Colin B
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This Thursday sees local elections in many areas, including Kidlington East, which is the location of the proposed new stadium at Stratfield Brake.
I know local elections are not normally the most exciting thing in peoples' lives, and turnout can sometimes be quite low, but this one is particularly important to our stadium aspirations. There are three candidates for one seat in Kidlington East, and they Sarah Stephenson-Hunter (Labour), Fiona Mawson (Green) and Nigel Simpson (Conservative).
Nigel Simpson is a regular at OUFC matches and spoke in favour of the stadium at the recent County Council Meeting when it was on the agenda. Fiona Mawson is the partner of Ian Middleton, and we all know his views on the stadium (even if he try's to claim he's undecided). There are currently three sitting councillors on the ward, and one of them is Ian Middleton. This election is for a fourth member. I feel it would be very harmful to our case if both Mr Middleton and his partner, Ms Mawson made up 50% of the four.
I'd urge people to put aside their wider political leanings and vote in this election on a one issue basis, the stadium. Nigel Simpson is the person we should get behind and I'd further urge people to either make sure they vote, or try to make sure any relatives or friends in the area vote, as we know the Greens are organised, and anti stadium. Sometimes these elections have quite low turnouts, so a few people could make all the difference, and I'd hate to think how awkward a Middleton/Mawson alliance would be for us.
Just for this once, COYB rather than COYY!
I know local elections are not normally the most exciting thing in peoples' lives, and turnout can sometimes be quite low, but this one is particularly important to our stadium aspirations. There are three candidates for one seat in Kidlington East, and they Sarah Stephenson-Hunter (Labour), Fiona Mawson (Green) and Nigel Simpson (Conservative).
Nigel Simpson is a regular at OUFC matches and spoke in favour of the stadium at the recent County Council Meeting when it was on the agenda. Fiona Mawson is the partner of Ian Middleton, and we all know his views on the stadium (even if he try's to claim he's undecided). There are currently three sitting councillors on the ward, and one of them is Ian Middleton. This election is for a fourth member. I feel it would be very harmful to our case if both Mr Middleton and his partner, Ms Mawson made up 50% of the four.
I'd urge people to put aside their wider political leanings and vote in this election on a one issue basis, the stadium. Nigel Simpson is the person we should get behind and I'd further urge people to either make sure they vote, or try to make sure any relatives or friends in the area vote, as we know the Greens are organised, and anti stadium. Sometimes these elections have quite low turnouts, so a few people could make all the difference, and I'd hate to think how awkward a Middleton/Mawson alliance would be for us.
Just for this once, COYB rather than COYY!