Councillor Louise Upton
Title: Cabinet Member for Health and Transport & Cycling Champion
Party: Labour
Ward: Walton Manor
Other councillors representing this Ward:
More information about this councillor
Surgery details
The second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10.30 am to 11.30 am at the Rose & Crown, North Parade Avenue (coinciding with the Farmers' Market in the street), with Cllr James Fry
Contact information
Correspondence address:
Members Room
Town Hall
St Aldate's
Oxford
OX1 1BX
Phone: 01865 793899
Mobile: 07799768233
Email: cllrlupton@oxford.gov.uk
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Responsibilities
Committee appointments
- CabinetCabinet Member for Health and Transport
- Council
- General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-CommitteeB
- General Purposes Licensing Committee
- Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee
- Planning - Oxford City Planning Committee (Vice-Chair)
- Shareholder and Joint Venture GroupCabinet Member for Health and Transport
Terms of Office
- 19/09/2013 - 22/05/2014
- 23/05/2014 - 03/05/2018
- 07/05/2018 - 11/05/2020
- 11/05/2020 - 10/05/2021
- 10/05/2021 - 09/05/2022
- 09/05/2022 - 11/05/2026
Appointments to outside bodies
- Health and Wellbeing BoardCabinet Member for Health and Transport
- Health Improvement BoardCabinet Member for Health and Transport
- Mortimer Hall Management CommitteeCabinet Member for Health and Transport
- Oxford Preservation TrustCabinet Member for Health and Transport
- Susan Kidd CharityCabinet Member for Health and Transport
Additional Information
Louise was educated at Grove Comprehensive School, Market Drayton, Shropshire. She obtained a BA (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford (studying at New College) and a PhD in Cell Physiology from University College London. She lived and worked in Paris for 3 years before returning to the UK to continue working as a research scientist at the University of Oxford. She teaches neuroscience to medicine and psychology students.
Louise is the Council’s Champion for Cycling. She speaks good French and learns Italian. For the sake of her mental health, so does not do social media.
Louise is on the following bodies:
Old Marston Parish Council
Mortimer Hall Management Committee
Oxford Preservation Trust (Board of Trustees)
Louise is a member of the following organisations:
Woodland Trust, Oxford Preservation Trust, RSPB, The National Trust, Sustrans, Amnesty International and Cyclox.