North West Cambridgeshire has been considered a "safe seat" for the Conservative Party at previous elections.Between its creation in 1997 and Mr Vara’s first term, the seat was held by Conservative Sir Brian Mawhinney.Five candidates are vying for election this year, promising to deliver better policing, public transport and health services.
A specialist advanced practitioner with the NHS, he said he was “passionate about fast, effective and free at the point of delivery care”. The constituency is “absolutely ripe” to support a future green economy, she said, with manufacturers who could produce heat pumps and electric buses. “I would push to bring the water companies back into public ownership in order to clean up our lakes and rivers,” he added.