On May 10 2021 Dr Nik Johnson was elected Mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.  Originally from the North East of England, he trained in London and qualified as a Medical Doctor in 1993 and became a Consultant Paediatrician at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in 2006.  He stood for Labour in two general elections – cutting the sitting MPs’ majority quite considerably.  He was elected as district councillor for St Neots East in 2018 – the first Labour councillor in the town for two decades – and sat on Huntingdonshire District council’s planning committee.

The Deputy Mayor is Anna Smith (Labour)

The Combined Authority is made up of the directly elected Mayor, Dr Nik Johnson (Labour) and the leaders of the following seven Constituent Councils, and observed by Fire, Police and NHS Representatives and the Business Board:

Cambridge City Council – Mike Davey (Labour)

Cambridgeshire County Council – Lucy Nethsinga (Lib Dem)

East Cambridgeshire District Council – Anna Bailey (Conservative)

Fenland District Council – Chris Boden (Conservative)

Huntingdonshire District Council – Sarah Conboy (Lib Dem)

Peterborough City Council – Mohammed Farooq (Ind)

South Cambridgeshire District Council – Bridget Smith (Lib Dem)

The key ambitions of the Combined Authority are:

• doubling the size of the local economy

• delivering outstanding and much needed connectivity in terms of transport and digital links

• providing the UK’s most technically skilled workforce

• growing international recognition for our knowledge based economy

• improving the quality of life by tackling areas suffering from deprivation