{"id":27141,"date":"2021-04-23T23:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=27141"},"modified":"2021-04-23T23:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T22:07:54","slug":"county-council-and-police-commissioner-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=27141","title":{"rendered":"County Council and Police Commissioner Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOn Thursday 6th May 2021, local elections are scheduled. Here in East Abingdon we have had 3 brochures through our door. The pandemic seems to have reduced the usual flood of leaflets. <\/p>\n

These elections involve all 63 seats on Oxfordshire County Council, currently controlled by the Conservative Party. 3 of those seats are in Abingdon:<\/p>\n

Abingdon East<\/strong>
\nCheryl Briggs – Green
\nJill Kirkwood – Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews.
\nDavid Pope – Conservative
\nAlison Rooke – Liberal Democrat
\nEdward Shelton – Labour<\/p>\n

Abingdon North<\/strong>
\nMichel Grandjean – Green Party
\nNathan Ley – Liberal Democrat
\nCharlotte Njeru – Conservative
\nNorma Queralt – Labour
\nGeoff Sandford – Freedom Alliance. No Lockdowns. No Curfews <\/p>\n

Abingdon South<\/strong>
\nArjun Bais – Labour
\nNeil Fawcett – Liberal Democrat
\nChristopher Palmer – Conservative
\nEladia Posthill – Reform UK<\/p>\n

The County Council spends 80% of local government expenditure, and dwarf district and town council expenditure by a long way. Their main areas of expenditure are:
\n* Adult and children’s social care (biggest expenditure by a long way)
\n* Education and learning
\n* Highways and transport
\n* Public health improvement and prevention services
\n* Waste disposal and recycling (the district council collects waste)
\n* Fire and rescue and community safety
\n* Libraries, cultural, registration and coroner’s services<\/p>\n

There is an election for the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley Police:
\nMatthew Barber – Conservative
\nLaetisia Carter – Labour and Co-operative
\nJohn Howson – Liberal Democrats
\nAlan Robinson – Independent<\/p>\n

There is an election for Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council \u2013 Fitzharris Ock Ward:
\nCaroline Bullock – Labour
\nRawda Jehanli – Liberal Democrat
\nCavan Pirouet – Conservative <\/p>\n


\nAbingdon Carbon Cutters have arranged an online hustings where you can book a place here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Abingdon Facebook group, run and moderated by James Davis, has also arrange a hustings where candidates are sent questions via the group. Their answers are then posted back through the Facebook group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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