Was Oxford University right to use Facebook to trace and fine students who had thrown eggs and flour around the city as part of their post-exam celebrations? (Date closed: 02/05/2008)

Yes: 196 (64%)

No: 108 (36%)

Should the county council continue to fine people flouting the driving restrictions in the High Street? (Date closed: 25/04/2008)

Yes: 197 (82%)

No: 43 (18%)

Should drivers be fined if they leave their engines running unnecessarily?(Date closed: 21/04/2008)

Yes. It will cut nitrogen dioxide levels. 77 (40%)

No. It's just another example of the 'nanny state'. 116 (60%)

Should Tesco be given permission to open a store at the former Friar Pub in Marston?(Date closed: 18/04/2008)

Yes: 111 (52%)

No: 103 (48%)

Should Government minister Hazel Blears retract her insulting comments about Blackbird Leys? (Date closed: 12/04/2008)

Yes: 101(45%)

No. 122 (55%)

Should 15,000 new homes be built near Weston-on-the-Green? (Date closed: 07/04/2008)

Yes. It's needed and the location is handy for commuters.: 84 (48%)

No. It will swamp the existing village and add to traffic congestion: 90 (52%)

Is Gosford Hill School, in Kidlington, right to teach Polish to its pupils? (Date closed: 31/04/2008)

Yes: 175 (90%)

No: 19 (10%)

Should the Government do more to ensure the future of community post offices? (24/03/08)

Yes 130 (75%)

No 43 (25%)

Should the Government continue to increase fuel duty to discourage people from driving? (18/03/08)

Yes 32 (20%)

No 130 (80%)

Should the city council build wind turbines in Oxford? (Date closed: 10/03/2008)

Yes: 157 (68%)

No: 75 (32%)

Should Prince Harry still be fighting with the army in Afghanistan? Date Closed (03/03/08)

Yes: 98 (60%)

No: 65 (40%)

Do you think Aldi should be allowed to build a new store off Botley Road? (Date closed: 29/02/2008)

Yes: 185 (68%)

No: 86 (32%)

Is it a good idea to have signs which warn of air pollution in Oxford? (Date closed: 25/02/2008)

Yes: 47 (40%)

No: 72 (60%)

Should First Great Western lose its London rail franchise for the poor service some passengers say it has been delivering?? (Date closed: 22/02/2008)

Yes: 189 (91%)

No: 19 (9%)

Should schools or parents bear most responsibility for ensuring that children do not become obese?

Schools: 5 2.9%

Parents: 113 65.3%

Both should work together: 55 31.8%

Do you support the work being carried out by the British troops in Afghanistan?

Yes: 118 (57.8%)

No: 86 (42.2%)

Should anyone convicted of a driving offence following in incident in which someone dies be automatically given a jail sentence?? (Date closed: 11/02/2008)

Yes: 69 (38%)

No: 112 (62%)

Should the organ transplant donation set-up be changed from an opt-in system to an opt-out one? (Date closed: 09/02/2008)

Yes: 120 (63%)

No: 72 (27%)

Should Oxford City Council sell off its historic treasures to solve its current budget crisis, as the Green Party has suggested? (Date closed: 04/02/2008)

Yes: 33 (19%)

No: 139 (81%)

Should the Royal Mail refund customers if post is not delivered on time?? (Date closed: 01/02/2008)

Yes: 252 (82%)

No: 56 (18%)

Will you eat at Jamie Oliver's new restaurant in Oxford?

Yes 90 (51.1%)

No 86 (48.9%)

Should traders be asked to pay extra to have city centre streets 'deep cleaned'? (Date closed: 25/01/2008)

Yes: 81 (27%)

No: 216 (73%)

Were police right to arrest councillor Deborah Glass Woodin as she protested against the felling of trees in Oxford?

Yes 143 (53%)

No 127 (47%)

Do you agree with tree protestor Gabriel in his bid to prevent a sycamore tree in Bonn Square from being felled? (Date closed: 07/01/2008)

Yes: 132 (54%)

No: 114 (46%)

Do you think New Year resolutions are a waste of time as few people ever stick to them? (Date Closed: 04/01/08

Yes: 101 (86 per cent)

No: 17 (14 per cent)

Would you like to see a reduction in the number of Christmas lights on houses in Oxfordshire? (Date Closed: 31/12/07)

Yes 62 (36%)

No 111 64%)

Should disgraced councillor Olive Stedman-McIntosh resign?

(Date closed: 24/12/07)

Yes 83 (86%)

No: 14 (14.4%)

Should bagpiper Heath Richardson be forced to stop throughout the day?

(Date closed: 21/12/07)

Yes: 121

No:103

Does Cowley Road need to be redesigned to make it safer for all road users?

Yes: 70 (81%)

No 17 (19.5%)

Who should the FA appoint as successor to Steve McLaren? (Date closed 14/12/07)

Jose Mourinho 71 (27%)

Harry Redknapp 64 (24%)

Alan Shearer 46 (18%)

Fabio Capello 43 (16%)

Martin O'Neill 39 (15%)

Should Oxford City Council have approved plans for a temporary carpark in order that the Westgate redevelopment scheme remained on schedule? (Date closed: 07/12/2007)

Yes - the council should have approved it: 109 (69.4%)

No - the council was right to refuse: 48 (30.6%)

Can the large number of foreign players and managers in the Premier League be blamed from England's failure to qualify for the European Championships? (Date closed: 01/12/2007)

Yes: 178 (59%)

No: 125 (41%)

Would you prefer Oxford City Council to book a celebrity to turn on the Christmas lights? (Date closed: 23/11/2007)

Yes: 44 (25%)

No: 135 (75%)

Has the smoking ban changed your view of pubs? (Date closed: 19/11/2007)

Yes - I like them less: 40 (30%)

Yes - I like them more: 74 (55%)

No: 20 (15%)

Should Oxford's tower blocks be demolished? (Date closed: 16/11/2007)

Yes: 95 (62%)

No: 59 (38%)

Are Oxford's festive lights too boring? (Date closed: 12/11/2007)

Yes: 43 (74%)

No: 15 (26%)

Should Jim Smith remain as manager of Oxford United? (Date closed: 06/11/2007)

Yes: 76 (22%)

No: 269 (78%)

Do you agree that dispersal zones simply act to shift problems to neighbouring areas? (Date closed: 26/10/2007)

Yes: 79 (88%)

No: 11 (12%)

With the news that arrests at Oxford United matches rose sharply last season, should sterner punishment be handed out to convicted hooligans?(Date closed: 22/10/2007)

Yes: 79 (88%)

No: 11 (12%)

Should the Government force insurance companies to offer cover to homeowners, even if their properties have been flooded?(Date closed: 15/10/2007)

Yes: 62 (63%)

No: 37 (37%)

Do you believe Jim Smith can turn around the fortunes of Oxford United?(Date closed: 12/10/2007)

Yes: 172 (25%)

No: 519 (75%)

With the announcement of plans for a new 'shopping' complex of St Aldates, do you feel Oxford has too many coffee shops and restaurants?(Date closed: 08/10/2007)

Yes: 58 (63%)

No: 34 (37%)

Do you agree with Philip Pullman when he claims that development is threatening the 'real Oxford'?(Date closed: 05/10/2007)

Yes: 102 (75%)

No: 34 (25%)

Do you support Oxford's posties in their industrial action to save the Oxford mail centre?(Date closed: 28/09/2007)

Yes: 24 (20%)

No: 96 (80%)

Do you agree with the Lord Mayor that Oxford should have a great number of pedestrianised streets?(Date closed: 28/09/2007)

Yes: 94 (77%)

No: 28 (23%)

Do you support Oxford University’s plans to build a book depository on the flood plain in Osney Mead?(Date closed: 24/09/2007)

Yes: 17 (23%)

No: 56 (77%)

Do you agree with the decision to suspend death-crash driver Angela Dublin from nursing?(Date closed: 17/09/2007)

Yes - She brought the profession into disrepute: 21 (21%)

No - Her conviction has nothing to do with her career: 64 (63%)

No - She should have been banned for life: 16 (16%)

How would you rate Setanta's coverage of Oxford United's matches so far this season?(Date closed: 14/09/2007)

Excellent: 25 (13%)

Good: 36 (19%)

Average: 53 (29%)

Poor: 72 (39%)

Was Mike Hamblett right in the stand he took against the introduction of parking charges?(Date closed: 07/09/2007)

Yes: 55 (57%)

No: 42 (43%)

Should the Government tackle knife crime rather than concentrating on firearms?(Date closed: 31/08/2007)

Yes: 69 (72%)

No: 27 (28%)

Was Tim Henman right to announce his retirement from tennis?(Date closed: 27/08/2007)

Yes: 55

No: 2

Is it time to legalise prostitution?? (Date closed: 24/08/2007)

Yes: 119 (70%)

No: 52 (30%)

Do you support the campaign to close Costa Coffee in Cowley Road? (Date closed: 18/08/2007)

Yes: 41

No: 52

Should nightclub Po Na Na be allowed an 8am licence? (Date closed: 18/08/2007)

Yes: 91 (37%)

No: 156 (63%)

Do you support the plan to demolish the ice rink and Temple Cowley Pool to build a new £20m leisure facility? (Date closed: 03/08/2007)

Yes: 103 (64%)

No: 58 (36%)

Do you feel more could more have been done to avoid flooding in Oxfordshire? (Date closed: 30/07/2007)

Yes: 196 (50%)

No: 196 (50%)

Is Oxford City Council right to spend thousands of pounds on the upkeep of Temple Cowley pools and the ice rink when it is expected that they will be demolished in the next few years? (Date closed: 23/07/2007)

Yes: 58 (47%)

No: 66 (53%)

Football hooligan Patrick Vigilante has been banned from attending matches for four years. Should people convicted of violence be banned from attending matches for life? (Date closed: 16/07/2007)

Yes: 57 (78%)

No: 16 (22%)

Would Boris Johnson make a good Mayor for London?? (Date closed: 09/07/2007)

Yes: 27 (47%)

No: 31 (53%)

Do you think Oxford United will be promoted back into the football league at the second time of asking? (Date closed: 6/07/2007)

Yes: 25 (33%)

No: 51 (67%)

Do you sympathise with the postal union's actions in carrying out a 24-hour strike? (Date closed: 3/07/2007)

Yes: 30 (29%)

No: 72 (71%)

Should there be a referendum on the new EU treaty? (Date closed: 29/06/2007)

Yes: 77 (75%)

No: 25 (25%)

Should children be allowed to design new gargoyles for the Bodleian Library? (Date closed: 25/06/2007)

Yes: 43 (61%)

No: 27 (39%)

With the smoking ban imminent, is it time that smoking was prohibited completely? (Date closed: 22/06/2007)

Yes: 64 (43%)

No: 86 (57%)

Should Oxford's Tent City be removed by the council? (Date closed: 18/06/2007)

Yes: 53 (64%)

No: 30 (36%)

Should stag and hen parties on boats be banned from Oxfordshire’s waterways? (Date closed: 15/06/2007)

Yes: 62 (55%)

No: 51 (45%)

Was Oxford City Council right to fine people who put excess waste in bin bags next to their wheelie bins to be collected? (Date closed: 08/06/2007)

Yes: 46 (26%)

No: 128 (74%)

Should Peers School be developed into a city academy? (Date closed: 04/06/2007)

Yes: 26 (20%)

No: 105 (80%)

What is the best solution for reducing problems between cyclists and motorists in Oxford? (Date closed: 01/06/2007)

An increase in the number and quality of cycle lanes: 39 (19.5%)

More enforcement on cyclists and motorists caught flouting the law: 120 (60%)

Reducing the number of cars allowed into the city: 41 (20.5%)

Is Government minister Margaret Hodge right when she says British families should be given priority over immigrants when it come to allocating housing? (Date closed: 26/05/2007)

Yes: 196 (87%)

No: 27 (12%)

NB: There was a disparity in the number of votes cast and the number of unique users on this poll. Using only unique IP addresses, the results were Yes: 105 (80%), No: 27 (20%)

Would you object if wind turbines were built around Oxfordshire?? (Date closed: 21/05/2007)

Yes: 24 (22%)

No: 84 (78%)

When Tony Blair steps down, should there be a General Election so the British people can decide whom they want to be the next Prime Minister? (Date closed: 18/05/2007)

Yes: 128 (74%)

No: 44 (26%)

Is Oxford City Council right to try to stop new bars or pubs opening in the Cowley Road? (Date closed: 11/05/2007)

Yes: 89 (58%)

No: 63 (42%)

Overall, has the Labour Party's 10 years in power been a good thing, or a bad thing, for Britain? (Date closed: 04/05/2007)

A good thing: 52 (28%)

A bad thing: 132 (72%)

Should Prince Harry go to Iraq when his regiment is posted there? (Date closed: 30/04/2007)

No. He will be a prime terrorist target: 23 (40.3%)

Yes. He's a soldier and ought to do his duty: 37 (59.7%)

Was Sophie Grigson right in saying Oxford lacks good quality food shops? (Date closed: 27/04/2007)

Yes: 111 (67%)

No: 54 (33%)

Are park and ride staff in Oxford right to strike over plans to make them work alone at night? (Date closed: 23/04/2007)

Yes: 230 (91%)

No: 24 (9%)

Would Peter Tatchell make a good Oxford MP? (Date closed: 20/04/2007)

Yes: 44 (34%)

No: 87 (66%)

Should we follow Australia's lead, and ban immigrants who have HIV from coming into the country? (Date closed: 16/04/2007)

Yes: 34 (72%)

No: 13 (28%)

Should the Iranian hostages have been allowed to sell their stories to the press? (Date closed: 13/04/2007)

Yes: 19 (23%)

No: 65 (77%)

Was prosecuting a woman who told her neighbour to 'go back where she came from' for 'racially-aggravated harassment' a proportionate use of police time, or a waste of resources on what was simply name-calling? (Date closed: 10/04/2007)

Yes: 42 (23%)

No: 144 (77%)

Should Steve McClaren be sacked as England manager?? (Date closed: 02/04/2007)

Yes: 61 (73.5%)

No: 22 (26.5%)

Do you think Britain should apologise for its role in the slave trade? (Date closed: 30/03/2007)

Yes: 30 (15.2%)

No: 167 (84.8%)

Should the wearing of cycle helmets be made compulsory? (Date closed: 26/03/2007)

Yes: 36 (51.4%)

No: 34 (48.6%)

Was it right to sack Andrew Flintoff as vice captain of the England cricket team after he went out nightclubbing? (Date closed: 23/03/2007)

Yes: 71 (54.2%)

No: 60 (45.8%)

Is Oxford City Council right to insist it will not return to weekly collection of rubbish? (Date closed: 19/03/2007)

Yes: 49 (20.6%)

No: 189 (79.4%)

Is it fair that nurses have been offered a below-inflation pay rise of 1.9 per cent? (Date closed: 12/03/2007)

Yes: 37 (19.0%)

No: 158 (81.0%)

Should private hire taxis be allowed to use bus lanes in Oxford? (Date closed: 05/03/2007)

Yes: 69 (33.7%)

No: 136 (66.3%)

Police have uncovered a large number of cannabis factories in recent months. Is it now time for the drug to be legalised? (Date closed: 26/02/2007)

Yes: 41 (43.6%)

No: 53 (56.4%)

Should the age at which the mandatory five-year sentence for carrying guns be imposed be lowered from 21 to 17? (Date closed: 23/02/2007)

Yes: 111 (88.1%)

No: 15 (11.9%)

Is it a good idea to have a special garden set aside for Oxford's street drinkers to get together? (Date closed: 19/02/2007)

Yes: 62 (28.2%)

No: 158 (71.8%)

Was Judge Julian Hall right in sparing paedophile pensioner Eric Cole jail? (Date closed: 09/02/2007)

Yes: 35 (14.8%)

No: 202 (85.2%)