Elections 2024 - Launton and Otmoor

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
Daulton James Andrew	Labour Party	306
Hughes David Leonard	Local Conservatives	944
MacEwan Fin	Green Party	147
Russell Alisa	Liberal Democrats	1044	Elected

Electorate

6,557

Turnout (per cent)

37.64

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	5
c) Writing or mark by which voter can be identified	0
d) Unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty	22
e) Rejected in part	0
Total	27

Notice of Poll and Situation of Polling Stations

Election of a District Councillor

For the Launton & Otmoor 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 Launton & Otmoor 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)
Daulton, James Andrew	(address in Cherwell)	Labour Party	Gregory Fish Helen Bungay
Hughes, David Leonard	(address in Buckinghamshire)	Local Conservatives	Jennifer Mary Lamont Glen James Lamont
MacEwan, Fin	(address in Cherwell)	Green Party	John Hine Susan Hine
Russell, Alisa	(address in Cherwell)	Liberal Democrats	Alison Drake Anne Maclachlan

*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
Ambrosden Village Hall, Ambrosden, Bicester, Oxon	50A	CAB2-1 to CAB2-137
Arncott Village Hall, Murcott Road, Upper Arncott, Bicester	121	CAD1-1 to CAD1-767
Blackthorn Village Hall, Thame Road, Blackthorn, Bicester	122	CCJ1-1 to CCJ1-261
Launton Parish Hall, Bicester Road, Launton, Bicester	123	CDK1-1 to CDK1-1154
Piddington Village Hall, Ludgershall Road, Piddington, Bicester	124	CDV1-1 to CDV1-282
Wendlebury Village Hall, Main Street, Wendlebury, Bicester	125	CEL1-1 to CEL1-330/1
Bletchingdon Village Hall, Whitemarsh Way, Bletchingdon	126	CHA1-1 to CHA1-852
Bletchingdon Village Hall, Whitemarsh Way, Bletchingdon	126	CHD1-1 to CHD1-118
St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Charlton-on-Otmoor	127	CHB1-1 to CHB1-350
St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Charlton-on-Otmoor	127	CHJ1-1 to CHJ1-98
Fencott and Murcott Village Hall, Fencott and Murcott, Kidlington, Oxon	128	CHC1-1 to CHC1-201
Horton-Cum-Studley Millennium Hall, The Straight Mile, Horton-Cum-Studley, Oxon	129	CHE1-1 to CHE1-387
Islip Village Hall, Church Lane, Islip, Kidlington	130	CHF1-1 to CHF1-505
St Swithuns Church, Church Close, Merton, Oxon	131	CHH1-1 to CHH1-254
The Parish Church of St Giles, Noke, Oxon	132	CHI1-1 to CHI1-110
Millennium Village Hall, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Kidlington, Oxon	133	CHK1-1 to CHK1-303
Weston-on-the-Green Village Hall, Mill Lane, Weston-on-the-Green, Bicester	134	CHL1-1 to CHL1-424

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.

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

Launton and Otmoor 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
Daulton James Andrew	(address in Cherwell)	Labour Party	Fish Gregory	Bungay Helen
Hughes David Leonard	(address in Buckinghamshire)	Local Conservatives	Lamont Jennifer Mary	Lamont Glen James
MacEwan Fin	(address in Cherwell)	Green Party	Hine John	Hine Susan
Russell Alisa	(address in Cherwell)	Liberal Democrats	Drake Alison	Maclachlan Anne

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. 

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

Launton and Otmoor 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)
Fish Gregory	Unit 213, 29-30 Horse Fair, Banbury, OX16 0BW	Daulton James Andrew
Fiennes Ned Richard Ling	Wykham Park Farm, Wykham Lane, Banbury, OX16 9UP	Hughes David Leonard
Kwiatkowski Karl	Flat 3, 69 West Street, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 3HB	MacEwan Fffyona Heather
Pruden Christopher J	Unit C5, Grange Business Park, Abingdon, OX14 3NB	Russell Alisa

Gordon Stewart
Returning Officer
Dated 5 April 2024

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