New Mayor of London Boris Johnson has today resigned as MP for his Henley constituency, and the by-election train that last stopped at Crewe & Nantwich will now move on from South Cheshire to South Oxfordshire. The Conservative candidate is local Councillor John Howell who I know has the experience and local knowledge to become a fantastic Member of Parliament for Henley, Thame and South Oxfordshire.
One interesting and non-partisan new element to this by-election is the decision made by the Chief Executive of South Oxfordshire Council, who is the Acting Returning Officer for the Parliamentary by-election, to set up a blog to inform local residents about the by-election procedure. This is a very welcome development and I hope it proves successful.
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