West Oxfordshire Liberal Democrat members have selected Charlie Maynard as their parliamentary candidate for the next general election.
Recent YouGov polling has the Lib Dems and Conservatives neck and neck in this constituency, with the Lib Dems on 37%, the Conservatives on 41% and Labour a distant third on 13%.
How do we want West Oxfordshire to look in the coming decades? We're at a critical juncture and we all need to make sure it develops the way we want.
Over the last 3 years Charlie Maynard has been focused on exploring bringing back a rail line to Witney. The proposed train would run closely alongside the A40, reducing traffic on the road significantly and improving journey times by up to 70%.
A council is continuing to fight to protect precious 'green gap' space saying the flood risk at the site puts '300 people in harm's way'
Charlie Maynard - "MPs are elected to represent us, not to run away from doing their duty. This failure starts with Sunak and goes all the way down to Oxfordshire MPs like Robert Courts, David Johnston and John Howell.”
The Commons Privileges Committee, with a Conservative majority, finds Boris Johnson repeatedly misled Parliament. Robert Courts MP was a no-show last night at the vote. That sums him up. Read who voted for, against and abstained here:
An Oxford to Witney railway should be ‘urgently fast tracked’ as the thought of thousands more householders sitting in traffic on the A40 is 'depressing', a campaigner has said.
