Conservatives eye legal challenge to Oxford Street pedestrianisation after regaining control of Westminster

Following the local elections, the Conservatives secured 32 seats to Labour's 22.

Sharing the group’s ‘100-day plan’ on X today (8 May), Conservative Westminster Group Leader, Paul Swaddle, said it will set up a legal fighting fund to challenge Sadiq Khan in the courts and “force him to listen to local people”.

Sadiq Khan ordered for the pedestrianisation to hopefully be in place by the end of the summer, after he approved the plans in February.

The central London shopping street will be traffic-free from Orchard Street to Great Portland Street.

Conservative Westminster Group said: “We will fight to protect the bus routes that less mobile people depend on to reach Oxford Street, ensuring no routes are removed until step-free access is guaranteed at Oxford Circus.

“We will demand a meeting with the Mayor to call for an Oxford Street u-turn and the release of the full consultation data. We will oppose any scheme imposed without genuine local consent. And we will use every lever available to the council, including the planning process, highways powers and public scrutiny, to ensure that local people are heard through genuine consultation and that Oxford Street continues to work for the people who live here.”

Lottie Winson