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Elections and By-elections in OxWAB
Forthcoming Elections
There are elections in the Vale of White Horse District Council area and in Kidlington, for Cherwell District Council, in May 2011. There are no elections in Oxford City.
A referendum on voting systems will also be held in May 2011.
More details, including information on Lib Dem candidates, can be found here.
Previous Elections
Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council is re-elected every four years with by-elections being called when councillors leave their post. The last election was 4th June 2009.
There are 74 county councillors representing 57 divisions. 10 Liberal Democrats were elected (four of them from Oxford West & Abingdon). The Liberal Democrats form the opposition.
European Parliament
There were also elections ot the Parliament Parliament on 4th June. Oxfordshire is in the South East region which elections 10 MEPs. Members of the European Parliament (MEP) are elected every five years.
The South East elected 2 Liberal Democrat MEPs out of the 10 (the others are 4 Conservatives, 2 UKIP, 1 Labour and I Green).
City and District Councils
The District Councils in Oxfordshire have different re-election schedules.
Oxford City re-elects half its councillors every two years. Each City ward has two councillors and each councillor serves a four year term. The next elections are in 2012.
Vale of the White Horse District re-elects all councillors every four years. The last election was in May 2007 and the next elections will be in 2011.
Cherwell District Council (for Kidlington) re-elects one third of its councillors every year for three years and then has a year long break when the county elections take place. Each councillors serves for four years. The next elections in Kidlington are in May 2011.
By-elections
By-elections are called when a sitting councillor leaves or dies.
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