OXFORD CITY COUNCIL

The Tories have had no city councillors in Oxford since 1996, when they were wiped out across the city, and they are anxious to re-establish a presence on the council, where the Labour group has had a majority since 1980.

There will be elections to 17 seats on May 7. At the moment, the Greens hold one of those seats, the Lib Dems three and Labour 13.

The overall political balance on the city council is Labour 37, Lib Dem 11, and Greens three. The Labour majority was greater until last September, when the party suffered two by-election defeats, both to the Lib Dems, and hung on to another seat by just one vote.

Lib Dem candidate Jeremy Wynne, who so nearly defeated Labour in West ward six months ago, is standing for another of the ward's three seats again this year.

Sitting Labour councillor Valerie Harris is not running for re-election there.

Labour councillors are also standing down in Risinghurst, Littlemore, Marston and St Clements. Lib Dem Dr Robert Gasser is not standing for re-election in Wolvercote, where his party holds all three seats at the moment. * denotes sitting councillor

BLACKBIRD LEYS

Patricia Jones (Con)

*Val Smith (Lab)

Philip Keen (Lib Dem)

Patricia Dickson (Green)

CENTRAL

James Griffith (Con)

Martin Meenagh (Lab)

Dominic Tilley (Lib Dem)

*Mike Woodin (Green)

CHERWELL

Simon Mort (Con)

Peter Johnson (Lab)

*Jackie Gray (Lib Dem)

Stella Hudson (Green)

EAST

Paul Hernandez (Con)

*Sarah Margetts (Lab)

Pieter-Paul Barker (Lib Dem)

Elise Benjamin (Green)

HEADINGTON

Margaret Whelan (Con)

*Alex Hollingsworth (Lab)

Aidan Thomson (Lib Dem)

Ralph Smyth (Green)

IFFLEY

James French (Con)

*Beryl Keen (Lab)

Elizabeth Cooper (Lib Dem)

Marguerite Wallis (Green)

LITTLEMORE

Prudence Dailey (Con)

Peter Moss (Lab)

Vicky Potter (Lib Dem)

Joanna Lavender (Green)

MARSTON

Kenneth Bickers (Con)

Mary Clarkson (Lab)

Henry Potts (Lib Dem)

Michael Kidd (Green)

NORTH

Joe Miles (Con)

Cherry Mosteshar (Lab)

*Corinna Redman (Lib Dem)

Lilia Patterson (Green)

John Rose (Local Government Reform)

OLD MARSTON AND RISINGHURST

Duncan Hatfield (Con)

Val Bartleet (Lab)

Anthony Critchley (Lib Dem)

Pritam Singh (Green)

QUARRY

Georgina Shomroni (Con)

*Gill Sanders (Lab)

Catherine Hodgkinson (Lib Dem)

Karen Gadsby (Green)

ST CLEMENTS

David Timson (Con)

Eamon Wadley (Lab)

Martin Stone (Lib Dem)

Eric Lucas (Green)

Peter Gardner (UK Independence Party)

David Leake (Open Roads)

SOUTH

John Batchelor (Con)

*Bill Baker (Lab)

John Kinahan (Lib Dem)

Deborah Glass (Green)

TEMPLE COWLEY

Martin Allen (Con)

*Robert Evans (Lab)

Philip Cockayne (Lib Dem)

Donald Smith (Green)

WEST

Stephen Sharp (Con)

Colin Cook (Lab)

Jeremy Wynne (Lib Dem)

Patrick Lingwood (Green)

WOLVERCOTE

Nicholas Hunter (Con)

Sarah Escritt (Lab)

John Goddard (Lib Dem)

Richard Jones (Green)

WOOD FARM

Robert Porter (Con)

*Susan Brown (Lab)

Mark Hinnells (Lib Dem)

David Dalton (Green)

Roger Jenking (Liberal)

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