Cambridgeshire opens £150m framework constructionnews.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from constructionnews.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Cambridgeshire County Council election count at Ross Peers Sports Centre, Soham in May 2017.
- Credit: Archant
Next month s elections will be the first to take place since the coronavirus pandemic hit, and this is how they will work. (Image from May 2017 elections).
Voters across Cambridgeshire will be heading to the polls on May 6 to elect a Mayor for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner.
They will also be voting for their councillor at Cambridgeshire County Council, and in some areas there will also be by-elections for city, town and parish councils.
BBC News
Published
media captionPoppy Huskinson, 23, wants to know how the mayoral candidates will tackle Cambridgeshire s housing problems
House prices in Cambridgeshire stand £50,000 above the national average, while in the city of Cambridge itself the difference is £200,000. With young voters struggling to afford their first step on the housing ladder, how are mayoral candidates planning to tackle the issue?
Poppy Huskinson, 23, is one of the many young people who want to know the answer.
She works in Cambridge but is forced to live with her parents in Hertfordshire because of prices in the county. That s definitely a problem for young people that come out of these universities and want to stay in these cities, [they] can t afford to live there, said Miss Huskinson.
Cambridgeshire Elections 2021: Voting during the pandemic royston-crow.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from royston-crow.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Cambridgeshire Elections 2021: Voting during the pandemic huntspost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from huntspost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.