Petersfield Hustings Sunday 25th & Monday 26th April 2021 – Call for Questions!

There will be two zoom-based Petersfield Hustings, held on:
- Sunday 25th April at 7:30pm, for the May 6th County Council Elections and
- Monday 26th April at 7:30pm, for the May 6th City Council Elections
Those who live, work, volunteer or study in the Petersfield County Division and the Petersfield City Council Ward, are now warmly encouraged to send questions for the candidates standing for election, via email to petersfield.hustings@gmail.com
For full information on the four elections in the fifth month on the sixth day see Elections 4-5-6… and do check that you are registered to vote.
- Monday 19 April, 11.59pm: Deadline to register to vote
- Tuesday 20 April, 5pm: Deadline to apply for a postal vote
- Tuesday 27 April, 5pm: Deadline to apply for a proxy vote
The government has confirmed that all EU citizens who are registered to vote in the UK will be able to vote and stand for election at these polls. For further details see Elections in 2021 on the Cambridge City Council website here.
Not sure if you live in Petersfield? It’s complicated. The Petersfield County Division and the City Council Ward are not coterminous. They are mainly the same, but differ around the edges. The map shown here originally, was for the City Council (only) up to the date of the election.
In order to generate the map, you will need to select the My Maps tab, then open the ‘Council and Democracy’ menu in the sidebar.
Those who live, work, volunteer or study in the Petersfield County Division and the Petersfield City Council Ward, are now warmly encouraged to send questions for the candidates standing for election, via email to petersfield.hustings@gmail.com
Similar questions will be merged & all questions will be edited to 50 words maximum. Issues will be ranked by their importance, interest to Petersfield ward and frequency of submission.
The Petersfield Hustings website will offer:
- Answers from the candidates to 6 introductory questions
- Zoom details & instructions – plus Hustings procedures
- Hustings questions (incl. any that don’t fit into Hustings time)
- Answers from the candidates to these extra questions
- Links to recordings of both live Hustings
Questions for the County Hustings are encouraged on these public services:
- adoption & fostering
- care for the vulnerable & elderly
- education
- libraries
- policing matters
- parking issues
- pavements & potholes
- roads and traffic management
- large-scale strategic planning
- street lighting
Questions for the City Hustings are encouraged on these public services:
- benefits
- bins/recycling
- City centre & Market Square
- community centres/events
- graffiti & litter
- homelessness & housing
- parks & open spaces
- local planning
- public toilets
- refugee/asylum
- rivers/mooring
- tree services
These Hustings are supported by:
- AARA (Ainsworth Area Residents Association)
- FoSMP (Friends of St Matthew’s Piece)
- GNRA (Great Northern Road Residents Association)
- Gwydir Street Friends
- PACT (Petersfield Area Community Trust)
These Hustings are being arranged by
- Piete Brooks (Hustings Technical Host)
- Valerie Neal (Hustings Co-Host)
- Helen Weinstein (Hustings Chair)