Local elections – Headington candidates

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Here’s a quick summary of the candidates standing for the City Council in the six Headington wards. * = current councillor seeking re-election.

David Rundle is standing down in Headington Ward and Altaf Khan is switching from Headington Hill & Northway to stand in Headington Ward. The current councillors in the other four wards are all standing for re-election.

The Conservatives, Greens, Labour and LibDems are fielding candidates in all six wards. UKIP have three candidates: in Barton & Sandhills, Chuchill and Marston. There is one Independent standing in Barton & Sandhills and one with no stated allegiance in Headington Hill & Northway.

As far as I can discover, none of the UKIP or Green candidates are on twitter. If anyone knows of any of the candidates with twitter accounts which I haven’t listed please let me know. [Update 8 May: UKIP candidate Ian Macdonald is on twitter as @IanMacdonald91.]

BARTON & SANDHILLS

Name Party twitter
Sallie Barnard LibDem  
Van Coulter * Lab @VanCllrvcoulter
Raymond Hitchins Green  
James Johnson Con @jamesjohnson252
Benjamin Linus Ind @bad_gateway
Ian Macdonald UKIP @IanMacdonald91

CHURCHILL

Name Party twitter
Berk Burak Bektas Con @BerkBBektas
Susan Brown * Lab  
Julian Faultless Green  
James Reilly LibDem  
David Slater UKIP  

HEADINGTON

Name Party twitter
Mohammed Altaf-Khan LibDem @maltafkhan
Theodora Dickinson Con @theadickinson
David Boyd Haycock Green  
David Henwood Lab @DavidHenwood2

HEADINGTON HILL & NORTHWAY

Name Party twitter
Farida Anwar Lab  
Ruth Bamber Green  
Mark Bhagwandin Con @markb_gt
Maria Bourbon LibDem  
Nicholas Fell    

MARSTON

Name Party twitter
Mary Clarkson * Lab @maryoxford
Duncan Hatfield Con @Old_Marston
Jonathan Miller UKIP  
Alistair Morris Green  
Salman Navqi LibDem  

QUARRY & RISINGHURST

Name Party twitter
Katherine Harborne Con @KatHarborne
Delia Sinclair * Lab @delia_sinclair
Roz Smith LibDem @RosalindRogers
Liz Taylor Green  

Headington Headlines #159

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Either I’ve been asleep or it’s been rather quiet in Headington this week. Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 14 – 20 April.

The three planning appeals on 29 Old High Street which were heard on 11 February were dismissed by the Planning Inspector. headington.org.uk has the full history. The Inspector’s full decision report is here (warning: it’s long and specialised).

Dates have been announced for this year’s Headington Festival @HeadingtonFest. It will spread over two days, Saturday 31 May and Sunday 1 June. On Saturday morning there will be a Food and Craft Fair in the Headington shopping area, plus music and street entertainers. A Fun Fair will be open in Bury Knowle Park during the afternoon. On Sunday, the usual host of stalls will be in the park along with a wide variety of entertainment.

My favourite Headington-related tweet of the week:

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • So long and thanks for all the fish
  • Key found in Trinity Road
  • ASDA
  • Northway consultation
  • Ambulances and Saxon Way entrance to JR
  • Barton / Northway bus link
  • Post Here to be positive about Headington, Marston, Oxford, Oxfordshire and life in general
  • Welcome Back Hotmail, MSN, Live, Outlook.com Forum Members – Digest Option, Etc
I cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.

Headington Headlines #158

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Here’s my weekly round-up of local news for 7 – 13 April.

The main obstacles to the Haboakus developments in Northway seem to have been removed with Thames Water agreeing what needs to be done about the sewerage system.

Dr Mark Crowley, a Consultant Anaesthetist from the JR Hospital, has been selected to play for the England over-40s Masters hockey team. England currently hold the World, European and Home Nations championships at this level.

Following the news of the retirement of Headteacher Keith Ponsford last week, it’s been announced that Bayards Hill primary school in Barton is to become an academy school from the start of the new term. It will be sponsored by Cheney School, the secondary school to which many Bayards Hill pupils progress.

New fitness equipment was installed in Headington Hill Park, some of it in the wrong place according to the newly-formed Friends. The Council has said it will move the offending apparatus.

The planning application for a change of use from retail to a restaurant/café at the ex-Trade Exchange shop on the London Road was withdrawn. It was unlikely to have been successful anyway.

Active topics on the Headington & Marston e-democracy forum this week:

  • London road from Hamburger roundabout to Headington
  • Bar Meze
  • Proposed Changes to Green Road Roundabout
  • Tree-felling on Oxford Bypass adjacent to Northway
  • Tree Felling on A40 By Pass
  • Barton / Northway bus link
  • Northway consultation
I cover news from the OX3 postcode in Headington and out as far as Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst (see map). To feed into next week’s summary you can comment on this article, or tweet either with the hashtag #ox3 or @mentioning @TonyOX3.