EDEN District Council leader Gordon Nicholson has been shortlisted for a national award.

Cllr Nicholson is one of almost 200 nominations for the annual Councillor Achievement Awards 2015 and is shortlisted in the Neighbourhood category.

The winners - selected by a group of judges made up of local government experts and other councillors - will be announced at the awards ceremony which takes place on March 2 in the Lord Mayor’s Parlour at Westminster City Council.