Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn rallied the troops on a visit to Oxford as voters go to the polls.

Mr Corbyn met party activists and others in Underhill Circus in Barton, where voters are choosing a new county councillor as well as a city councillor to fill the vacancy left following the death of Van Coulter.

Mr Corbyn was handed a bunch of red roses - Labour's party symbol - when he arrived to warm applause.

He told the assembled crowd: "We are here for the election today and we obviously have to get the vote out for that.

"There are seats for the county council and also the district by-election.

"Our whole campaign is about the many not the few. It is to protect the triple-lock on pensions, it is about free school meals for chidren in priamry schools, for decent rights at work and for a Government that invests in the economy and jobs for the future and not tax breaks for the very rich."

Mr Corbyn also said that people should ignore calls to vote tactically and instead vote for Labour.

BMW employee Steve Sargeant, who works at the Cowley Plant, said Mr Corbyn had pledged to help Unite members at the plant with their ongoing pension dispute.

He said: "It was really good, it was nice to talk to Jeremy. 

"He was a really decent guy and everything you would expect from somebody is a socialist.

"He is prepared to listen and prepared to help."