Indigo Haynes
Green Party candidate for Blackbird Leys
Indigo Haynes (she/her) is a modern languages student in her final year at Oxford University, with plans to start a teacher training course in Oxford after graduating. She's been involved with local politics since she was a teenager, having run campaigns in her hometown to save a local hospital from shutdown, get better bus routes with cheaper fares, and led climate change protests and 'Fridays For Future' school walk-outs. She was also a member of Youth Parliament, and secretary of her local Labour Party; since Starmer's election as Prime Minister, she left the party, feeling betrayed by his government's actions. Now in Oxford, her focus is on the same issues she's always fought for: preserving local services, improving public transport, and working to fix the climate crisis.
Where Indigo fits into things
About the role
The responsibility of a councillor is to represent the people within a ward by making decisions on local services and other local issues.
What councillors do
- Make decisions on local services like housing, roads, and parks
- Represent residents' concerns at council meetings
- Help resolve local issues raised by constituents
- Set council budgets and local tax levels
How to influence
- Attend local council surgeries
- Write or email about local issues
- Attend public council meetings
- Join local community groups
Council
Oxford