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Who wants your vote at May’s Local Elections?
08/04/2024
One-third of the seats on Cherwell District Council will be decided
The names of those who will be hoping to gain our votes at the Local Elections on May 2 have been released.
One third of the seats on Cherwell District Council are being contested with eleven currently held by Conservatives, three by Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Independent.
At the moment Cherwell is controlled by a minority Conservative administration. Following last year’s Local Elections they held 20 of the Council’s 48 seats.
Seven Conservative councillors (John Donaldson, Sandy Dallimore, Dan Sames, Bryn Williams, Patrick Clarke, Maurice Billington and Simon Holland) and Labour’s Andrew Beere are not re-standing this year.
The current Portfolio holder for Finance, Conservative Adam Nell, is amongst those hoping to make a return to the Council chamber. He aims to retain his seat in Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, where the Conservatives lost out to the Liberal Democrats in both 2022 and 2023.
Planning Committee Chair, Conservative Councillor George Reynolds, will defend his Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton seat where he has been a representative since 2016.
In Banbury Mark Cherry is seeking re-election for Labour in the Ruscote ward. Councillor Cherry was first elected as a district councillor in 2013. Fellow Labour Councillor Matt Hodgson is standing again in the Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward.
Following the 2023 Local Elections just three seats in the town remained controlled by the Conservatives. Two of these will be decided in May with Banbury Town Council leader Kieron Mallon re-standing in Calthorpe and Easington.
This is a full list of candidates. (Scroll the list if you can’t see all the candidates down to Launton.)
Polls will open at 7am on May 2. The deadline to register for anyone wishing to vote is Tuesday, April 16. Those already registered to vote at their current address do not need to re-register, but those who have moved home, changed their name, or recently turned 18 must register.
Gordon Stewart, Returning Officer, said: “Registering to vote only takes five minutes. The council elections are an important opportunity for people to have their say on who is representing them in their communities. To have your say on 2 May, make sure you are registered to vote before midnight on 16 April.”
In addition to the district council elections, one-third of parish and town councils have elections and voters will also elect a Police and Crime Commissioner.
People from Deddington will also have their say on a new Neighbourhood Plan.
Published: by Banbury FM Newsteam