Elections 2024 - Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown

Record details

Election Date

Thursday 2 May 2024

Count date

Friday 3 May 2024

Results

The number of votes recorded for each candidate at the election is as follows:

Candidate (Surname first)	Description/Political Party	Votes	Elected
Bellingham Cassi	Independent	227
Kwiatkowski Karl Michael Kazimierz	Green Party	175
Mahmood Tahir	Local Conservatives	387
Parker-Manuel Sophie	Liberal Democrats	254
Vaitkus Dom	Labour Party	842	Elected

Electorate

7,217

Turnout (per cent)

26.4%

Rejected Ballot Papers

The number of ballot papers rejected was as follows:

Reason for Rejection	Number rejected
a) Want of an official mark	0
b) Voting for more candidates than entitled to	1
c) Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
d) Unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	19
e) Rejected in part	0
Total	20

Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations

Election of a District Councillor

For the Banbury Grimsbury & Hightown Ward of the District of Cherwell

Date of Election - Thursday 2 May 2024

1. A poll for the election of a District Councillor for the Banbury Grimsbury & Hightown ward will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.
2. The number of District Councillors to be elected is One.
3. The following people stand validly nominated for election to this ward:

Names of Candidates (surname first)	Address of Candidate*	Description	Names of Persons Signing Nomination Papers (proposer listed first)
Bellingham, Cassi	Flat 1, 102 Causeway, Banbury, OX16 4SQ	Independent	Caroline Brookes Neil David Brookes
Kwiatkowski, Karl Michael Kazimierz	Flat 3, 69 West Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3HB	Green Party	Symone Lucas Charlotte L. Franklin
Mahmood, Tahir	(address in Cherwell)	Local Conservatives	Zahoor Ahmed I. Alam
Parker-Manuel, Sophie	(address in Cherwell)	Liberal Democrats	Ann Marie Dring Ash Haeger
Vaitkus, Dom	(address in Cherwell)	Labour Party	Helen M Mears Andrew G Beere

*Or, if a candidate has requested not to have their home address made public, the relevant electoral area in which their home address is situated is provided.

The situation of stations, and the description of the persons entitled to vote thereat, are as follows:

Situation of Polling Station	Polling Station Numbers	Range of electoral register numbers of persons entitled to vote thereat
Mobile Station @ Morrisons Car Park, Swan Close Road, Banbury, Oxon	22	CAV1-1 to CAV1-933
Mobile Station @ Morrisons Car Park, Swan Close Road, Banbury, Oxon	22	CAW1-1 to CAW1-290
St Leonards Church, Middleton Road, Banbury, Oxon	23	CBA1-1 to CBA1-1210
St Leonards Church, Middleton Road, Banbury, Oxon	24	CBA1-1211 to CBA1-2423/1
Grimsbury Community Hall, 2 Burchester Place, Banbury, Oxon	25	CBB1-1 to CBB1-1211
Grimsbury Community Hall, 2 Burchester Place, Banbury, Oxon	26	CBC1-1 to CBC1-1166
Grimsbury Community Hall, 2 Burchester Place, Banbury, Oxon	27	CBC1-1167 to CBC1-2256

Electors can only vote at their allocated polling station.  The election will be by secret ballot according to electoral law, and as set out in notices displayed at each polling station.

Where contested this poll is taken together with the election of a Police and Crime Commissioner and the election of Town Councillors.

Dated Wednesday 24 April 2024 

Gordon Stewart
Returning Officer

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA

Statement of Persons Nominated

Cherwell District Council

Election of District Councillor

The following is a statement of the persons nominated for election as a District Councillor for

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown Ward

Name of Candidate (surname first)	Home Address	Description (if any)	Names of Proposer (first listed) and Seconder (surnames first)		Reason why no longer nominated
Bellingham Cassi	Flat 1, 102 Causeway, Banbury, OX16 4SQ	Independent	Brookes Caroline	Brookes Neil David
Kwiatkowski Karl Michael Kazimierz	Flat 3, 69 West Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3HB	Green Party	Lucas Symone	Franklin Charlotte L.
Mahmood Tahir	(address in Cherwell)	Local Conservatives	Ahmed Zahoor	Alam I.
Parker-Manuel Sophie	(address in Cherwell)	Liberal Democrats	Dring Ann Marie	Haeger Ash
Vaitkus Dom	(address in Cherwell)	Labour Party	Mears Helen M	Beere Andrew G

The last column provides the decision of the Returning Officer that the nomination is invalid or other reason why a person nominated no longer stands nominated.

The persons above against whose name no entry is made in the last column have been and stand validly nominated.

If a candidate has requested not to make their home address public, the relevant electoral area in which their home address is situated is provided.

A Poll will be held on Thursday 2 May 2024 between the hours of 7:00 am and 10:00 pm.

This poll will be held together with the election of the Police and Crime Commissioner and, where contested, the election of Town Councillors. 

Dated Friday 5 April 2024 

Gordon Stewart
Returning Officer

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA

Notice of Election Agents

Notice of Election Agents' Names and Offices

Cherwell District Council
Election of District Councillors

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown Ward
Date of Election Thursday 2 May 2024

I hereby give notice that the names of election agents of the candidates at this election, and the addresses of the offices or places of such election agents to which all claims, notices, writs, summons, and other documents addressed to them may be sent, have respectively been declared in writing to me as follows:

Name of Election Agent (Surname First)	Address of Election Agent's Office	Name of Candidate (Surname First)
Richards Philip	The Cottage, 6a Horsefair, Banbury, OX16 0AA	Bellingham Cassandra
Kwiatkowski Karl	Flat 3, 69 West Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 3HB	Kwiatkowski Karl Michael Kazimierz
Fiennes Ned Richard Ling	Wykham Park Farm, Wykham Lane, Banbury, OX16 9UP	Mahmood Tahir
Hartley James	Unit C5, Grange Court Business Park, Barton Lane, Abingdon, OX14 3NB	Parker-Manuel Sophia Jane
Mears Helen Margaret	28 Wellington Avenue, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 3NE	Vaitkus Dominykas

Gordon Stewart
Returning Officer
Dated 5 April 2024

Printed and published by the Returning Officer, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA