2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2004.

The 2004 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2003 the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 seats, while the Liberal Democrats had 12, there were six Independent councillors and the Labour Party had two seats. [3] A total of 54 candidates stood for the 17 seats up for election in 2004, comprising 16 each for the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, 11 Labour candidates, nine Green Party and two Independents. [4]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 29 councillors, after winning 12 of the 17 seats contested. [5] 13 of the 14 councillors who were standing again were re-elected, with only Conservative councillor James Mills losing his seat in Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt ward to Liberal Democrat Elisabeth Bickley. [4] The Liberal Democrats took four seats and therefore finished with 13 councillors on the council., [5] while all three members of the Conservative council cabinet were re-elected, including the council leader Barry Norton in North Leigh ward. [6]

Conservative Andrew Creery also gained one seat in Witney Central from Labour, after the Labour councillor for the previous 30 years, Ted Cooper, stood down at the election. [6] This reduced Labour to its worst ever position on the council with just one councillor. [6] Meanwhile, independent councillor Derrick Millard retained his seat in Stonesfield and Tackley, to mean there remained six independent councillors. [4] Overall turnout at the election was 45.19%. [4]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2004 [4] [7]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1211070.646.510,996+7.9%
  Liberal Democrats 410+123.530.47,180-0.1%
  Independent 10005.95.81,360-8.2%
  Labour 001-1010.22,419-1.0%
  Green 000007.11,686+2.3%

Ward results

Chadlington and Churchill [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Owen49966.0+0.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Leffman15220.1-14.4
Labour Georgina Burrows10513.9+13.9
Majority34745.9+15.0
Turnout 75649.9+9.9
Conservative hold Swing
Charlbury and Finstock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glena Chadwick98566.7+4.5
Conservative Ian Lyne49133.3+33.3
Majority49433.5+3.9
Turnout 1,47650.9+9.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chipping Norton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Howes96449.0+9.5
Labour Mark Walker47824.3-22.3
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Allen36318.4+4.4
Green Rachel Griffiths1638.3+8.3
Majority48624.7
Turnout 1,96844.1+8.2
Conservative hold Swing
Eynsham and Cassington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Stevens1,04554.8-3.0
Conservative Frances Pike66234.7+0.4
Green Xanthe Bevis20110.5+2.6
Majority38320.1-3.3
Turnout 1,90843.0+10.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Freeland and Hanborough [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Brooks93555.9
Conservative Jill Dunsmore73744.1
Majority19811.8
Turnout 1,67252.1+6.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Hoare 94268.3+3.3
Liberal Democrats Malcolm West30622.2-12.8
Labour William Tumbridge1319.5+9.5
Majority63646.1+16.0
Turnout 1,37944.9+8.6
Conservative hold Swing
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Walker89962.1+1.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tatton28619.8-0.2
Labour Melanie Deans26218.1-0.9
Majority61342.4+1.5
Turnout 1,44746.0+11.3
Conservative hold Swing
Milton under Wychwood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Haine57174.2-2.2
Liberal Democrats John Lilly19925.8+2.2
Majority37248.3-4.5
Turnout 77049.2+5.4
Conservative hold Swing
North Leigh [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Norton51360.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Workman20023.5
Labour Helen Bridge13916.3
Majority31336.7
Turnout 85256.3
Conservative hold Swing
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Elisabeth Bickley83151.7
Conservative James Mills77548.3
Majority563.4N/A
Turnout 1,60652.1+9.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Stonesfield and Tackley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Derrick Millard1,06069.3-0.6
Liberal Democrats Gillian Workman24916.3-0.2
Green Susan Turnbull22014.4+0.8
Majority81153.0-0.5
Turnout 1,52948.8+12.8
Independent hold Swing
Witney Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Creery52442.9+14.2
Labour Richard Kelsall33927.7+2.8
Liberal Democrats June Taylor21717.8+4.6
Green Sandra Simpson14211.6+8.4
Majority18515.2N/A
Turnout 1,22241.1+1.7
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Witney East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Smith71049.4+16.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden34123.7-27.2
Green Enid Dossett-Davies21815.2+9.3
Labour Raymond Harris16911.8+1.3
Majority36925.7
Turnout 1,43838.3+6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Witney North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Chapman56945.2+6.7
Green Richard Dossett-Davies32425.7+5.9
Liberal Democrats Paul Slamin23919.0-22.7
Labour Diana Kelsall12810.2+10.2
Majority24519.5
Turnout 1,26041.1+6.4
Conservative hold Swing
Witney South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Green86352.7+21.7
Labour Phillip Edney31719.3+2.3
Liberal Democrats Olive Minett28217.2+6.6
Green Jill Jones17710.8+5.8
Majority54633.3+27.7
Turnout 1,63936.3+6.8
Conservative hold Swing
Witney West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Chapman57451.3+9.5
Independent Ian Lucas30026.8+1.9
Labour David Wesson14212.7-1.6
Green Christopher Marchant1029.1+2.8
Majority27424.5+7.6
Turnout 1,11837.0+13.0
Conservative hold Swing
Woodstock and Bladon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Hudspeth70343.9
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Poskitt55034.4
Labour Susan Roberts20913.1
Green Tracy Dighton-Brown1398.7
Majority1539.5
Turnout 1,60153.7+5.8
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2004 and 2006

Witney East by-election 7 July 2005 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Curry42050.5+1.1
Liberal Democrats Daniel Coulson25330.4+6.7
Green Enid Dossett-Davies10913.1-2.1
Labour David Wesson495.9-5.9
Majority16720.1-5.6
Turnout 83119.8-18.5
Conservative hold Swing

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