Tory Banbury town councillor resigns triggering by-election in Calthorpe South ward

Ms Powell is the full-time Conservative agent for the Banbury constituency. She was elected to Banbury Town Council as one of two town councillors for Calthorpe South in May 2021.

Her resignation has triggered a bi-election in the ward of Calthorpe South, which will be a contested election undertaken in conjunction with the district elections in May.

Ms Powell has lived in Banbury since 2016. She is principal coordinator of election campaigns at all tiers of Government in north Oxfordshire. She is responsible for the North Oxfordshire Conservative Association’s communications and media engagement and delivered the campaign for Victoria Prentis’ re-election in 2019.

She was a constituency assistant at the House of Commons from June - October, 2015.

Nomination of candidates to replace her will invited between March 28 – April 4 and published by Cherwell District Council on April 4-5.