Linda Ward

Linda was elected to Cherwell District Council in 2024. She is a member of the Green and Independent Alliance Group  (GAIA), which works in coalition with the Liberal Democrats to form the Administration currently running the council.  She is currently a substitute on Planning Committee and Vice chair of the Standards Committee. She is a member of Cherwell’s Five Parishes Working Group which  helps to identify the Kidlington Area Strategy for managing the massive expansion of housing, employment growth and other development planned for the area.

Linda moved to  Kidlington over 25 years ago to take up a senior post in cancer research administration at Oxford University. She played an active role in  local campaigns to  protect the Oxford Green Belt from inappropriate development. She joined the Green Party about four years ago and was elected to Kidlington Parish Council in October 2023. Currently she represents St Mary’s Ward and sits on the Development and Strategy Committee.

Linda is fully committed to the Green Party’s Core Values. Her personal focus is on  climate change coupled with the need to protect the natural  environment and preserve open spaces. She is a keen cyclist and campaigns for better measures to promote safe and active travel.

Linda is also a trustee of Oxfordshire Badger Group, a small wildlife conservation charity. She helped the charity purchase a small ancient and semi-ancient wood (ASNW) on Cumnor Hill close to Oxford City. The wood  is now protected from any risk of development or exploitation.  It is being managed to increase biodiversity and as a haven for wildlife. In her spare time, Linda is happily retired.