NOTICE OF ELECTION Election of Parish Councillors

for the Parishes listed below

Number of Parish Number of Parish Parishes Councillors to be Parishes Councillors to be elected elected Parish Council Twelve Town Council - Park One Road Ward Parish Council Seven Banbury Town Council - Four Ruscote Ward Ardley with Fewcott Parish Seven Banbury Town Council - Town One Council Centre Ward Parish Council Seven Town Council - East One Ward Banbury Town Council - One Blackthorn Parish Council Seven Calthorpe North Ward Banbury Town Council - Two Bodicote Parish Council Ten Calthorpe South Ward Banbury Town Council - One Drayton Parish Council Five Easington North Ward Banbury Town Council - Two Hanwell Parish Council Seven Easington South Ward Banbury Town Council - Three Heyford Park Parish Council Three Grimsbury Ward Banbury Town Council - One Parish Council Seven Hardwick East Ward Banbury Town Council - Four Piddington Parish Council Seven Hardwick West Ward Banbury Town Council - One Parish Council Six North Ward Banbury Town Council - One Neithrop South Ward

1. Nomination papers may be obtained by downloading and printing a copy from http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/candidate-or-agent/local-elections- , emailing [email protected] or telephoning 01295 221534. Paper copies may be obtained from the offices of the Returning Officer, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA, on Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays) 9am to 5pm, or from the clerk of the relevant parish council.

2. Nomination papers must be delivered by hand to the Returning Officer, Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA between 10am and 4pm on any week day (excluding bank holidays) after the date of publication of this notice but no later than 4pm on Thursday 8 April 2021.

3. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 6 May 2021.

4. Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Monday 19 April 2021. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

5. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes or postal proxy votes and amendments or cancellations of proxy votes must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA by 5pm on Tuesday 20 April 2021.

6. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA by 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021.

7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at Bodicote House, Bodicote, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4AA by 5pm on Thursday 6 May 2021. The emergency must have arisen after 5pm on Tuesday 27 April 2021.

Dated Monday 29 March 2021 Yvonne Rees Returning Officer

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