The Council provides general information on local councillors, including details of who they are and what they do.

As a result of the Local Government Act 2000, the role of councillors changed with the introduction of an executive/scrutiny system. The council is run on a system similar to that of central government, with an executive to make major policy decisions and councillors to scrutinise or examine these decisions in detail.

What do Councillors do?

Fenland Council has 40 councillors, each of whom is elected for a 4-year term to represent the people of the District.

They can help you, if you are dissatisfied with a council service, by advising you or directing you to someone who can help sort out your problem.  They can sometimes progress a case on your behalf.

As community leaders they put forward proposals to improve their ward, which may include bringing together different community groups to develop a case for change.

There are 27 wards within the Fenland District of which 18 are single member, 5 are two-member and 4 are three-member wards.

The 40 seats are distributed among the political parties as follows:

Political Party	No. of Councillors
Conservative	39
Independent	1

Who is my Councillor?

For more information about your Councillor please see the Related pages panel above.