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Oxford City Council election – List of candidates revealed
Voters across Oxford will go to the polls on Thursday, May 7, to elect councillors to represent wards covering the city.
Oxford City Council has a portion of seats contested in most years, with successful candidates serving four‑year terms.
With 48 councillors in total and two in each of 24 wards, half the seats, equating to one councillor per ward, are elected every two years.
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Poll cards are being issued to registered voters, confirming their polling station and reminding them of the date of the election.
On election day, polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm, with counting expected to take place overnight or the following day.
The results will determine the political makeup of Oxford City Council for the coming two years.
The full list of candidates is below.
Barton and Sandhills:
- Mike Rowley – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Tariq Saeed – Green Party
- Paul Rogers – Liberal Democrat
- Vernon Porter – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Felix Peter Bloomfield – Reform UK
- Boris Fedorov – Workers Party
- Chaka Artwell – Independent
Blackbird Leys:
- Lubna Arshad – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Indigo Haynes – Green Party
- Alexandrine Kantor – Liberal Democrat
- James Morbin – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Kornel Schesztak – Reform UK
- Fay Lana Sims – The Conservative Party Candidate
Carfax and Jericho:
- Alex Hollingsworth – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Sushila Devi Dhall – Green Party
- John Orrell Howson – Liberal Democrats
- Harriet Georgia Sophie Dolby – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Vittorio Peter Cuneo-Flood – Reform UK
Churchill:
- Susan Woolford Brown – Labour Party
- Ines Carmen Wilhelm – Green Party
- Peter Charles Coggins – Liberal Democrat
- Tim Patmore – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Michael Sakkalli – Reform UK
Cowley:
- Michael William Boyd – Labour Party
- Edward Mundy – Green Party
- George Busby – Liberal Democrat
- Andrea Louise Stephenson – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Ian Szwajca – Reform UK
- Ajaz Ur Rehman – Independent
Cutteslowe and Sunnymead:
- Nancy Lynn Cartwright – Labour Party
- Andrea Schiavi – Green Party
- Laurence George Fouweather – Liberal Democrats
- David John Cunningham – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Michael William Andrews – Reform UK
Donnington:
- Ralph Amory Noble – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Rosie Rawle – Green Party
- Graham Roderick Jones – Liberal Democrat
- Simon James Bazley – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Anna Marie Avila Taylor – Reform UK
- Saqib Faradoon – Independent
Headington:
- Emily Lygo – Labour Party
- Neil Doig – Green Party
- Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton – Liberal Democrat
- James Peter Jackson – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Sandhya Sunkara – Reform UK
Headington Hill and Northway:
- James Taylor – Labour Party
- Sam Alston – Green Party
- Eleonore Rebekka Vogel – Liberal Democrat
- George Edward Silvanus Robinson – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Tenson Jacob – Reform UK
- Agnieszka Kowalska – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
- Nasreen Majeed – Independent Oxford Alliance
Hinksey Park:
- Siobhan Ann Lancaster – Labour Party
- Hannah Scott – Green Party
- Rick Tanner – Liberal Democrat
- Amy Olivia Campbell – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Geoffrey Brian Ager – Reform UK
Holywell:
- Awab Ramadan Yahia Kazuz – Labour Party
- Alfie Davis – Green Party
- Ian Corthan Bearder – Liberal Democrats
- Harry Richardson – The Conservative Party Candidate
Littlemore:
- Tiago Corais – Labour Party
- Tamsin Sky Tristram Blaxter – Green Party
- Liz Wood – Liberal Democrat
- Daniel Stafford – The Conservative Party Candidate
- James Charles Baker – Reform UK
- David Stares – (no description listed)
Lye Valley:
- Stephen Douglas Harwood – Labour Party
- James Richard Harry Thorniley – Green Party
- Maria Bourbon – Liberal Democrat
- Gary William Dixon – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Jakub Zagdanski – Reform UK
Marston:
- Charlotte Louise Vinnicombe – Labour Party
- Kate Josephine Robinson – Green Party
- Andy McKay – Liberal Democrat
- Duncan Valentine Hatfield – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Richard Lewin – Reform UK
- Emily Frances Scaysbrook – Independent Oxford Alliance
Northfield Brook:
- Trish Elphinstone – Labour and Co-operative Party
- David Newman – Green Party
- Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin – Liberal Democrat
- Paul John Sims – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Dianne Copestake – Reform UK
Osney and St Thomas:
- David Calonge – Labour Party
- Lois Knight Muddiman – Green Party
- Harry Roy Morgan – Liberal Democrats
- Louis Watteau Williams – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Rose-Marie Wheeler – Reform UK
Quarry and Risinghurst:
- Chewe Edgar Munkonge – Labour Party
- Stephen Robert Hurt – Green Party
- Kai Ruediger Zolleis – Liberal Democrat
- Edmund Charles Annandale Johnstone – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Cristina Parau – Reform UK
- Alison Kahn – Independent Oxford Alliance
Rose Hill and Iffley:
- Edward Owen Turner – Labour Party
- Luke Barbanneau – Green Party
- Geraldine Anne Coggins – Liberal Democrat
- Suresh Lal – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Prudence Mary Prior Dailey – Reform UK
- Zack Iqbal – Independent Oxford Alliance
St Clement’s:
- Thomas Ayudthaya Boyd – Labour and Co-operative Party
- Ahalya Bala – Green Party
- Pippa Hitchcock – Liberal Democrat
- Vinay Raniga – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Martin Young – Reform UK
St Mary’s:
- Toby Stephen William James – Labour Party
- Emily Jane Elisabeth Kerr – Green Party
- Richard Whelan – Liberal Democrat
- Gloria Croxall – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Paula Jane Macfarlane – Reform UK
Summertown:
- Freda Janet Wolfenden – Labour Party
- James Hewett – Green Party
- Katherine Sarah Miles – Liberal Democrats
- Christopher David Edward Fox – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Fee Yin – Reform UK
Temple Cowley:
- Joseph Robert McManners – Labour Party
- Heather Laura Stallard – Green Party
- Tony Brett – Liberal Democrat
- Patricia Gwendoline Mary Jones – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Michael Sargent – Reform UK
- Saj Malik – Independent
Walton Manor:
- Louise Upton – Labour Party
- Zelalemawee Asheber – Green Party
- Joanne Louise Bowlt – Liberal Democrats
- Penelope Anne Lenon – The Conservative Party Candidate
- David Charles Lincoln – Reform UK
Wolvercote:
- Bev Humberstone – Labour Party
- Cristina Palamini – Green Party
- Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson Wood – Liberal Democrats
- Paul Dean Morris – The Conservative Party Candidate
- Stuart David Jolley – Reform UK
- Richard Peter Garbutt – Independent Oxford Alliance
The warning has been issued for people and pets not to enter the water at Oxford’s University Parks after a bright green algae bloom appeared on its surface.
One local, Angela Mills Wade, said the algae was ‘almost fluorescent’ and recommended pet owners ‘heed the warnings’.
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She said: “Many people see this and think it’s ugly. I see something rather different.
“It’s a natural seasonal phenomenon, part of the river’s changing cycle, even if it only lasts for a short time.
“We often celebrate nature when it’s neat and picturesque, but it’s just as fascinating when it’s messy, fleeting and simply doing what ecosystems have always done.”
She shared images from University Parks in South Parks Road, whose waterways had a blanket of bright green algae making its surfaces appear solid.
A notice displayed in the park by the University of Oxford’s parks department said: “Please be aware that there is currently an algal bloom in the river caused by the recent dry weather conditions.
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“This may be harmful to humans and pets so it is advisable NOT to enter the water or allow your dogs to do so until further notice.
“Thank you for your understanding.”
Harmful algae blooms can occur when there is an excess of nutrients in the water – caused by a number of sources, such as agricultural run-off or sewage pollution – along with warm water temperatures and calm or stagnant conditions.
A road in Oxford remains closed after a ‘scary’ crash near a city bridge in the middle of the night.
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Former police constable Robbie Wilson, who quit during the investigation into his behaviour, also massaged her shoulder, then touched her breast under her clothing.
He asked her to perform oral sex and, after she refused, placed her hand on his erect penis in a police car, it was said at the hearing that took place late last month.
During that night shift in July 2024, the pair had a conversation about her tattoo and she showed the former officer a picture of it.
During the hearing, the woman, referred to as PC A, latterly confirmed she also sent a picture of herself in lingerie.
She stated the former officer then asked her if she had any naked photos, which made her “feel uncomfortable” and she said “no”.
It was at that point that Mr Wilson moved his hand ‘unexpectedly’ under her clothing and caressed her left breast, the panel heard.
He is then alleged to have told the anonymous cop that “he had a hard on for her” before leaning in for a kiss.
She turned her head away and said she was not going to kiss him.
The misconduct hearing then heard PC A describe how Mr Wilson made a sexual request to her.
PC A felt uncomfortable by this, but said no and “laughed it off”.
“She stated he then told her to shut her eyes, and he placed her hand on his erect penis, stating that he had a ‘hard on’ and was asking her to touch it,” the panel heard.
“PC A stated she felt what was happening was wrong, she was shocked and pulled his hand away and placed it on the steering wheel.”
On a separate incident during Covid patrols in 2021, while crewed with ‘PC B’, Mr Wilson asked “how would you feel if I touched your leg” and moved his hand up and down his own thigh.
Later, he pulled into a rural layby and told her it was her “last chance to get in the back seat”, which the panel agreed could only sensibly be understood as an invitation to sexual activity in the back of the police car.
Mr Wilson maintained that his behaviour was always consensual between him and the respective parties.
He had applied unsuccessfully for the hearing to be held in private or with anonymity. He also failed to attend the misconduct hearing.
Robbie Wilson, who joined Thames Valley Police in May 2020, would have been sacked over gross misconduct had he not resigned, the panel concluded.
Thames Valley Police has also initiated the process of adding him to the College of Policing barred list.
After the hearing, deputy chief constable Ben Snuggs said: “The public rightly expects the highest standards from Thames Valley Police, and we have zero tolerance for misogynistic or sexist behaviour.
“We are committed to identifying and removing those who fall short of these standards, as shown by the action taken through our misconduct processes.
“We also provide training to all officers and staff so they understand the standards and behaviours expected of them, and encourage people to speak up if they witness inappropriate conduct.
“While the overwhelming majority of our officers and staff conduct themselves professionally and respectfully, there is no place for behaviour that undermines the trust and confidence of the communities we serve.”
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