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NOTICE OF POLL South Oxfordshire District Council Election of a District Councillor for Benson & Crowmarsh Ward Notice is hereby given that: 1. A poll for the election of a District Councillor for Benson and Crowmarsh Ward will be held on 7 June 2018, between the hours of 07:00 AM and 10:00 PM. 2. The number of District Councillors to be elected is one. 3. The names, home addresses and descriptions of the candidates remaining validly nominated for election and the names of all persons signing the candidates nomination paper are as follows: Names of Signatories Name of Candidate Home Address Description (if any) Proposers(+), Seconders(++) & Assentors COOPER 1 Lower End, Benson Liberal Democrat Jill Parrick (+) Sarah A Maine (++) Sue Road, Ewelme, Gemma B Benoliel Andrew C Evans Wallingford, Oxon, Christopher G Jenkins David J Solomon Roger V Moore Geoffrey F Watts OX10 6HB John E Glavey John H Griffin PAPA 9 Watlington Road, The Conservative Party Felix P Bloomfield (+) Christopher I Stanley (++) Domenic Benson, Wallingford, Candidate Victoria M Ricketts Jean Senior OX10 6LT Nigel C Roberts Charles E Paintin Peter R Worroll Belinda S Walkinshaw Tracey M Stringer Gary J Flux SORENSON 24 Sinodun View, Labour Party Robin Welsh (+) John A Murphy (++) William Warborough, Richard G Cousins P`nina L Drye OX10 7DF James H Merritt Susan J Boyd Frederick T Grindrod Samuel J Grindrod Genevieve R Merritt Alan J Read 4. The situation of Polling Stations and the description of persons entitled to vote thereat are as follows: Station Ranges of electoral register numbers of Situation of Polling Station Number persons entitled to vote thereat Benson Parish Hall, Sunnyside, Benson, Oxon 1 LAA-1 to LAA-1519 Benson Parish Hall, Sunnyside, Benson, Oxon 2 LAA-1520 to LAA-3082 Crowmarsh Gifford Village Hall, 6 Benson Lane, Crowmarsh 3 LAB1-1 to LAB1-996 Gifford, Wallingford North Stoke Village Hall, The Street, North Stoke 4 LAB2-1 to LAB2-270 Ewelme Watercress Centre, The Street, Ewelme, Wallingford 5 LAC-1 to LAC-746 St Laurence Hall, Warborough, The Green North, Warborough, 6 LAD-1 to LAD-781 Wallingford Dated Friday 25 May 2018 Margaret Reed Returning Officer Printed and published by the Returning Officer, 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton, Abingdon, OX14 4SB .

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