election day Thursday 6th May ian middleton fiona ma ton - yarnton - begbroke wson FOR kidlington south countyater ea division FOR kidlington east district w includes kidlington - garden city - gosford & w includes kidlington - garden city - gosford & w ard ater eaton councillors who put kidlington, yarnton and begbroke first! It’s been a tough year and there’s likely to be more difficult times ahead if our Conservative District & County Councils push on with growth and development around our communities. We’re still fighting the plans to build on our green belt but if some development goes ahead we’ll need strong campaigners in the district and county council chambers to fight our corner. It’s no longer going to be enough just to have a jolly local character as your councillor, we need seasoned campaigners and committed advocates. Your Green Councillors and Candidates Councillor Ian Middleton has shown that Greens can stand up for residents and hold the council leadership to strong account, but we need more councilors. As a proven parish councillor, Fiona Mawson is asking for your support to join Ian in the Kidlington East Ward as another strong voice on the District Council. Fiona has lived in the area for 28 years and has been a Parish Councillor since 2015. She’s passionate about environmental issues, community engagement and social justice. On the County Council we can remove overall control from the Conservatives to ensure balanced and positive policies for Green Councillors Fiona Mawson and everyone. Let’s send Ian Middleton to County Hall to do the same fantastic job he’s been doing at district level! Ian Middleton were both elected in 2019 We’ll need strong representation on the County Council to ensure we get our fair share of infrastructure and services funding, to make sure our roads and transport links are maintained, and to help ensure flood defences, schools, health services and social care provisions are up to the job. As we face greater challenges from climate change and other threats, now more than ever, we need effective and community focussed Green councillors like Fiona and Ian fighting our corner! TWO great Oxfordshire County Council Cherwell District Council Kidlington South Division reasons Kidlington East Ward X Ian Middleton to vote Green X Fiona Mawson The Green Party The Green Party in May! putting people first Ian delivered for the defending our environment larder for months ,often doing twice the normal route of others, taking time to check on people and get them signposted to the right services. He was also our most ardent We’ve consistently opposed plans to build on green belt in supporter Yarnton and Begbroke. Ian Middleton spent 5 days challenging the planning inspector at the public inquiry when no district Emily Connally, councillors would speak up. The first thing he did as a district Founder Cherwell Larder. councillor was submit a motion calling for a re-think. Both the Labour group and the Conservatives voted against his proposals. Ian has provided valuable help to the residents in our Close standing up for Kidlington when dealing with an unwelcome Begbroke and Yarnton planning issue, by getting involved and by providing ongoing support. Ian has been a huge help to us, and really It is reassuring to know that seems to care about issues impacting when needed, he is approachable and really does take an active residents.Very accessible and always willing Ian has fought hard for the interests of interest in his local community to lend advice and support. residents at EVERY council meeting N Donoghue, Kidlington resident. G Bishop, Kidlington resident. (Ian has a 100% attendance record) transportcling and walking flooding driving, cy defence, prevention and response Councillor Ian Middleton highlighting the appalling state of our roads and cycle paths Greens have called for a more effective and joined-up response to flooding incidents Some the roads in our area are falling apart. This doesn’t only impact car drivers, but Climate change means flooding is becoming more common, but our response has users of mobility scooters, cyclists, and of course pedestrians. Yarnton Road has been in been patchy. A Green Party motion calling for a more joined-up approach was an abysmal state for years and it’s baffling that our current county councillors haven’t got it passed unanimously in February. It proposed support for local flood resilience groups fixed. Green District Councillor Ian Middleton has been pressing the county council on (using Yarnton’s pioneering group as an example) as well as regular monitoring and this, and as a county councillor he will have more authority to insist that it’s dealt with. maintenance of flood defences and a central point of contact for residents. We also need more local bus services and active travel infrastructure investment Increased development on green field sites is also likely to have an impact in the including more properly maintained cycle paths. The Green Party has also been an future, and Ian Middleton has written to planners and landowners asking for this to active supporter of the ‘20 is Plenty’ campaign since its inception. be urgently re-considered after several flooding incidents in Yarnton and Begbroke greens can win again in Kidlington EAST & kIDLINGTON sOUTH In 2019 we beat the Tories after the Libdems stood aside and INCLUDES GOSFORD, BEGBROKE AND YARNTON Labour voters voted tactically. Since then Ian’s worked tirelessly for Kidlington as Cherwell’s first ever Green Councillor. With a seat on the county council he could do even more! how well do your councils represent you? Cherwell’s Concreting Conservatives used your council tax to push There’s a good chance that Labour, The Libdems and the through plans to build on our green belt, including plans to close the Greens could even control the county council if we all work Sandy Lane level crossing, cutting off the most direct route between together. Fiona Mawson could also help to loosen the Tories Yarnton and Kidlington. grip on power in Cherwell if she was elected to the district council. Greens and Labour share many aims and ideals, so District and county councils may be planning to plant new trees, but If you’re usually a Labour supporter but want more progressive they also plan to tear up green spaces and chop down thousands of councillors, please lend your vote to the Greens again as the mature trees on areas like the North Oxford Golf Club. most likely candidates to BEAT THE TORIES! Cherwell District Council passed a climate emergency motion, yet we all win if we work together blocked Green proposals to divest from fossil fuels. Cherwell’s Conservative and Labour groups both rejected a Green Party motion Voter share Kidlington East local elections 2019 to support the vital Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. The Conservatives claim to be the party of business, yet the District council has lost millions of pounds of public money through buying a Castle quay shopping centre in Banbury has lost distressed shopping centre in Banbury, while the county council lost millions since the council took ownership, impacting frontline services and council tax another £1.6m by messing up a procurement contract. Both costly errors have had an impact on council tax and front line services. Green Party Conservatives Labour 41% 37% 15% your green councillors stand against all these wrong-headed actions and will continue to protect the interests of our communities and our planet Working Together with The Liberal Democrats for grown up politics in Kidlington THERE WILL BE NO LIBDEM CANDIDATE IN KIDLINGTON EAST DISTRICT WARD OR KIDLINGTON SOUTH COUNTY DIVISION. THE GREENS AND THE LIBDEMS ARE CO-OPERATING TO ACHIEVE OUR COMMON GOALS IN CHERWELL AND OXFORDSHIRE The Green Party and the Liberal Democrats in Kidlington are working together in the district council elections to bring ‘grown up politics’ to the area again. We’re both putting aside minor political differences and lending each other support and votes to try to bring real change to local politics as we did in the 2018 & 2019 local elections. We’re committed to working together at all levels to represent both our parties and to provide really effective opposition on the council. We hope local residents (and other parties) will join a new spirit of political co-operation for the greater good of everyone. greens and Libdems providing effective opposition contact ian or fiona at all levels of local government [email protected] @IanMiddletonX Ian Middleton 07779 628211 ianmiddletongreenparty www.middletongreen.org Fiona Mawson 07779 268835 fionamawsongreenparty Printed on Recycled paper For more information or to help with this and other our campaigns - contact the North Oxfordshire Green Party with vegetable based inks www.facebook.com/northoxfordshiregreenparty - Twitter@NorthOxonGreens - www.greenoxford.com Promoted by Ian Middleton on behalf of Ian Middleton and Fiona Mawson, both at PO Box 335, Kidlington OX5 9AT - Printed by Solopress 9 Stock Road, Southend on Sea, Essex SS2 5QF.