2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2010 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.

The 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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 2008 the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to six for the Liberal Democrats, two Independents and one Labour [3] 16 seats were contested in 2010, with the council election taking place at the same time as the 2010 general election. [4] [5]

The Conservatives stood a full 16 candidates, while the Liberal Democrats had 13, Labour had eight, Greens 4 and there was one Independent candidate. [4]

Election result

The Conservatives won 14 of the 16 seats contested to have 40 councillors. [4] The Liberal Democrats gained a seat after winning the other two seats contested, while both Labour and an Independent were left with one seat. [4] 10 of the 11 councillors who stood again were re-elected and overall turnout at the election was 72.45%. [4]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2010 [2] [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1422087.559.121,617+2.6%
  Liberal Democrats 221+112.526.69,704+4.1%
  Labour 0000010.33,763+2.4%
  Green 000002.81,029-5.7%
  Independent 001-101.2436-2.3%

Ward results

Ascott and Shipton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Hibbert-Biles96977.1-1.5
Labour John Gittings 28822.9+11.8
Majority68154.2-13.2
Turnout 1,25778.0+27.7
Conservative hold Swing
Bampton and Clanfield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Barrett1,68276.0-2.4
Liberal Democrats Brenda Churchill53224.0+11.9
Majority1,15051.9-14.4
Turnout 2,21475.5+30.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Brize Norton and Shilton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Verena Hunt69161.3-15.0
Independent Shane Rae43638.7+20.0
Majority25522.6-35.0
Turnout 1,12773.5+30.5
Conservative hold Swing
Burford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Cotterill82676.7-3.1
Liberal Democrats John Lilly17316.1+1.2
Labour David Heyes787.2+1.9
Majority65360.6-4.2
Turnout 1,07773.6+23.6
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Howard1,65566.7-3.3
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Biggs82533.3+33.3
Majority83033.5-14.7
Turnout 2,48064.2+46.4
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Maxine Crossland1,56070.3-4.5
Labour David Wesson34415.5+15.5
Green Anthony Barrett31414.2+14.2
Majority1,21654.8+5.2
Turnout 2,21871.0+38.0
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Windell Walcott1,64278.0+28.1
Liberal Democrats Amanda Epps46422.0-28.1
Majority1,17856.0
Turnout 2,10668.3+34.8
Conservative hold Swing
Chipping Norton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anne Roy-Barker1,67347.3-2.1
Labour Georgina Burrows1,39439.4+8.9
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tatton46713.2+13.2
Majority2797.9-11.0
Turnout 3,53471.5+30.4
Conservative hold Swing
Ducklington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayward79562.2-4.9
Liberal Democrats June Tayler29423.0+11.5
Labour Christopher Johnson18914.8+1.0
Majority50139.2-14.1
Turnout 1,27877.0+35.6
Conservative hold Swing
Eynsham and Cassington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lawrence Poole1,95556.7+11.0
Conservative Mark Walker1,49243.3-2.2
Majority46313.4+13.2
Turnout 3,44775.4+34.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Freeland and Hanborough [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Dingwall1,30049.8-0.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Baggaley1,01338.8-4.6
Labour Robert Evans1696.5-0.2
Green Harriet Marshall1264.8+4.8
Majority28711.0+4.5
Turnout 2,60876.9+32.6
Conservative hold Swing
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Good1,45757.2-1.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Maher1,08842.8+1.5
Majority36914.5-2.9
Turnout 2,54578.0+28.7
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
The Bartons [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Goffe82370.8-9.9
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Walton33929.2+29.2
Majority48441.7-19.8
Turnout 1,16274.4+36.4
Conservative hold Swing
Witney East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Mills2,24655.5-8.1
Liberal Democrats Mark Balaam76218.8+18.8
Labour Duncan Enright76018.8+0.9
Green Paul Creighton2786.9-4.5
Majority1,48436.7-9.1
Turnout 4,04670.5+38.1
Conservative hold Swing
Witney South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Harvey1,73355.4-3.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Slamin54417.4+17.4
Labour Andrew Coles54117.3+17.3
Green Sandra Simpson3119.9-2.6
Majority1,18938.0+3.1
Turnout 3,12967.6+36.9
Conservative hold Swing
Woodstock and Bladon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Cooper1,24853.8+5.3
Conservative Jill Dunsmore1,07346.2-5.3
Majority1757.6
Turnout 2,32175.0+31.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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