A town’s youngest councillor is ready to leap into action.
Christopher Butterfield of Glebe Road in Sandy was elected to Sandy Town Council on Thursday, May 2.
He was inspired to become a councillor because he wants to ensure that people’s voices are heard.
Christopher, 21, said: “The main reason I ran for council was that I was at the Central Beds Council meeting the month before last and it was the vote about the Travellers in the area.
“I believe all the councillors voted for them despite their constituents saying completely the opposite. I think nobody listened to anyone.”
Christopher, who may also consider running for a place on Central Beds Council in the future, wants to focus on getting his constituents’ views across. He hopes that his election will encourage other younger people to run for election and get involved with the community.
After speaking to people on election day Christopher will take the desire for a replacement skatepark forward to council. He believes that this would be a good use of the council’s money. He will also suggest having a youth centre.
Christopher, who is studying accountancy with the Open University and works on the finances for his step-mother’s cleaning business in Stotfold, will also focus on making financial savings within the town council.
The former Samuel Whitbread Upper School student is originally from Shefford. He then moved to Biggleswade before settling in Sandy three years ago. He recently joined Sandy Town Team.
In Cambridgeshire, Adrian Penrose has been elected to Little Gransden Parish Council. He has lived in the village for 22 years and works as a communications manager in Cambridge.
With this background, he is keen to improve communications between the parish council and villagers and to work more closely with neighbouring villages.
He said: “Together with other parish councillors, I will work hard to make sure that our lovely village thrives and prospers in a way that is sensitive to its size and scale, enabling young families to settle here.”
Meanwhile Liberal Democrat Sebastian Kindersley was re-elected with nearly 49.8 per cent of the vote. He represents the Gamlingay ward on Cambridgeshire County Council.