Mike has lived in the ward for 40 years, raising his family here and becoming involved in a number of successful transport-related campaigns. He served for four years on the Town Council, where he found most of the problems affecting his constituents were CBC issues, and is currently Chair of the local branch of the Workers Education Association. He is a retired highway engineer who mainly worked in local government giving him an insight into transport, planning and the workings of local government.

If elected, Mike’s particular interest would be housing. He says; “CBC has performed badly in requiring developers to provide enough affordable housing. I would be arguing for more social housing and for more genuinely affordable homes, so our children are not forced to move away from the area when they leave home.”