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 use the Incinerator in Wisbech if built
Cambridge County Council
Conservatives
Cllr Ken Billington Cllr Chris Boden Cllr Simon Bywater Cllr David Connor Cllr Steve Corney Cllr Adela Costello
Cllr Steve Count Cllr Steve Criswell Cllr Janet French Cllr Ian Gardener Cllr Mark Goldsack Cllr John Gowing
Cllr Anne Hay Cllr Mark Howel Cllr Samantha Hoy Cllr William (Bill) Hunt Cllr Simon King Cllr Kevin Reynolds
Cllr Alan Sharp Cllr Mandy Smith Cllr David Ambrose Smith Cllr Steven Tierney
Fenland District Council
Conservatives
Cllr Brenda Barber Cllr Ian Benney Cllr Chris Boden Cllr James Carney Cllr Gary Christy
Cllr Sam Clark Cllr David Connor Cllr Steve Count Cllr Mrs Maureen Davis
Cllr Mrs Lucie Foice-Beard Cllr Mrs Jan French Cllr Miss Kim French Cllr Alan Gowler Cllr Stuart Harris
Cllr Anne Hay Cllr Miss Sam Hoy 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 Steve Tierney Cllr Susan Wallwork Cllr Andrew Woollard
Liberal Democrats
Cllr Diane Cutler
No response received to date
Cambridge County Council
Independents
Cllr Stephen Ferguson Cllr Keith Prentice Cllr Tom Sanderson
Cllr Ryan Fuller Cllr Jonas King Cllr Joshua Schumann
Cllr Simone Taylor
Labour
Cllr Gerri Bird Cllr Mike Black Cllr Alex Bulat Cllr Nick Gay Cllr Bryony Goodliffe Cllr Richard Howitt Cllr Elisa Meschini
Cllr Catherine Rae Cllr Neil Shailer
Liberal Democrats
Cllr Michael Atkins Cllr Henry Batchelor Cllr Alex Beckett Cllr Anna Bradnam Cllr Piers Coutts Cllr Claire Dauton
Cllr Douglas Dew Cllr Lorna Dupré Cllr Neil Gough Cllr Ros Hathorn Cllr Sebastian Kindersley Cllr Maria King
Cllr Peter McDonald Cllr Brian Milnes Cllr Edna Murphy Cllr Lucy Nethsingha Cllr Philippa Slatter
Cllr Firouz Thompson Cllr Susan van de Ven Cllr Alison Whelan Cllr Graham Wilson Cllr Andrew Wood Cllr Geoffrey Seeff
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
