Long serving councillor Charles Swift will not stand for re-election

Long serving Peterborough City Councillor Charles Swift will not stand for re-election this May.

Cllr Swift, who represents the Independent Forum, has been a councillor since 1954, and is the longest serving councillor in Great Britain.

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Cllr Charles Swift

He represents the north ward, and was mayor of Peterborough in 1961.

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