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Election 2024
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Victoria wants people to think about Rishi Sunak’s sensible, practical and honest government Victoria Prentis has been Banbury’s MP since 2015, under the old constituency boundaries. She lives near Deddington and became a lawyer 30 years ago. Most recently she has served in Rishi Sunak’s government as the Attorney General. Mrs Prentis says that the […]
A range of questions were asked during the session at Bloxham Mill Five of the General Election Banbury constituency candidates attended a special Banbury Business Breakfast Club meeting at the Bloxham Mill this morning. Taking questions from around sixty of the area’s business leaders were Arron Baker (Green Party), Cassie Bellingham (Independent), Chris Nevile (Climate […]
Cassie is an independent candidate as none of the political parties address the key issues she cares about Cassie Bellingham has worked in the NHS since she was 17, apart from an 8 year period in the Armed Forces. She’s lived in Banbury for around eight years and Oxfordshire for nearly 20. The former district […]
“The Green Party’s approach of honesty in politics is what’s really driven me to be part of the Greens” Born in Stafford, Arron Baker is a former marine engineer who’s lived in Chipping Norton for 20 years. He currently works for a non-political trade union in the energy and bioscience sectors and enjoys working with […]
“you cannot integrate people into your society, into your culture, when they’re coming in these sheer numbers” The man who is hoping to secure votes for Reform UK in the Banbury constituency at the General Election says he’s found a party who’s policies he really believes in. Paul Topley joined Reform because he was fed […]
The disconnect between politicians and people is evident in Andrea Leadsom’s old seat by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter “If I’m honest I don’t know who I’m voting for this year,” Tracey Smith said as she stood at her front door which hasn’t yet been visited by any local candidates. “I keep saying if one […]
People can question the candidates in Charlbury and Banbury over the next two Fridays The first of two General Election hustings, with the candidates in the Banbury constituency who want to secure your vote on July 4, will take place this evening in Charlbury. Arranged by Churches Together in Charlbury, the organisers say that all […]
Two former party members describe Banbury Labour purges by Noor Qurashi, Local Democracy Reporter It was described as a “zombie apocalypse town” by the Daily Mail earlier this year but it seems for some politicians in Banbury, “20th century Russia” may have been a better summary. “It’s been pretty awful here”, Cassi Bellingham, an independent candidate for Banbury in the […]
Incumbent MP urges supporters not to hand Keir Starmer a supermajority With just two weeks until polling day Victoria Prentis has acknowledged the battle to win in the Banbury constituency is tight. In a letter to Conservative supporters the incumbent MP urged readers not to hand Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer the “supermajority” he wants. […]
Liz Adams highlights her campaign priorities The Liberal Democrat candidate for Banbury at the General Election is focusing on action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, the NHS and the sewage scandal as she campaigns for votes on July 4. Liz Adams says she has knocked on hundreds of doors and listened to hundreds of people […]