MARTIN CURTIS

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I am from a Whittlesey family and  have been a Whittlesey resident for almost all of my adult life; my wife is also from Whittlesey.  I have two grown up children, who were both educated at Sir Harry Smith Community College and I have two grandchildren.

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I have been involved in  Local Government for over 25 years now and have worked internationally and nationally as well as having been elected at Town, District and County Council level here in Whittlesey.  Whilst I have not been elected for the last six years, much of my work revolves around engaging with councils and councillors; I know what a good council looks like and I can say with some certainty it doesn't look like Fenland.   

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I am very much a believer in the work hard, play hard approach to life, something I developed during my Army career (I served for 6 years immediately after leaving school).  Playing hard for me involves camping, travelling across the UK and abroad to gigs and festivals, walking in our amazing countryside and trying very hard to make my back garden a nice place to relax.  I also enjoy running and try and run a couple of half marathons every year.

 

Politics is never far from my thoughts, I am passionate about improving our broken system in the UK - which includes moving to proportional representation.

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I am one of the hosts of the  Coffee, Buses and Politics podcast, which is broadcast live on Sunday evenings and is also available on other podcasts platforms.  The podcast is about politics, but has a Cambridgeshire focus and I regularly talk about Whittlesey and Fenland.

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Here are a couple of places you can find me on social media:

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Twitter/X:    @OneNationMartin

Facebook:  Martin Curtis Political

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