During the recent election campaign, the three Haxby and Wigginton candidates enjoyed seeing  the great variety of scarecrows on the scarecrow trail as they went  round the ward.  I particularly enjoyed the fishing scarecrow at Wigginton pond, the water skier and Long John Silver in Haxby.  I was pleased to hear that the trail raised £4254.40 for work […]

After a hard fought election campaign I am delighted to say that both Paul Firth and I were elected as Liberal Democrat Councillors for Haxby and Wigginton. Unfortunately, despite putting in a massive amount of hard work, Jonathan Lancaster just missed being elected.   But he will continue to work with us to support local people. […]

At the Full Council meeting last week Labour revealed their plans to massively increase the number of houses built in the city over the next twenty years, putting our local green belt land under threat of development They want to increase house building targets from 575 homes per year to more than 800. Such a […]

The Theatre Royal held a Dance-a-thon recently to raise money for a lift for their new premises at the De Grey Rooms.  They want to make the ballroom accessible to all, so that both disabled and able-bodied people can enjoy the wonderful ballroom.  Everyone was sponsored and some people danced all day – there were […]

The local Conservative party have failed to put up candidates in 14 seats across the city. Four of their nomination papers were rejected as they had been incorrectly completed, but they failed to even put in nominations for the other seats. You can see from the candidate lists on the Council website that even the […]

Yesterday we launched our manifesto for the upcoming local elections on 5th May. You can download a copy from here. You can find out more about some of the city wide action we have taken over the past 8 year by clicking here. There will of course be plenty of ward issues and campaigns on […]

Residents have welcomed road safety improvements at the junction of Mill Lane/Sutton Road, where new traffic lights were installed after pressure from your local Lib Dem team. Speeds on the stretch of Wigginton Road and Sutton Road near this junction have been far too great. There have been accidents and near misses at the junction […]

Crime continues to fall in Haxby and Wigginton, reflecting the trend in crime figures across York. Since the Lib Dems took control of the Council in 2003 and crime has fallen across the city by just under 20%. Latest figures for the ward (Dec 10) show there were just 9 crimes compared with 15 in the same […]

 We are less than 10 weeks away from local council elections which are due to be held on Thursday the 5th of May. Now is the time to check you are registered to vote. If you have any doubts contact the council here to check you are on the electoral roll. OR if you are […]

An appeal against a City of York Council planning committee’s decision has been dismissed following a hearing. The appeal by the owner of a former meat preparation room and shop premises in Mill Lane, Wigginton was made against a planning decision by City of York Council. Although the buildings in question had not been used […]