Winning for Oxfordshire

This is the website of the Oxfordshire County Council Liberal Democrat Group. There are 15 Liberal Democrat Councillors on Oxfordshire County Council. The Liberal Democrats are the official opposition to the Conservative-run Council.

There was a vacancy on the County Council, and a by-election was held on 1st May 2008. The Conservatives held this seat. More information about this by-election, the last election in 2005 and all other by-elections since 2005 can be found on the election page.

• County elections.

City and District Elections 2008

There were elections on 1st May for three of the five District Councils in Oxfordshire - Cherwell District Council, Oxford City Council and West Oxfordshire District Council. There are no elections in Vale of White Horse District or South Oxfordshire District until May 2011. The next County Council election is likely to be June 2009, to coincide with the European Parliament election (the Government are currently consulting on moving the County elections to this date).

Please go to the local party websites to find out more details about the May 2008 election.

Oxford City is divided between two constituencies - Oxford West & Abingdon and Oxford East.

• Oxford West.

• Oxford East.

Cherwell District is in the Banbury constituency, except for Kidlington. For information on Kidlington, please use the link to Oxford West above.

• Cherwell except Kidlington.

West Oxfordshire District is in the Witney constituency.

• West Oxfordshire.

Get in Touch

We hope this site is a useful resource for local people to find out more about the Oxfordshire Liberal Democrat Group and what we are doing on the Council. However, we would like the site to be more than this. Online you can:

• Send us your views or ask us questions.

20mph limits: The Devil Might be in the Detail Thu 17th Jul 2008 Liberal Democrats have said they are pleased with the report to Cabinet on 20mph speed limits being introduced in Oxford City. This follows their motion calling for 20mph limits in Oxford at Council on 17th June.
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"20 is plenty" agreed by Council Wed 18th Jun 2008 Liberal Democrat Alan Armitage was delighted that his motion to agree, in principle, to 20mph speed limits in Oxford City and in other areas that need them was agreed without dissent at the Council meeting yesterday.
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Archive of earlier news stories.