The Electoral Registration Officer had submitted a report to ask the City Executive Board to consider the revised proposals of the Boundary Commission for England on parliamentary boundaries as they affect Oxford.

Councillor Bob Price, Leader of the Council, spoke briefly to the report and commended it to the Board as something which met both the requirements of democracy and the needs of the City.

The City Executive Board resolved to:

1.    Agree to support the revised proposals of the Boundary Commission for England on parliamentary constituency boundaries, as they affect Oxford; and

2.    Agree the Commission’s proposals for the names of the two new constituencies.