County Councillor Nick Clarke was elected Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council at the Council’s AGM on 17 May 2011, succeeding Councillor Jill Tuck.  He is also Leader of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Conservative group and represents the Fulbourn Division.

He said: “It is an honour to be elected the Conservative Group Leader and to be able to serve the people of Cambridgeshire as Leader of the Council.  Succeeding Jill Tuck as Leader means I have a hard act to follow.  She has led the Council and the County over the past three years with sound judgment and a sure touch.

“The public expects and demands strong, effective leadership, and I believe I have those qualities.  I am confident I have the ability, the energy and the time to provide the dynamic leadership the Council and the County needs.  There are significant financial challenges ahead – but it is also time to get on with the job of creating prosperity, happiness and safe, strong communities for the people of our county," he said.

In addition to being Leader, he is Chairman of the Council’s Safer and Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committee and a member of the Council's Local Government Shared Services Management Board. He has also been a member of Cambridgeshire Police Authority and is a former board member of Greater Cambridge Partnership and Chair of the County’s Federation of Small Businesses.