Selected to fight Cowick

As of 14:30 I am now the prospective Labour and Co-operative Candidate for Cowick Ward for the Exeter City Council elections on 5th May.

And to the left is the map of the ward - an area I will get to know well over the coming months, and for at least 4 years if elected to serve alongside Cllr Heather Morris, who won the by-election in the ward in September this year.

The Ward is split into 2 "boxes" - based on where you vote.

BA is the top part of the map, and voting happens at Buddle Lane Youth Centre [confusingly situated] on Merrivale Road.

And those in the bottom half of the map are in BB and use the prettiest polling station in Exeter, the mediaeval Bowhill on Dunsford Road [entrance on junction of Dunsford Gardens and Dorset Avenue].

The latest Ward Control Report on the Register of Electors suggests that
BA: 2043 electors/1086 properties
BB: 2308 electors/1230 properties
giving a total of 4351 electors living in 2316 properties.

That's a lot of people to see and houses to visit between now and 5th May 2011. So can I apologise now if I don't get to speak to you before election day, but as you can see from the above figures it's a mammoth task.