Shayne Mary Mitchell

- Long-term local resident - Historian, teacher and researcher - Environmental campaigner Shayne has lived in Chesterton for twenty years. She has worked as historian, lecturer, social policy researcher, editor, cinema usher and vegetable picker. Her daughter attended Milton Road Primary School and Chesterton Community College, where Shayne was heavily involved in helping organize PTA events. Shayne says "The climate emergency is upon us. It needs to be at the centre of every decision and every action by our local Councils. Transport - by foot, by cycle and by bus - is crucial. Having spent years trying to get around with small children, and frequently suffering disabling back pain, I know the difficulties many of us face in negotiating city streets. I am passionate about the quality of our public spaces and about the built environment. Too much of what is being built is too big, too high and does not best serve our community. Cambridge deserves better." Shayne is familiar with the area around Gamlingay, having had family who lived in nearby Waresley. If elected to the County Council for Gamlingay, Shayne aims to listen and to serve the local community.