2006 Oxford City Council election

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Results of the 2006 Oxford City Council election

Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards was up for election. The exception was St Clement's, where both seats were up for election as a by-election for the other seat was held on the same day. Therefore, 25 of the 48 seats on the Council were up for election. Overall turnout was 35.8%, down from 37.6% in 2004. The lowest turnout (24.9%) was in Carfax ward and the highest (49.6%) in Marston.

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Results

Oxford Local Election Result 2006
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 931+236.031.412,081+1.2
  Labour 1015-440.030.111,581+2.1
  Green 510+120.020.88,002+0.4
  Ind. Working Class 110+14.04.01,538+0.4
  Conservative 0000012.04,626-5.6
  Independent 000001.12431+0.29
  Respect 000000.55213+0.55

Note: two Independents stood in 2006, compared with three in 2004.

The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:

Nomination form controversy

The Oxford University Conservative Association president-elect Charlie Steel was the Conservative candidate in the Holywell ward. His candidacy was embroiled in controversy in late April when some of his nominators alleged that they had not signed his nomination forms, meaning their signatures had been forged. A Police investigation was launched and Steel did not resign from his OUCA position.

The full list of Steel's supposed nominators were a selection of students of the University of Oxford, some of whom were officers of the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA). A number of those officers subsequently complained to Oxford City Council that they had not signed the papers. [1] [2] [3]

Results by ward

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Map of the Oxford Wards

Barton and Sandhills

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Scanlan65739.8+3.3
Labour Michael McAndrews57034.6+4.1
Conservative Prudence Dailey23914.5−6.5
Ind. Working Class James Craft1026.2+6.2
Green Raymond Hitchins814.9−6.0
Turnout 1,65635.4+4.3

Blackbird Leys

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Humberstone57948.4−1.6
Ind. Working Class Maurice Leen51943.4+14.2
Liberal Democrats Ian Bearder695.8−3.1
Green Tim Pizey292.4−0.4
Turnout 1,20429.7+1.5

Carfax

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sushila Dhall32732.6−0.7
Liberal Democrats Gabriel Grant30430.3+1.6
Conservative Craig Aston22522.5+10.9
Labour Josephine Salmon14614.6−11.8
Turnout 1,00924.9−1.6

Churchill

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joseph McManners59746.4
Ind. Working Class David Kent29723.1
Conservative Richard Lang15812.3
Liberal Democrats Thomas Wilkinson15011.7
Green Oliver Tickell 856.6
Turnout 1,29628.2−0.7

Cowley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shah Khan62737.6
Labour Mumtaz Fareed53432.0
Green Martin Juckes29417.6
Respect Philippa Whittaker21312.8
Turnout 1,68039.1+1.3

Cowley Marsh

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Abbasi51337.8
Liberal Democrats Anthony Brett40429.8
Green Alyson Duckmanton25118.5
Conservative Judith Harley18813.9
Turnout 1,36533.1−3.6

Headington

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Rundle94858.8
Conservative Duncan Hatfield28517.7
Labour Ruth Najeme21613.4
Green Matthew Ledbury16210.1
Turnout 1,61738.3−5.9

Headington Hill and Northway

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Altaf-Khan50634.3
Labour Maureen Christian45130.6
Conservative Julian Wheatland38826.3
Green Katherine Wedell1308.8
Turnout 1,48335.2+1.4

Hinksey Park

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Price88248.8
Green Lilian Sherwood54330.0
Conservative Simon Mort22112.2
Liberal Democrats Martin Herben1618.9
Turnout 1,81741.0−3.3

Holywell

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Huzzey56448.7
Green Matthew Morton27623.9
Conservative Charlie Steel16514.3
Labour Anneliese Dodds 15213.1
Turnout 1,17929.2−3.9

Iffley Fields

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Arthur Williams89055.5
Labour Mohammed Nawaz51432.0
Liberal Democrats Bernard Gowers20012.5
Turnout 1,61740.1−5.8

Jericho and Osney

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Pressel110049.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats John Ballance70431.7+4.4
Green Sarah Pethybridge26511.9−10.0
Conservative Nicola Blackwood 1546.9−0.2
Turnout 2,23545.3−0.8

Littlemore

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gillian Sanders65048.4
Conservative Michael Davis31923.7
Liberal Democrats John Wilde20115.0
Green Margaret Oakenby17412.9
Turnout 1,35730.7+0.7

Lye Valley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sabir Mirza65944.4
Liberal Democrats Nathan Pyle63843.0
Green Susan Heeks18812.7
Turnout 1,50131.3−1.6

Marston

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Clarkson 94443.3
Liberal Democrats Charles Haynes71732.9
Independent Michael Haines39818.2
Green Meena Dhanda1235.6
Turnout 2,19649.6+3.3

North

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Armitage66349.0
Green Leopold Keyes29922.1
Conservative Robin Aitken23517.4
Labour Matthew Pennycook 15711.6
Turnout 1,36032.8−6.2

Northfield Brook

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Working Class Jane Lacey62048.6+20.9
Labour Carole Roberts50239.4−15.3
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Morlin917.1−5.9
Green Susan Tibbles624.9+3.2
Turnout 1,28430.8+0.5

Quarry and Risinghurst

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Delia Sinclair78939.2
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Coats69934.7
Conservative John Young35417.6
Green Judith Chipchase1738.6
Turnout 2,02744.9−1.1

Rose Hill and Iffley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Antonia Bance72748.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Bones34322.9
Conservative Timothy Benjamin23015.3
Green Simon Brook19913.3
Turnout 1,50936.9−2.3

St Clement's

Note: the top two candidates were elected; vote percentage and swing for parties, not candidates
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Mary-Jane Sareva645Green
Green Nuala Young57448.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Whittaker339Lib Dem
Liberal Democrats Andrew MacGregor31025.6
Labour Kate Pounds189Lab
Labour Laurence Baxter18314.7
Conservative Stuart Hand154Con
Conservative Carolyn Holler14111.6
Turnout 1,26825.4−8.5

Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large voting). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.

St Margaret's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Campbell88250.0
Green Christopher Goodall49127.8
Conservative Robert Porter29616.8
Labour Bruce Russell955.4
Turnout 1,76942.9+4.2

St Mary's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Craig Simmons68966.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Tait17316.7
Labour Daniel Simpson14113.6
Independent Pathmanathan Mylvaganam333.2
Turnout 1,05625.3−8.1

Summertown

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Fooks82042.3
Green Malcolm Lee57429.6
Conservative Raoul Cerratti40020.6
Labour Christopher Weaver1467.5
Turnout 1,94541.2−3.4

Wolvercote

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Goddard91145.4
Green Sheila Cameron47823.8
Conservative Kenneth Bickers47423.6
Labour Michael Taylor1457.2
Turnout 2,01845.0−4.5

Party Share of Vote Maps

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References

  1. ↑ "Oxford Mail: Inquiry into 'forged' forms". oxfordmail.co.uk. 28 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oxford Times: City council election fraud probe". oxfordtimes.co.uk. 28 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Police investigate student's election nomination paper". archive.org. 28 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2007.
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