A NEW Conservative party leader has been appointed in Oxfordshire after former leader Ian Hudspeth lost his seat in the election.
Eddie Reeves, councillor for the Banbury Calthorpe, was elected as the new Tory leader at a virtual meeting between members late on Monday.
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The solicitor replaces Mr Hudspeth, who was voted a councillor in 2005, who lost his Woodstock seat to Lib Dem Andy Graham by 168 votes.
The Conservative group remains the largest on the council, but it now has only 22 seats, far short of the all out majority of 32 needed to claim power.
Following them were the Liberal Democrats with 21 seats, the Labour Party with 15, the Greens with three and the Henley Residents Group with one. One seat went to independent candidate, Les Sibley, of Bicester West.
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