{"id":34973,"date":"2026-02-07T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34973"},"modified":"2026-02-07T18:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:17:29","slug":"by-elections-to-be-held-in-abingdon-abbey-and-northcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=34973","title":{"rendered":"By-elections to be held in Abingdon Abbey and Northcourt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag21\/21051806.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBy-elections will take place in Abingdon on Thursday 12 March 2026, following the resignation of Green Party councillor Cheryl Briggs. Cheryl served as Mayor of Abingdon from 2021 to 2022 and had been a councillor since 2019. In 2025 she was Vice-Chair of the Environment and Amenities Committee and a member of the Community Committee. She was also a district councillor<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag26\/2026020601.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI took a picture of the Green Party candidate and supporters crossing the Market Place today. They and the Liberal Democrats have already been active. Nominations close on 13 February so we won&#8217;t know the full list of candidates until then.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened last time: Abbey ward (Town Council, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elected<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat \u2013 537 votes (40.5%)<br \/>\nGreen Party \u2013 485 votes (36.6%)<\/p>\n<p>Not elected<\/p>\n<p>Labour \u2013 174 votes (13.1%)<br \/>\nLabour \u2013 130 votes (9.8%)<\/p>\n<p>The town council currently has 18 Liberal Democrat councillors and one vacancy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened last time: Abbey Northcourt (District Council, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Elected<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Democrat \u2013 1,109 votes (34.3%)<br \/>\nGreen Party \u2013 948 votes (29.3%)<\/p>\n<p>Not elected<\/p>\n<p>Conservative \u2013 389 votes (12.0%)<br \/>\nLabour \u2013 299 votes (9.3%)<br \/>\nConservative \u2013 273 votes (8.4%)<br \/>\nLabour \u2013 215 votes (6.7%)<\/p>\n<p>The district council currently has 31 Liberal Democrat councillors, 3 Green councillors, 2 independents, and 2 vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>At the 2019 and 2023 elections, the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party each stood one candidate, even though two seats were available. The next full election of town councillors (and possibly district councillors, depending on local government reorganisation) is due in May 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By-elections will take place in Abingdon on Thursday 12 March 2026, following the resignation of Green Party councillor Cheryl Briggs. Cheryl served as Mayor of Abingdon from 2021 to 2022 and had been a councillor since 2019. In 2025 she was Vice-Chair of the Environment and Amenities Committee and a member of the Community Committee. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}