Oxfordshire County Council elections

Oxfordshire County Council is elected every four years.

Council elections

Election results

	Overall control		Conservative		Lib Dem		Labour		Green		HRG		Independent
2021	NOC	21		21		16		3		1		1
2017	NOC	31		13		14		-		1		4
2013	NOC	31		15		11		2		-		4
2009	Conservative	51		10		9		2		-		1
2005	Conservative	43		17		9		5		-		-

County result maps

2009 results map
2013 results map
2017 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Wolvercote By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,085	47.4	+4.9
	Conservative	582	25.4	+0.4
	Labour	352	15.4	−5.7
	Green	270	11.8	+0.4
Majority		503	22.0
Turnout		2,289
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Temple Cowley By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	537	42.5	−9.0
	Labour	520	41.1	+5.8
	Conservative	124	9.8	+1.3
	Green	83	6.6	+1.9
Majority		17	1.4
Turnout		1,264	22.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

West By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	630	40.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	597	37.9	+8.1
	Green	198	12.6	−7.6
	Conservative	127	8.1	−1.2
	Independent	22	1.4	+1.4
Majority		33	2.1
Turnout		1,574	26.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Banbury Ruscote By-Election 16 December 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	348	48.0	+27.0
	Labour	314	43.9	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats	58	8.1	−6.9
Majority		29	4.1
Turnout		715	12.8
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Sonning Common By-Election 16 December 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	731	47.0	+19.8
	Conservative	651	41.9	−10.3
	Labour	172	11.1	−4.1
Majority		80	5.1
Turnout		1,554	26.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

2001-2005

Wolvercote By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,063	40.4	+9.7
	Green	769	29.2	−5.2
	Conservative	530	20.1	+0.0
	Labour	271	10.3	−3.7
Majority		294	11.2
Turnout		2,633	47.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green	Swing

Deddington By-Election 3 October 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,172	59.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	588	30.0	−7.0
	Labour	205	10.4	+10.4
Majority		584	29.6
Turnout		1,965	25.2
	Conservative hold	Swing

Wolvercote By-Election 27 November 2003
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	732	39.6	+8.9
	Green	693	37.5	+3.1
	Conservative	327	17.7	−3.1
	Labour	95	5.1	−8.9
Majority		39	2.1
Turnout		1,847	31.9
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Dorchester By-Election 19 February 2004
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,070
	Labour	152
	Green	87
Majority
Turnout			29.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Henley South By-Election 19 February 2004
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	920	54.9	−5.1
	Resident	405	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats	118	7.0	−19.7
	Independent	103	6.1	+6.1
	Green	66	3.9	−3.5
	Labour	63	3.8	−2.1
Majority		515	30.7
Turnout		1,675	26.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Hanborough By-Election 10 June 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin James	1,657	52.9	+19.0
	Conservative	Ian Hudspeth	1,476	47.1	+1.1
Majority			181	5.8
Turnout			3,133	53.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2005-2009

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle By-Election 4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Bonner	880	51.5	+14.4
	Labour	Royston Mold	488	28.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Choudry Anjum	340	19.9	−2.2
Majority			392	22.9
Turnout			1,708	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eynsham By-Election 4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Mathew	1,652	53.0	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Brooks	1,034	33.2	−11.1
	Green	Xanthe Bevis	254	8.2	+1.2
	Labour	Richard Kelsall	176	5.6	−8.0
Majority			618	19.8
Turnout			3,116	43.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carterton South West By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Handley	934	67.5	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Madden	348	25.1	−2.1
	Labour	David Wesson	102	7.4	−10.6
Majority			586	42.4
Turnout			1,384
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grove and Wantage By-Election 13 February 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Hannaby	1,901	46.7	+11.1
	Conservative	Bill Melotti	1,786	43.9	+11.0
	Labour	Jean Nunn-Price	382	9.4	−14.3
Majority			115	2.8
Turnout			4,069
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wallingford By-Election 13 March 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynda Atkins	867	65.6	+65.6
	Conservative	Patricia Dawe	386	29.2	−4.6
	Labour	Charles Gill	69	5.2	−8.2
Majority			481	36.4
Turnout			1,322	19.7
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kidlington and Yarnton By-Election 1 May 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	2,921	52.2	+13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	1,681	30.0	−1.4
	Labour	Chris Robins	675	12.1	−11.0
	Green	Janet Warren	321	5.7	−1.3
Majority			1,240	22.2
Turnout			5,598	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

Watlington By-Election 19 April 2012^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Newton	865	62.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hancock	259	18.6	+3.6
	Labour	James Merritt	157	11.3	+6.7
	UKIP	Jonathan Kent	110	7.9	+7.9
Majority			606	43.6
Turnout			1,391
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,606	64.6	+24.4
	Conservative	Judith Harley	384	15.4	−7.3
	Green	Paul Skinner	330	13.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tait	167	6.7	−8.2
Majority			1,222	49.1
Turnout			2,487
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,606	64.6	+24.4
	Conservative	Judith Harley	384	15.4	−7.3
	Green	Paul Skinner	330	13.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tait	167	6.7	−8.2
Majority			1,222	49.1
Turnout			2,487
	Labour hold		Swing

2013-2017

Chalgrove and Watlington By-Election 27 March 2014^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Harrod	871	41.8	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Cooper	629	30.2	+12.4
	UKIP	Craig Laird	311	14.9	+14.9
	Labour	Paul Collins	159	7.6	−5.0
	Green	Colin Tudge	116	5.6	−6.3
Majority			242	11.6
Turnout			2,086
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leys By-Election 27 November 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Curran	879	70.4	−11.1
	UKIP	Dave Slater	168	13.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Samuel Burgess	88	7.0	−0.6
	Green	Ann Duncan	57	4.6	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mallinder	30	2.4	−1.1
	TUSC	James Morbin	27	2.2	+2.2
Majority			711	56.9
Turnout			1,249
	Labour hold		Swing

Witney West and Bampton By-Election 7 May 2015^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mills	3,465	59.0	+10.2
	Labour	Calvert McGibbon	800	13.6	−0.3
	UKIP	Jim Stanley	678	11.5	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	472	8.0	+2.5
	Green	Nick Owen	462	7.9	+1.0
Majority			2,665	45.3
Turnout			5,877
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017-2021

Iffley Fields and St Mary’s By-Election 18 October 2018^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damian Haywood	1,162	48.6	+1.7
	Green	Arthur Wiliams	1,087	45.4	+4.7
	Conservative	Paul Sims	100	4.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Procter	43	1.8	−5.0
Majority			75	3.1
Turnout			2,392	33
	Labour hold		Swing

Grove and Wantage By-Election 15 November 2018^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hanna	1,925	47.9	+4.5
	Conservative	Benjamin Mabbett	1,447	36.0	+0.7
	Labour	David Gernon	459	11.4	−2.0
	Green	Kevin Harris	185	4.6	−3.3
Majority			478	11.9
Turnout			4,016	27.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatley By-Election 29 November 2018^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bearder	1,380	61.0	+15.8
	Conservative	John Walsh	705	31.2	−11.7
	Labour	Michael Nixon	178	7.9	−4.0
Majority			675	29.8
Turnout			2,263	31.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wallingford By-Election 28 November 2019^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Pete Sudbury	998	40.9	+29.9
	Conservative	Adrian Lloyd	755	31.0	+6.9
	Independent	Elaine Hornsby	483	19.8	+19.8
	Labour	George Kneeshaw	202	8.3	−4.2
Majority			243	10.0
Turnout			2,438	30
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

2021-2025

Rose Hill and Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trish Elphinstone	1,169	43.9	−8.4
	Independent	Michael Evans	1,046	39.3	+39.3
	Conservative	Timothy Patmore	227	8.5	−9.1
	Green	David Thomas	120	4.5	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Jupp	75	2.8	−2.6
	TUSC	Callum Joyce	23	0.9	+0.9
Majority			123	4.6
Turnout			2,268	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton Courtenay and Marcham By-Election 20 June 2024^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stevens	702	36.6	−12.1
	Conservative	James Plumb	656	34.2	−5.7
	Green	Aidan Reilly	375	19.6	+19.6
	Labour	Jim Broadbent	183	9.6	−1.7
Majority			46	2.4
Turnout			1,916	34
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalgrove and Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leys Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Witney West and Bampton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
^ "Iffley Fields and St. Mary's Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Grove and Wantage Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Wheatley Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Wallingford By-Election - Thursday, 28 November 2019". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
^ "Rose Hill & Littlemore By-Election - Thursday, 2 March 2023". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ "Sutton Courtenay & Marcham By-election - Thursday, 20 June 2024". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

External links

Oxfordshire County Council

[1] "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[3] "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[4] "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalgrove and Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project — Leys Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[6] "Local Elections Archive Project — Witney West and Bampton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.

[7] "Iffley Fields and St. Mary's Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[8] "Grove and Wantage Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[9] "Wheatley Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[10] "Wallingford By-Election - Thursday, 28 November 2019". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.

[11] "Rose Hill & Littlemore By-Election - Thursday, 2 March 2023". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[12] "Sutton Courtenay & Marcham By-election - Thursday, 20 June 2024". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

v t e Council elections in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Cherwell District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Oxford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
South Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Vale of White Horse District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Ceremonial county of Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire Portal
Boroughs or districts	District of Cherwell City of Oxford District of South Oxfordshire District of the Vale of White Horse District of West Oxfordshire
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Abingdon-on-Thames Banbury Bicester Burford Carterton Charlbury Chipping Norton Deddington Didcot Faringdon Henley-on-Thames Kidlington Oxford Thame Wallingford Wantage Watlington Witney Woodstock See also: List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire
Topics	Flag Parliamentary constituencies County Council elections Places Sites of Special Scientific Interest Schools Country houses Grade I listed buildings History Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs Museums