Oxford Local Elections 2022: A Summary of Candidates
One of the first pieces I wrote for the Oxford Blue back in Trinity Term 2022, where we reported on the local elections taking place in Oxford at the time. I really enjoyed getting stuck into the researching and editing, which I worked with as part of a team alongside my fellow Senior and Junior team. The original article can be found here.
Guy Ward-Jackson, Freya Jones, Hector Worsley and Charlotte Perry report.
Summertown Ward – OX2 7BA
Conservative Party: Mark Gregory Beer is running as a first-time candidate in any local election
Labour Party: Christopher Mark Dobell Hull has previously run for seats in St Margaret’s and Summertown. Mark places particular emphasis on clean rivers and enforcing safer cycling regulations.
Green Party: Indrani Sigamany is associated with the University of York centre for Applied Human Rights. She is a social scientist.
Liberal Democrats: Katherine Sarah Miles is currently a member of the Oxford Town Council and was elected for the first time in 2021 for Summertown ward.
Cowley Ward – OX4 3HZ
Conservative Party: Kate Kettle has previously stood in Wolvercote and Summertown, as well as Hinksey Park.
Labour Party: Mohammed Amar Latif would like to build 620 council houses in the next four years and was elected for the ward in 2021, now re-running.
Liberal Democrats: Andy Wilkins.
Green Party: Steven Rogers, standing for the Green Party, “is an Oxford-based aerospace engineer and volunteer standing for election for the first time. [He] believes in finding practical solutions that benefit the local community … and will work hard to protect our green spaces, especially the Lye Valley.”
Walton Manor Ward – OX2 6HD
Conservative Party: Penelope Anne Lenon has been a governor of Headington School since 2013, and a trustee of Action Deafness since 2019.
Green Party: Peter Thompson has been “involved in green issues since the late 1970s” and, when stationed in Germany, “watched the rise of the German Greens with fascination”.
Labour Party: Ann Louise Upton has been the candidate for Walton Manor since 2021. She is a neuroscientist working at the University of Oxford, researching and teaching medical students. She is also currently a cabinet member for Healthy Oxford and Champion for Cycling.
Liberal Democrats: Liz Wade stood in Wolvercote in 2018 and 2021 and was elected both times.
Carfax and Jericho Ward – OX1 1AF
Conservative Party: David James Pope has attempted to run in several elections since 2017.
Labour Party: Alexander John Hollingsworth is an “experienced local councillor who runs a small business buying and selling books”. Previously, Hollingsworth served as a councillor for the preceding Carfax ward since 2014. He has lived in Jericho for nearly thirty years.
Liberal Democrats: Kai Michael Pischke is a third year computer science student at Somerville College, who stood unsuccessfully for St Mary’s in the 2021 local election. He is the former OULD president.
Green Party: Sarah Janet Edwards has a background in the voluntary sector. She is involved in several local organisations, including Low Carbon Oxford North. Edwards aims to help tackle the housing crisis in a way which avoids ruining the city’s green spaces.
Holywell Ward – OX1 4BH
The candidates for Holywell Ward include Janey Little for the Lib Dems, a PPE student at LMH; Edward Mundy for the Labour Party, who was elected in 2021, and was seen as the protest urging for Boris Johnson’s resignation last Friday; as well as Dianne Regisford for the Green Party, a recent PHD graduate and small business owner.
These summaries are based on the candidates’ available manifesto material and a full list can be viewed here.
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