1997 Oxfordshire County Council election

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The 1997 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 local elections in the United Kingdom. [1] All 70 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions which returned one county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

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Division Results

Abingdon Central

Abingdon Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Mayhew-Archer* 4,022 51.8
Conservative John Lightfoot2,40230.9
Labour Richard Thomas1,12414.5
Green Celia Warman2232.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Majority1,620
Turnout 7,77178.8

Abingdon North

Abingdon North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Morgan* 3,293 52.5
Conservative Mary Lovatt2,07433.1
Labour Roberta Nichols90114.4
Majority1,219
Turnout 6,26880.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Abingdon South

Abingdon South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neil Fawcett 1,978 43.5
Conservative Greta Drake1,41931.2
Labour Rosemary Banner1,15425.4
Majority559
Turnout 4,55175.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bampton

Bampton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayward 2,990 43.5
Liberal Democrats Brenda Smith2,37834.6
Labour Kenneth Rees1,50921.9
Majority612
Turnout 6,87779.3
Conservative hold Swing

Banbury Easington

Banbury Easington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kieron Mallon 1,984 39.5
Liberal Democrats Daphne Nash*1,65232.9
Labour Royston Mold1,38527.6
Majority332
Turnout 5,02177.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Banbury Grimsbury

Banbury Grimsbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandra Mold*2,04246.3
Conservative Richard Tompkins1,51434.3
Liberal Democrats Pamela Linzey-Jones85719.4
Majority528
Turnout 4,41366.0
Labour hold Swing

Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Hardwick
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Wendy Humphries* 1,738 47.6
Conservative Elsie Milne1,22333.5
Liberal Democrats Victor Burch68718.8
Majority515
Turnout 3,64869.6
Labour hold Swing

Banbury Neithrop

Banbury Neithrop
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Ferriman* 1,607 41.3
Conservative Gary Wills1,28232.9
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Fisher1,00325.8
Majority325
Turnout 3,89270.0
Labour hold Swing

Banbury Ruscote

Banbury Ruscote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op John Steer*2,37564.0
Conservative Christopher Wardell78021.0
Liberal Democrats Anthony Burns55815.0
Majority1,595
Turnout 3,71368.3
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Benson

Benson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Crabbe 1,842 43.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Cooper1,54436.8
Labour James Merritt81419.4
Majority298
Turnout 4,20077.2
Conservative hold Swing

Bicester North

Bicester North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Spencer* 4,369 42.4
Labour Leslie Sibley3,49733.9
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Yardley2,08220.2
Independent LabourHector Cassidy3683.6
Majority872
Turnout 10,31675.7
Conservative hold Swing

Bicester South

Bicester South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Shouler* 1,251 40.3
Labour Michael Simpson96831.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bearder88228.4
Majority283
Turnout 3,10174.8
Conservative hold Swing

Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Atherton Stockford* 2,982 73.8
Conservative Paul Hernandez48412.0
Liberal Democrats Philip Keen3869.6
Green Patricia Dickson1894.7
Majority2,596
Turnout 4,04162.0
Labour hold Swing

Bloxham

Bloxham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Mitchell* 2,752 56.6
Liberal Democrats Colin Galloway1,11923.0
Labour James Plester99520.4
Majority1,633
Turnout 4,86680.2
Conservative hold Swing

Burford

Burford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Donald Seale 2,317 51.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Duniplace1,33329.3
Labour Alison Bettle89519.7
Majority1,016
Turnout 4,54579.8
Conservative hold Swing

Carterton

Carterton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Deirdre Bulley* 2,531 48.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden1,50428.6
Labour William Stevenson1,22423.3
Majority1,027
Turnout 5,25968.1
Conservative hold Swing

Chalgrove

Chalgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Turner* 2,529 54.3
Conservative Patricia Pritchard1,39530.0
Labour Sherwin Smith73015.7
Majority1,134
Turnout 4,65477.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Charlbury

Charlbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Hodgson* 2,076 40.7
Conservative Robin Pacey1,74234.1
Liberal Democrats Gareth Epps1,28725.2
Majority334
Turnout 5,10583.8
Labour hold Swing

Chinnor

Chinnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Davis* 2,265 50.9
Labour Ozanna Duffy1,36930.8
Liberal Democrats Mark McCartney81718.4
Majority896
Turnout 4,45178.1
Conservative hold Swing

Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Robert Evans 1,864 44.7
Conservative Judith Schroeder1,40833.8
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Walton67816.3
Green Susan Chaple-Perrie2215.3
Majority456
Turnout 4,17176.7
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Cumnor

Cumnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Hook* 2,557 44.1
Liberal Democrats John Woodford2,37541.0
Labour Brian Capaloff86414.9
Majority182
Turnout 5,79680.9
Conservative hold Swing

Deddington

Deddington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Matthews* 2,898 51.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Davis1,48926.6
Labour Gerard Sullivan1,20921.6
Majority1,409
Turnout 5,59680.1
Conservative hold Swing

Didcot Manor

Didcot Manor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Joslin* 2,884 39.4
Conservative John Flood2,64336.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony Worgan1,78624.4
Majority141
Turnout 7,31376.7
Labour hold Swing

Didcot Mereland

Didcot Mereland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Neville Harris 1,808 50.5
Conservative Marie Flood88624.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jones88424.7
Majority922
Turnout 3,57868.9
Labour hold Swing

Dorchester

Dorchester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Tudor Hughes 1,624 36.8
Labour Malcolm Newdick1,32130.0
Liberal Democrats John Stimson1,25428.4
Green David Scott2104.8
Majority303
Turnout 4,40975.2
Conservative hold Swing

Drayton

Drayton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret MacKenzie* 2,174 47.1
Conservative Amanda Harland1,30528.3
Liberal Democrats Richard Bosley1,13524.6
Majority869
Turnout 4,61480.3
Labour hold Swing

Eynsham

Eynsham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Wyatt* 2,647 48.3
Conservative Maureen Curry1,56428.5
Labour Michael Shelton1,27123.2
Majority1,083
Turnout 5,48280.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Faringdon

Faringdon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Heathcoat 2,657 49.4
Labour Alan Hickmore1,65130.7
Liberal Democrats Brian Sadler1,07319.9
Majority1,006
Turnout 5,38176.7
Conservative hold Swing

Goring

Goring
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Farrow 2,180 44.7
Liberal Democrats Bob Morgan*2,14744.1
Labour Claire Wadey54711.2
Majority33
Turnout 4,87481.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Grove

Grove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Marchant 1,913 44.2
Conservative Alfred Wolage1,59136.8
Labour Robert Sumner82119.0
Majority322
Turnout 4,32577.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hanborough

Hanborough
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Dawes 1,967 41.6
Liberal Democrats Colin James1,85939.3
Labour Michael Enright90819.2
Majority108
Turnout 4,73482.9
Conservative hold Swing

Headington

Headington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sylvia Tompkins* 1,814 42.4
Conservative Prudence Dailey1,28430.0
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Lawton Smith98222.9
Green Karen Gadsby2024.7
Majority530
Turnout 4,28264.1
Labour hold Swing

Henley North

Henley North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Sanders 1,751 51.0
Liberal Democrats Patricia Mulcahy1,09932.0
Labour Eva Barnes58617.1
Majority652
Turnout 3,43671.1
Conservative hold Swing

Henley South

Henley South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Ratcliffe Law 2,510 54.0
Liberal Democrats Bernard Cleasby1,31828.4
Labour Julie Wymer81917.6
Majority1,192
Turnout 4,64776.3
Conservative hold Swing

Hinksey

Hinksey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janet Godden* 2,707 48.8
Conservative Ann Dykes1,79932.4
Labour Richard Peirce55915.5
Green Anne-Marie Heslop1863.4
Majority908
Turnout 5,25178.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hormer

Hormer
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robin Johnston* 1,950 54.4
Conservative Stephen Rathbone1,26435.2
Labour Gordon Richards37210.4
Majority786
Turnout 3,58679.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Iffley

Iffley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Suppiah Segaran 1,820 42.8
Conservative James French1,22128.7
Liberal Democrats David Yeoward65515.4
Green Wendy Manley55513.1
Majority599
Turnout 4,25174.3
Labour hold Swing

Kidlington North

Kidlington North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeremy Dempsey 1,530 33.3
Labour Vanessa Thomas*1,51132.9
Liberal Democrats John Wyse1,36029.6
Green Jane Carey1984.3
Majority19
Turnout 4,59975.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Kidlington South

Kidlington South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Green* 1,607 38.7
Conservative Maurice Billington1,43934.7
Liberal Democrats Anne Parsley1,02724.7
Green Richard Child791.9
Majority168
Turnout 4,15278.3
Labour hold Swing

Littlemore

Littlemore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Olive Stedman 1,868 56.0
Conservative Andrew Allison71221.3
Liberal Democrats Vicky Potter53316.0
Green Joanna Lavender2256.7
Majority1,156
Turnout 3,33866.1
Labour hold Swing

Marcham

Marcham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marjorie Evans 1,861 45.2
Liberal Democrats Hilary Killick1,44034.9
Labour Thomas Long82019.9
Majority421
Turnout 4,12177.7
Conservative hold Swing

Moreton

Moreton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jan Morgan* 2,133 43.4
Conservative Patrick Greene1,82837.2
Labour Nicholas Hards95219.4
Majority305
Turnout 4,91380.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

New Marston

New Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Richardson* 1,743 51.1
Conservative David Ruffels81523.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Gombrich58417.1
Green Robin Cotton2717.9
Majority928
Turnout 3,41372.7
Labour hold Swing

Old Marston

Old Marston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nils Bartleet* 1,817 47.4
Conservative Margaret Whelan1,02126.7
Liberal Democrats Alan Edwards83521.8
Green Gregory Muttitt1574.1
Majority796
Turnout 3,83077.6
Labour hold Swing

Oxford Central

Oxford Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sushila Dhall* 1,943 42.5
Liberal Democrats Philip Cockayne1,05623.1
Conservative Benjamin Holland80117.5
Labour Harini Iyengar77717.0
Majority893
Turnout 4,57770.9
Green hold Swing

Oxford Cherwell

Oxford Cherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Snow 1,341 36.1
Conservative Janet Todd*1,25833.9
Labour Valeria Bartleet85323.0
Green Mary Zajicek2627.1
Majority83
Turnout 3,71473.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Oxford East

Oxford East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Langridge 1,687 43.3
Green Elise Benjamin95624.6
Liberal Democrats Pieter-Paul Barker67117.2
Conservative John Lord57914.9
Majority731
Turnout 3,89367.1
Labour hold Swing

Oxford North

Oxford North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dermot Roaf* 1,953 47.8
Labour Parichehre Mosteshar-Gharai78119.1
Conservative Kenneth Bickers72617.8
Green Lilia Patterson55813.7
Local Government ReformJohn Rose671.6
Majority1,172
Turnout 4,08572.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Oxford South

Oxford South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Karmali 1,649 38.1
Green Deborah Glass1,19827.7
Conservative Robert Porter76317.6
Liberal Democrats David Rundle71316.5
Majority451
Turnout 4,32369.9
Labour hold Swing

Oxford West

Oxford West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Fiona Campbell 1,337 33.1
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Wynne1,07926.7
Green Patrick Lingwood82520.4
Conservative Patricia Jones79919.8
Majority258
Turnout 4,04069.9
Labour hold Swing

Ploughley

Ploughley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Catherine Fulljames* 3,176 52.6
Labour John Hunter1,62927.0
Liberal Democrats Antony Prowse1,22820.4
Majority1,547
Turnout 6,03375.7
Conservative hold Swing

Quarry

Quarry
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Godden 1,838 42.6
Labour Martin Broderick1,41832.8
Conservative Georgina Shomroni88320.4
Green Ylva Powlett1794.1
Majority420
Turnout 4,31869.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Shrivenham

Shrivenham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anda Fitzgerald-O'Connor 2,236 42.5
Liberal Democrats Anthony Lambert*1,79034.0
Labour Marjorie Sandels1,23723.5
Majority446
Turnout 5,26377.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Sonning Common

Sonning Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Robertson* 2,391 52.2
Liberal Democrats Robin Peirce1,24527.2
Labour Andrew Beere69715.2
Green Aidan Carlisle2495.4
Majority1,146
Turnout 4,58279.5
Conservative hold Swing

St Clements

St Clements
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Craig Simmons 1,972 39.3
Labour Biddy Hudson1,63032.5
Conservative David Timson74414.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Voyce66713.3
Majority342
Turnout 5,01369.4
Green hold Swing

Temple Cowley

Temple Cowley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Clements 1,800 51.2
Conservative Eric Lewis-Leaning83223.7
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Cooper65518.6
Green Mary Kelsey2266.4
Majority968
Turnout 3,51366.8
Labour hold Swing

Thame

Thame
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diana Ludlow 2,478 40.2
Labour John Beech1,90130.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Gleeson1,78328.9
Majority577
Turnout 6,16277.0
Conservative hold Swing

Wallingford

Wallingford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats William Bradshaw* 2,520 52.5
Conservative Nigel Moor1,45430.3
Labour Frederick Johns82217.1
Majority1,066
Turnout 4,79677.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wantage

Wantage
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Moley 2,504 44.2
Labour Jean Nunn-Price1,60828.4
Conservative Charles Langton1,55327.4
Majority896
Turnout 5,66577.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wantage Rural

Wantage Rural
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Lamont 1,867 41.9
Liberal Democrats Derek Southern*1,66737.4
Labour David Green92420.7
Majority200
Turnout 4,45879.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Watlington

Watlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Horton 1,958 43.5
Conservative David Sloan1,87941.7
Labour Clare Merritt66414.8
Majority79
Turnout 4,50177.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Purse* 2,683 50.0
Conservative Peter Audley-Miller1,69731.6
Labour Michael Ormston85916.0
Green Mark Lynas1292.4
Majority986
Turnout 5,36876.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Witney North

Witney North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Churchill* 1,555 38.9
Conservative David Robertson1,36034.0
Labour John Ryall1,08427.1
Majority195
Turnout 3,99980.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Witney South

Witney South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Cooper 2,589 48.4
Conservative Anthony Harvey1,71532.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Willis1,04619.6
Majority874
Turnout 5,35076.4
Labour hold Swing

Wolvercote

Wolvercote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Baker 1,785 42.5
Conservative Simon Mort1,05225.0
Labour Sarah Escritt88521.1
Green Richard Jones48111.4
Majority733
Turnout 4,20378.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wood Farm

Wood Farm
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Buckley* 1,972 53.7
Conservative Philip Jones78721.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Hinnels57415.6
LiberalRoger Jenking1875.1
Green Simon Hunt1534.2
Majority1,185
Turnout 3,67368.9
Labour hold Swing

Woodstock

Woodstock
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Nicholson 1,572 37.6
Conservative Louise Chapman1,48135.4
Labour Roderick Greatbatch99323.7
Green Bevis Cotton1393.3
Majority91
Turnout 4,18582.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Wroxton

Wroxton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Reynolds 2,710 55.8
Labour Elizabeth Gatliff1,15023.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Kaye99920.6
Majority1,560
Turnout 4,85981.7
Conservative hold Swing

Wychwood

Wychwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rodney Rose 1,736 40.8
Liberal Democrats John Lilly1,67539.6
Labour Frances Ashworth83318.7
Majority51
Turnout 4,24481.5
Conservative hold Swing

Yarnton & Otmoor

Yarnton & Otmoor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Wood 1,969 40.2
Liberal Democrats Angela Lawrence1,67034.1
Labour Andrew Corner99720.4
Green Clifford Duffield2565.2
Majority299
Turnout 4,89279.7
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Oxfordshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 (pdf). Oxfordshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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