Councillor Gul Nawaz was first elected to represent the Ravensthorpe Ward for Peterborough City Council in May 2002.   He was re-elected again in 2004 and 2008 for the same ward.

 

During this time he has sat on several committees including Planning, Licensing 2003 and chaired the Adult Social Services Committee. He represents the Council on the Peterborough Racial Equality Council, Gladstone District Community Association and St John's Hall Community Association. The Consort to the Deputy Mayor is Mr Akbar Sait. 

 

The Deputy Mayor was born in Azad Kashmir in Pakistan on 25 December 1955 to a farming family and moved to live in Peterborough in 1969. He worked at Redring Electric from 1974 to 1996 and Peterborough District Hospital from 1996 to 2002. Since being elected in 2002 he has worked as a full time councillor.  In 2004, Councillor Nawaz was elected to be a Member of Bretton Parish Council.