Rosie Rawle

Rosie Rawle is a Green Party Councillor for Donnington. She has lived in East Oxford for over ten years and has been active in the local community ever since she arrived. Rosie first elected as a Councillor in 2022, and w re-elected with an increased majority in 2026.

Rosie has a background in the trade union movement and has supported university staff in campaigns for fairer pensions, worked alongside public sector unions in the anti-austerity movement and supported gig economy workers to fight for fair pay and conditions. She also recently completed a PhD researching the impacts of campaigns to improve pay and conditions in the global electronics industry.

Rosie first moved to the city to work for Oxfam. At Oxfam, she campaigned to end British arms sales to Saudi Arabia that were being used in the war in Yemen, as well as for family reunion for refugees.

Rosie also has a background in the trade union movement. She has supported university staff in campaigns for fairer pensions, worked alongside public sector unions in the anti-austerity movement, and campaigned in solidarity with trade unions across the world to oppose sweatshop labour practices. She has a PhD focussing on workers’ rights and movements in the global electronics industry and currently works for a national campaign supporting students fighting for climate justice and migrant rights.

Alongside this, Rosie has been active in countless campaigns for climate justice. She helped launch one of the UK’s first university fossil fuel divestment campaigns, which was ultimately successful in taking hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of investments out of coal, oil and gas.

Rosie has been active in the Green Party for over ten years, during which time she was co-chair of the party’s youth wing – the Young Greens – for three years, and currently sits on the Green Party Executive Committee as Local Party Support Coordinator.

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