Councillor on two councils
Cllr Ron Batstone
Liberal Democrat
- Councillor, Grove division, Oxfordshire
- Councillor, Grove North ward, Vale of White Horse (page)
Ron Batstone is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Grove division on Oxfordshire County Council and a councillor for Grove North ward on Vale of White Horse District Council. Cllr Ron Batstone has not endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism yet.
Not endorsed yet
Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion.
Councillors and MPs of every party in England and Wales are being asked to put their names to this one sentence. Not having signed it does not mean someone supports the Green Party's motion: they may simply not have been asked yet.
Add your name first: it goes at the end of the email.
Opens an email in your own email app, addressed to them, asking them to make their position clear, with the links to pledge. Nothing is sent until you press send, and we never see it. Live there? Ask all your councillors and your MP at once.
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At a glance
- Party
- Liberal Democrat
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Ward
- Grove
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Region
- South East
- Also
- Grove North, Vale of White Horse
- The campaign
- Not endorsed yet
- Official page
- Oxfordshire website
Questions and answers
Who is Ron Batstone?
Ron Batstone is a Liberal Democrat councillor for Grove division on Oxfordshire County Council and a councillor for Grove North ward on Vale of White Horse District Council.
Has Cllr Ron Batstone endorsed the campaign that Zionism is not racism?
Not yet. Councillors and MPs of every party in England and Wales are being asked to put their names to one sentence: "Zionism is not racism. I call on the Green Party to reverse its "Zionism is Racism" motion." Not having signed it does not mean someone supports the Green Party's motion: they may not have been asked yet.
What is the Green Party's "Zionism is Racism" motion?
On 4 October 2026 the Green Party of England and Wales passed a motion declaring that "Zionism is racism". It brands as racism the belief, held by around nine in ten British Jews, that the Jewish people have the right to a homeland of their own, and binds the party to treat that belief "as any other form of racism". Councillors and MPs of every other party are being asked to say, in public, that Zionism is not racism.
How can I ask Cllr Ron Batstone to endorse it?
Use the button on this page: it opens a short email to Cllr Ron Batstone in your own email app, with the link to sign. Nothing is sent until you press send.
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