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Your most immediate point of contact is The next layer up is Constituency Labour your Branch Labour Party (BLP) – these are Parties (CLPs), which track Parliamentary formed along ward boundaries. 11 branches constituencies. are included in the Oxford & District Labour Party. The Oxford & District Labour Party is formed of two CLPs, Oxford East and Oxford West & Branches meet most months, and any Abingdon. Together they make up the local member who lives in the branch can attend party, with all members entitled to attend meetings, submit and vote on motions. They meetings held in most months. The annual are each organised by elected branch general meeting in March each year, when ofcers. For details of your branch secretary, the executive committee is elected to run the contact the Membership Ofcers. Oxford & District Party. Dear member,

Welcome to Oxford and District Labour Party.

Whether you were already a member and have just moved to Oxford, or have recently joined our great party, I'm sure you will enjoy being a part of our winning campaigns here in Oxford.

The Labour Party in Oxford has been efective because it has built on the strength of our How you can get involved members. We now lead Oxford City There are many ways of taking part in local Council,have more Labour county councillors party activities. In branch and all member within the city, and at the last general election meetings, we hold political discussions, we won an increased majority in Oxford East listen to invited speakers, and hear and and did well in Oxford West and Abingdon question elected representatives. too. We run two canvassing sessions a week, where we talk with residents about their That success has been built by active campaigning right across Oxford in a concerns and spread Labour’s message. whole variety of areas. Our membership is growing and increasingly diverse as well, which is a real strength for our party. These sessions are held on Wednesday early evenings and Sunday mornings, with details I hope you are able to get stuck into our campaigns, political discussions and of each session sent out in a weekly email social events, but however you choose to be involved, it's great to have you as newsletter. If you’ve never been canvassing before, you’ll receive training to help you get welcome to suggest it or to propose it as a an Oxford Labour member! the hang of it. motion. Our activities are advertised in the weekly email newsletter and via the Yours fraternally, We also hold a range of other events and website, Facebook, and Twitter. activities, from street stalls and Anneliese Dodds demonstrations, to socials and flm Alternatively, you can contact the local party MP for Oxford East screenings. organiser at [email protected] [email protected] | @anneliesedodds And if there’s something we’re not doing that you think we should do, you’re always Our local groups Keeping in touch - social media

To help you get involved and stay up to date with the local party, see the links and contacts Oxford Labour Women’s Group below. Follow you local Labour representatives on social media Oxford Labour Women’s Group (OLW) works to (This is a list of Labour councillors with social media accounts. To see a full list of Labour represent- encourage more women to become active and atives - please click here for city councillors, and here for county councillors) stand for ofce, to identify and campaign on issues relating to women, and to develop a supportive and inclusive women’s network for Labour women. To Member of Parliament fnd out more, please contact our Women’s Ofcer Anneliese Dodds, MP for Oxford East | @anneliesedodds | facebook.com/anneliesedodds (you’ll fnd contact details on the last page). City Councillors Lubna Arshad, Cllr for Cowley Marsh |facebook.com/lubnaarshadlabour Shaista Aziz, Cllr for Rose Hill & Ifey | facebook.com/ShaistaLabour | @ShaistaAziz Oxford Labour Disability Network Susan Brown, Leader of the Council, Cllr for Churchill | @cllrsusanbrown Oxford Labour Disability Network was set up to Nigel Chapman, Cllr for Headington Hill & Northway | @Nigel_Chapman_ combat the marginalisation of disabled people and Mary Clarkson, Cllr for Marston | @maryoxford their under-representation in the political process. Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini, Cllr for Northfeld Brook | @HosniehMarbini Tom Hayes, Cllr for St Clement’s | @cllromthayes | facebook.com/cllrtomhayes If you are interested in fnding out more, please Richard Howlett, Cllr for Carfax, | @CllrRHowlett | facebook.com/richardforcarfax/ contact one of our Disability Ofcers. Dan Iley-Williamson, Cllr for Holywell | @danileyw | facebook.com/cllrdaniw Mark Lygo, Cllr for Churchill | @MarkLygo Mike Rowley, Cllr for Barton & Sandhills | @redmikerowley Martyn Rush, Cllr for Barton & Sandhills | @martynrush Young Labour and Labour Students Christine Simm, Cllr for Cowley | @chriscrossmary We also have active Young Labour members and Linda Smith, Cllr for Blackbird Leys | @LabLinda75 close ties to the two university Labour Clubs. Sian Taylor, Cllr for Northfeld Brook | @smt49 We recently re-launched Oxford Young Labour, Marie Tidball, Cllr for Hinksey Park | @MarieTidball | facebook.com/DrMarieTidball/ which was targeted at young people outside the student community. County Councillors Sobia Afridi, Cllr for Isis | @SobiaAfridi If you are aged under 27 or are a student and Damian Haywood, Cllr for St Mary’s & Ifey Fields|@bigdamo|facebook.com/CllrDamianHaywood would like to know more, please contact our Youth Ofcer. Deborah McIlveen, Cllr for The Leys | @debsmc32 | facebook.com/Deborah-McIlveen Emma Turnbull, Cllr for University Parks | facebook.com/CllrEmmaTurnbull/ | @TurnbullEC Local government In Oxford, Labour run the City Council, which has a proud record of maintaining council housing, paying the Oxford Living Wage, and supporting community centres (amongst much else).

The Oxfordshire County Council is currently Conservative-led – which is why we have seen devastating cuts to children’s centres and homelessness support, and privatisations. However, our 14 Labour County councillors fght hard against these policies, and in the next county election we hope to force the Tories out.

Parts of the local party outside of Oxford are covered by two other district councils, Cherwell and the Vale of the White Horse. We continue to work hard to get Labour councillors elected in these councils. Branches select candidates to stand for city, district and county councils, and elected Labour councillors report back to their branches.