam Beckett Cllr Lorna Dupre Cllr Lucy Nethsingha
Cllr Luis Navarro Cllr Matthew Morgan Cllr Peter Fane Cllr Peter McDonald Cllr Robin Wyatt Cllr Rory Clark
Cllr Ros Hathorn Cllr Sarah Caine Cllr Tom Dawson Cllr Yannifer Malinowski Cllr Yasmin Deter Cllr Andy Osborn
Reform UK
Cllr Andy Osborn Cllr Christopher Thornhill Cllr Colin Galbraith
Cllr Daniel Divine Cllr Des Watt Cllr James Sidlow Cllr John Wells
Cllr Michael Fisher Cllr Ricky Ioannides Cllr Stefan Fisher
Green Party
Cllr Darren Green Cllr Elliot Tong Cllr Peter Rees
Fenland District Council
Independents
Cllr John Clark Cllr Roy Gerstner Cllr Paul Hicks Cllr David Patrick Cllr Dal Roy Cllr Matthew Summers
Liberal Democrats
Cllr Gavin Booth
