Roger Alan Dudman was the
Labour mayor of
Oxford
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(
England
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) between 1985 and 1986, succeeding the
Conservative
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Frank Arnold Garside.
The Labour Party remained in office on the
Oxford City Council
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until 1988, when Nellie Dorothy ("Queenie") Whorley (later Mrs Comfort) was elected.
The period of office of Lord Mayor was for one year and allocated on seniority of serving on Oxford City Council.
Roger Dudman died in 1990 and several local landmarks bear his name: posthumously the Oxford road, "
Roger Dudman Way", north of
Oxford railway station
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, the site of the
Castle Mill student blocks.
References
Year of birth missing
1990 deaths
Labour Party (UK) councillors
Lord Mayors of Oxford
Members of Oxford City Council
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