Labour People
Richard Cregan
Councillor - Hull Road
Personal Details
- Richard was born in York and has lived in the city all of his life. He was educated at St Barnabas School and Ashfield Secondary. He worked at Rowntrees and left the advertising department after thirty years service. He now works at the York Theatre Royal. Richard has four children and two grandchildren. His interests are sailing and learning the basics of elementary cooking.
- He was a City Councillor for eight years. He was a member of the Fire Authority and the Disabled Persons Advisory Group. Richard is involved within the local community and has worked for several charitable trusts. He has considerable previous experience as a school governor at Manor and St Barnabas Schools and was instrumental in acquiring the provision of the recently opened new school at St Barnabas.
- Richard Cregan is a firm believer in local democracy and that all residents should be involved in decision making that effects their daily lives.
The campaign
Tackling crime and ensuring neighbourhood security
We will work with the local Neighbourhood Policing Team to ensure that Hull Road is a safe place to live. We will bring together the Police, Council Officers and other agencies to tackle crime and disorder when it happensDerwenthorpe and Heslington East Developments
At the time of writing, the outcome of the Public Inquiries is not known. We are especially concerned about the impact of these developments on the road network in the Hull Road area. We will represent the concerns of residents to ensure that your day to day lives are not unduly disrupted by these developments if they are allowed to go ahead.Improving the relationship between residents and the University
We will work to ensure that private landlords meet high standards of accommodation, both to ensure students are in good quality , safe housing and to maintain a good standard of external appearance of student housing in the Hull Road area. We will also work to ensure that landlords inform tenants about any parking and bin collection days. If the University expansion goes ahead we will press for the maximum amount of student accommodation on that site to reduce the pressure on family housing in the Ward.Swimming
With the Lib Dem closure and sell off of the Barbican swimming pool, we will campaign for the retention of the Kent Street site and the reprovision of a swimming pool on it .Official Council Details
Further details on Appointments can be found on the York Council Web Site

