Lib Dem Alan Armitage will become the next Lord Mayor of Oxford.

The current Deputy Lord Mayor will take up the post in May. He said he wanted to encourage social cohesion in the city.

He will take over from Elise Benjamin.

Mr Armitage’s deputy will be councillor Mohammed Abassi, who will become the city’s first Pakistani-born holder of the title.

Dee Sinclair will serve as Sheriff of Oxford.