Elected to East Cambs District Council in 2003, Gareth has also been a parish councillor for 20 years.

A chartered accountant, Gareth is treasurer of the Arkenstall Village Centre and a deacon and treasurer of Haddenham Baptist Church. As treasurer of Haddenham recreation ground charity he led the team that raised £100,000 for play equipment.

For many years Gareth led the parish council road safety team installing traffic calming measures in Haddenham—protecting pedestrians especially children and the elderly and trying to reduce the number of lorries using our village streets as rat runs.

Gareth is keen to protect our village facilities. Having led the fight in 2003 to save Haddenham Library, he is still a member of Friends of Haddenham Library.