Here are the candidates standing in the six OX3 wards in the City elections. Polling day is Thursday 3 May. Current councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk *.
We can expect few if any surprises. The main unknown is how much of a swing to the LibDems there will be as a pro-remain vote, but of the five seats held by Labour only Quarry & Risinghurst seems possibly vulnerable. Here in 2016 Chewe Munkonge’s margin over LibDem Roz Smith was only 140 votes (6.1 percentage points). City Council Leader Susan Brown’s seat for Labour in Churchill looks secure; Labour’s Mark Lygo got almost 68% of the votes in 2016, and Susan Brown’s own share in 2014 was over 52%.
BARTON & SANDHILLS
- Chaka Artwell
- Ind
- Jemma Hayward
- LibDem
- Symon Hill
- Green
- @SymonHill
- Tim Patmore
- Con
- @Tim_Patmore
- Martyn Rush
- Lab
Mike Rowley (Lab) is the other Councillor in this Ward
Mark Ladbrooke (Lab), elected May 2017, is not standing for re-election
CHURCHILL
- * Susan Brown
- Lab
- @SusanBr86682854
- Peter Coggins
- LibDem
- William Vowell
- Green
- Jake Whittingham
- Con
Mark Lygo (Lab) is the other Councillor in this Ward
HEADINGTON
- * Mohammed Altaf-Khan
- LibDem
- @maltafkhan
- Ray Hitchins
- Green
- Isa Mohammed
- Con
- Simon Ottino
- Lab
- @SimonOttinotwit
Ruth Wilkinson (LibDem) is the other Councillor in this Ward
HEADINGTON HILL & NORTHWAY
- Guy Garden
- LibDem
- Georgina Gibbs
- Con
- @Georgin54979582
- Joe McManners
- Lab
- @joemcmanners
- Kate Robinson
- Green
- @katejo99
Nigel Chapman (Lab) is the other Councillor in this Ward
Anwar Farida (Lab) is not standing for re-election
MARSTON
- Mark Bhagwandin
- Con
- @markb_gt
- Maria Bourbon
- LibDem
- * Mary Clarkson
- Lab
- @maryoxford
- Alistair Morris
- Green
Mick Haines (Ind) is the other Councillor in this Ward
QUARRY & RISINGHURST
- Alex Mackenzie Smith
- Con
- * Dee Sinclair
- Lab
- @delia_sinclair
- Roz Smith
- LibDem
- @RosalindRogers
- Liz Taylor
- Green
Chewe Munkonge (Lab) is the other Councillor in this Ward