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HENLEY’S representative on Oxfordshire County Council is hoping to retain the position for another four years.
Stefan Gawrysiak, who represents Henley Residents Group, is standing again in the local council elections on Thursday, May 6.
He will be up against Conservative candidate Paul Harrison, from Sonning Common, a former member of South Oxfordshire District Council.
Councillor Gawrysiak, who lives in Elizabeth Road, Henly, with his partner Catherine Notaras, is also a member of the district council and Henley Town Council and was Mayor of Henley in 2013/14.
He won the county council seat at the 2017 elections, defeating the incumbent David Nimmo Smith, a
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RESIDENTS of Henley face paying nearly £70 more in council tax from April 1.
Oxfordshire County Council, which has by far the biggest share of the charge, has agreed a 2.99 per cent increase, including one per cent to help fund adult social care.
This means that the average band D household will now pay £1,573.11 a year for the council’s services, an increase of £47 on the current financial year.
South Oxfordshire District Council has raised its share of the tax by 3.99 per cent. This means a band D household will now pay £131.24 a year, an increase of £5, for it services.
PLANS to introduce a weight restriction for heavy goods vehicles passing through Henley have been boosted. At an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday evening, .