Cherwell District Council CLLR Sandra Mold could be joined by her husband Royston on Cherwell District Council after the elections on May 7.

Sandra is a Labour member for Banbury Calthorpe and Royston is standing for another seat in the same ward. The sitting councillor Lynne Parsons is giving up.

"We could be a husband and wife team but I am hoping to be there for the people," said Royston, a carpenter/plumber.

But the council will lose another married couple. Labour husband and wife Bob and Sandra Laynes will not be going to meetings together for their neighbouring Kidlington seats any more.

Sandra is standing down after eight years but Bob is seeking re-election after 12 years on Cherwell.

"It is a bit much having two in the family on the council and I decided to take a break," said Sandra.

Veteran councillor Betty Roberts is resigning from the Otmoor ward for the Liberal Democrats because of her age.

"I am 75 and have been Otmoor district councillor for 16 years. It is very time consuming and I do not like the long drive to Banbury. My husband Michael has retired and we want to spend more time together," said Mrs Roberts, who was until last year Otmoor county councillor.

A former Cherwell councillor Barry Wood is seeking to get back after losing his Bicester seat a few years ago.

Mr Wood, county councillor for Otmoor, is hoping to capture Fringford for the Conservatives as he has recently moved to Finmere. He is a Bicester town councillor and former Bicester town mayor.

All 17 Cherwell seats are being contested mostly with three-cornered fights between Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats.

The political make-up of Cherwell is now Labour 26, Conservative 15, Liberal Democrat seven, Independent four. * denotes sitting councillor

BLOXHAM

Richard Kaye (Lib Dem)

*Keith Mitchell (Con)

BANBURY EASINGTON

Andrew Beere (Lab)

*Fred Blackwell (Con)

Alan Nash (Lib Dem)

BANBURY GRIMSBURY

Geoffrey Fisher (Lib Dem)

*Janet Justice (Lab)

Richard Tompkins (Con)

BANBURY CALTHORPE

Royston Mold (Lab)

Mervyn Probert (Lib Dem)

James Vine (Con)

BANBURY HARDWICK

Pamela Linzey-Jones (Lib Dem)

Elsie Milne (Con)

*George Parish (Lab)

BANBURY NEITHROP

Sally Creevy (Lib Dem)

*Surinder Dhesi (Lab)

Gary Wills (Con)

BANBURY RUSCOTE

Anthony Burns (Lib Dem)

Nigel Kaye (Con)

*Mark Woodward (Lab)

DEDDINGTON

Peter Davis (Lib Dem)

*Paul O'Sullivan (Con)

FRINGFORD

*John Hunter (Lib Dem)

Barry Wood (Con)

KIDLINGTON NORTH WEST

Catherine Arakelian (Lab)

Jeremy Dempsey (Con)

John Wyse (Lib Dem)

KIDLINGTON SOUTH EAST

Ian East (Lib Dem)

*Bob Laynes (Lab)

Henry Munday (Con)

KIRTLINGTON

*John Hunter (Con)

Hazel Peperell (Lab)

Brian Wing (Lib Dem)

OTMOOR

Andrew Payne (Con)

Peter Saxton (Lab)

Elisabeth Yardley (Lib Dem)

SIBFORD

*David Green (Con)

Janice Mackenzie (Lab)

STEEPLE ASTON

Graham Hillier (Con)

*Margaret Hodge (Ind)

WROXTON

Elizabeth Brunson (Lab)

*George Reynolds (Con)

YARNTON

Caroline Crellin (Ind)

*Maureen Hastings (Con)

Ralph Rookwood (Lib Dem)

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