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Oxfordshire County Council, the Glossary

Oxfordshire County Council is the county council (upper-tier local authority) for the non-metropolitan county of Oxfordshire in the South East of England.^[1]

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County councils of England
Local authorities in Oxfordshire
Local government in Oxfordshire
Major precepting authorities in England

Administrative county

An administrative county was a first-level administrative division in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974, and in Ireland from 1899 until 1973 in Northern Ireland, 2002 in the Republic of Ireland.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen).

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Angela Billingham, Baroness Billingham

Angela Theodora Billingham, Baroness Billingham (born 31 July 1939) is a British Labour politician.

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Berkshire

The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Bernie Sanders

Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician and activist who is the senior United States senator from Vermont.

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Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighton Pavilion is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Siân Berry of the Green Party.

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Caroline Lucas

Caroline Patricia Lucas (born 9 December 1960) is a British politician who was the leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2003 to 2006, 2007 to 2012, and 2016 to 2018.

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Catherine Zena Bearder (née Bailey; born 14 January 1949) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament between 2 July 2014 and 12 November 2019.

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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Cherwell (district)

Cherwell is a local government district in northern Oxfordshire, England.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Councillor

A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council.

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Counties of the United Kingdom

The counties of the United Kingdom are subnational divisions of the United Kingdom, used for the purposes of administrative, geographical and political demarcation.

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County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s.

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County council

A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county.

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County Hall, Oxford

County Hall is a municipal building on New Road in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.

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Court of quarter sessions

The courts of quarter sessions or quarter sessions were local courts that were traditionally held at four set times each year in the Kingdom of England from 1388; they were extended to Wales following the Laws in Wales Act 1535.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

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Executive arrangements

In England, local authorities are required to adopt one of three types of executive arrangements, having an "elected mayor and cabinet", a "leader and cabinet", or a "committee system".

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Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan

Geoffrey Somerset, 6th Baron Raglan (born 29 August 1932), is a British peer, businessman, and Conservative politician.

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George Newnes Ltd

George Newnes Ltd is a British publisher.

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George Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield

George Loveden William Henry Parker, 7th Earl of Macclesfield (24 May 188820 September 1975), of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, was a British peer and landowner.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW; Plaid Werdd Cymru a Lloegr; Parti Gwer Pow Sows ha Kembra; often known simply as the Green Party or the Greens) is a green, left-wing political party in England and Wales.

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Henley (UK Parliament constituency)

Henley was a constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2008 to 2024 by John Howell, a Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party.

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Henley Residents Group

Henley Residents Group (HRG) is a local political party in Oxfordshire, England.

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Independent politician

An independent, non-partisan politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association.

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Indian Civil Service

The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

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James Plaskitt

James Andrew Plaskitt (born 23 June 1954) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick and Leamington from 1997 until his defeat at the 2010 general election.

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Jeremy Clarkson

Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English television presenter, journalist, and writer who specialises in motoring.

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Jervoise Athelstane Baines

Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines (17 October 1847 – 26 November 1925) was an administrator in the Indian Civil Service during the period of the British Raj.

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John Howell (politician)

John Michael Howell (born 27 July 1955) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 2008 to 2024.

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John Redwood

Sir John Alan Redwood (born 15 June 1951) is a British politician and academic who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham in Berkshire from 1987 to 2024.

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Jonathan Baume

Jonathan Edward Baume (born 13 July 1953 in Wakefield) was General Secretary of the FDA from 1997 until 2012 and a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2001 to 2012.

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Julia Drown

Julia Kate Drown (born 23 August 1962) is a former British Labour Party politician.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Larry Sanders (politician)

Lawrence Sanders (born April 29, 1935) is an American-British academic, social worker, politician, and former Health and Social Care Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance

In the politics of England, a Liberal Democrat–Green Party alliance is an ad-hoc arrangement between candidates and elected representatives from the Liberal Democrats and Green Party to form a joint group on elected bodies or to field joint lists or candidates in elections.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (colloquially known as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom, founded in 1988.

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Library

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions.

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List of electoral wards in Oxfordshire

This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire in South East England.

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Local government

Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.

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Local Government Act 1888

The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 41) was an Act of Parliament which established county councils and county borough councils in England and Wales.

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Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974.

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Member of the European Parliament

A member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament.

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Michael Fogarty (politician)

Prof.

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New Road, Oxford

New Road is a street in west central Oxford, England.

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No overall control

In the context of local authorities in the United Kingdom, no overall control (abbreviated to NOC) is a situation in which no single political group achieves a majority of seats, comparably to a hung parliament.

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Non-metropolitan county

A non-metropolitan county, or colloquially, shire county, is a subdivision of England used for local government.

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Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England.

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North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

North Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Simon Hoare of the Conservative Party.

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North East Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency)

North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010.

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Olive Gibbs

Olive Frances Gibbs, DL (née Cox; 17 February 1918 – 28 September 1995) was a British Labour politician and anti-nuclear weapons campaigner.

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Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council is the local authority for the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council are local authorities in Oxfordshire.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Peter Butler (politician)

Peter Butler (born 10 June 1951) is a British Conservative Party politician.

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Plant-based diet

A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods.

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Plurality voting

Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which the candidate in an electoral district who poll more than any other (that is, receive a plurality) are elected.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Rural district

A rural district was a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.

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Sherman Stonor, 6th Baron Camoys

Ralph Robert Watts Sherman Stonor, 6th Baron Camoys, DL, JP (5 July 1913 – 9 March 1976) was an English aristocrat and Justice of the Peace.

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Simon Hoare

Simon James Hoare (born 28 June 1969) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dorset since 2015.

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Social services are a range of public services intended to provide support and assistance towards particular groups, which commonly include the disadvantaged.

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South East England

South East England is one of the nine official regions of England in the United Kingdom at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes.

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South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Swindon South (UK Parliament constituency)

Swindon South is a constituency in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Heidi Alexander of the Labour Party.

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Town and country planning in the United Kingdom

Town and country planning in the United Kingdom is the part of English land law which concerns land use planning.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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Urban district (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area.

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Vale of White Horse District Council

Vale of White Horse District Council is the local authority for the Vale of White Horse, a non-metropolitan district in the south-west of Oxfordshire, England. Oxfordshire County Council and Vale of White Horse District Council are local authorities in Oxfordshire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxfordshire_County_Council

Also known as Oxfordshire.gov.uk.

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See also

County councils of England

Local government in Oxfordshire

Major precepting authorities in England

References