2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election

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2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Popular vote24,2538,8077,567
Percentage46.1%16.7%14.6%
 
Party Independent Henley Residents
Popular vote7,5231,849
Percentage13.8%3.5%
South Oxfordshire UK ward map 2011 results.png
Wards of South Oxfordshire District Council

The 2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2011 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. [1]

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Elections were held for all 48 seats on the council. The Conservative Party won 33 seats. The Liberal Democrats won seven seats and Henley Residents Group won two. The Labour Party won one seat and two independent candidates each won a seat. The Conservative Party kept overall control of the council, with its majority reduced to 27.

Summary of results

South Oxfordshire District Council elections result 2011 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 33+3-8-568,7546.124,253-
  Liberal Democrats 4+1-3-28.3316.78,807-
  Labour 430+38.3314.67,567+
  Independent 530+310.4213.87,253+
  Henley Residents 210+14.173.51,849+
  Green 000004.82,522
  UKIP 000000.5242

The Conservative Party's share of votes fell from 50.9% in the 2007 South Oxfordshire District Council election [3] to 46.1% in 2011. [2] In 2011 Conservative candidates won three seats from Liberal Democrats. However, Conservative candidates also lost three seats to independent candidates, three to Labour, one to the Henley Residents Group and one to a Liberal Democrat. The Conservatives had won 38 seats in 2007 [3] but were reduced to 33 in 2011. However, this was still almost 69% of the 48 seats on the council, and gave the Conservative group an overall majority of 15.

The Liberal Democrats' share of votes fell from 28.6% [3] in 2007 to 16.7% in 2011. [2] The net result of their gaining seats from and losing seats to the Conservatives reduced their number of members on the council to four. However, the Liberal Democrats retained the second largest share of total votes in the district.

The Labour Party increased its share of votes from 7.3% in 2007 [3] to 14.6% in 2011. [2] Gaining three seats from the Conservatives increased its number of members on the council to four.

In 2007 two independent candidates were elected to the district council. [3] In 2011 both of these independent councillors were re-elected and three gained seats from Conservatives, increasing the number of independent councillors to five. [2]

In 2007 one Henley Residents Group councillor was elected. [3] In 2011 HRG held that seat and won a second, increasing its number of members on the council to two. [2] HRG won an average of 37.2% of votes in the two wards that it contested.

In 2007 there were Green Party candidates in eight of the district's 29 wards. [3] In 2011 there were only four Green Party candidates in four wards. They won an average of 16.64% of votes in the wards that they contested, and 3.43% of total votes cast in South Oxfordshire District, but no seats. [2]

There was one UK Independence Party candidate, who contested a ward in Didcot. He won 8.6% of the votes in that ward, and was not elected. [2]

Ward results

Aston Rowant

Aston Rowant 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorothy Brown79378.2
Liberal Democrats David Stanley Mancey22121.8
Turnout
Majority572
Conservative hold Swing

Benson

Benson 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Felix Bloomfield1,053
Conservative Rachel Elizabeth Ruth Wallis857
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper795
Liberal Democrats George Francis Daniel Levy336
Green Andrea Jane Powell275
Labour Adam Wood266
Turnout
Majority62

Berinsfield

Berinsfield 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Phil Cross954
Independent Marc Geoffrey Hiles790
Conservative Richard James Huntley786
Green Mark Christopher Stevenson729
Turnout
Majority4

Brightwell

Brightwell 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Celia Jane Collett68164.1
Conservative Mark Hanson30028.2
Labour Liz Neighbour817.6
Turnout
Majority381
Independent hold Swing

Chalgrove

Chalgrove 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Graham Turner72961.6
Conservative Carol Fowler37531.7
Labour Paul David Collins806.8
Turnout
Majority354
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chiltern Woods

Chiltern Woods 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Mary Nimmo-Smith71573.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Stephen Davies14114.6
Labour Veronica Treacher11211.6
Turnout
Majority574
Conservative hold Swing

Chinnor

Chinnor 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Allen Hood1,054
Conservative Geoff Andrews1,026
Independent Pat Haywood740
Independent Martin George Wright737
Labour Simon Stone327
Turnout
Majority286
Conservative hold Swing

Cholsey and Wallingford South

Cholsey and Wallingford South 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mark Stuart Gray1,229
Conservative Pat Dawe883
Conservative Felicity Ann Aska838
Labour Mandy Winters459
Labour John Charles Moody229
Turnout
Majority391
Conservative hold Swing

Crowmarsh

Crowmarsh 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kristina Elizabeth Crabbe51055.4
Liberal Democrats John Howard Griffin40344.6
Turnout
Majority98
Conservative hold Swing

Didcot All Saints

Didcot All Saints 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terry Joslin647
Conservative Margaret Ann Turner642
Conservative Jane Murphy635
Labour Nick Hards597
Liberal Democrats Andrew Peter Jones226
Liberal Democrats James Robert Loder185
Turnout
Majority45

Didcot Ladygrove

Didcot Ladygrove 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Richard John Harbour1,106
Conservative Bill Service1,060
Independent Neville Frank Harris948
Conservative Roger Mark Hawlor903
Labour Bill Atkinson529
Labour Nicola Jane Williams506
Labour Robert Allen Bulman408
UKIP Paul John Williams242
Turnout
Majority45

Didcot Northbourne

Didcot Northbourne 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bernard Douglas Cooper504
Conservative Steve Connell458
Labour Scott Robert Wilgrove442
Liberal Democrats David Rouane429
Conservative Phil Hayward428
Independent Sue Such348
Turnout
Majority16

Didcot Park

Didcot Park 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Margaret Lesley Davies769
Labour Eleanor Hards730
Conservative Christopher Edwin Harrison668
Conservative Alan Roy Thompson640
Liberal Democrats Jen Parry253
Liberal Democrats Tony Worgan180
Turnout
Majority62
Labour hold Swing

Forest Hill and Holton

Forest Hill and Holton 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Purse62161.5
Conservative Ginette Camps-Walsh38938.5
Turnout
Majority232
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Garsington

Garsington 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Gillespie63965.9
Liberal Democrats Jane Jackson33134.1
Turnout
Majority308
Conservative hold Swing

Goring

Goring 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Ducker1,447
Conservative Pearl Slatter1,199
Green Peter Hugh Dragonetti866
Liberal Democrats Caroline Shirley Wardle551
Labour Fran Barefield394
Turnout
Majority333
Conservative hold Swing

Great Milton

Great Milton 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Harrod64160.3
Liberal Democrats Wendy Court42239.7
Turnout
Majority219
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Hagbourne

Hagbourne 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leo Docherty83173.7
Labour Alison Lane29626.3
Turnout
Majority535
Conservative hold Swing

Henley North

Henley North 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Henley Residents Elizabeth Hodgkin923
Conservative Joan Bland801
Conservative Lorraine Hillier789
Henley Residents Martin Sydney Akehurst696
Liberal Democrats Julian Philip Allison139
Liberal Democrats Neill James Robert Hendry123
Labour Paul Holland116
Turnout
Majority93

Henley South

Henley South 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Henley Residents Jennifer Wood926
Conservative William Arthur Henry Hall723
Independent Ken Arlett710
Conservative David Michael Silvester670
Liberal Democrats Asbjorg Dunker274
Liberal Democrats Barry George Wood253
Labour Margaret Goodwin208
Turnout
Majority13

Sandford

Sandford 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Anthony Cotton42447.7
Independent John Ernest Stimson24827.9
Labour Will Atkinson21624.3
Turnout
Majority176
Conservative hold Swing

Shiplake

Shiplake 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Leonard1,371
Conservative Rob Simister1,176
Liberal Democrats Peter Wardle345
Labour Janet Matthews321
Turnout
Majority2,202
Conservative hold Swing

Sonning Common

Sonning Common 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Harrison1,461
Conservative Alan Geoffrey Rooke1,259
Green Aidan Lawrence Carlisle652
Labour David Winchester486
Turnout
Majority607
Conservative hold Swing

Thame North

Thame North 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Welply1,075
Liberal Democrats David William Bretherton898
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Ann Matelot Green800
Turnout
Majority277

Thame South

Thame South 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David William Dodds1,065
Independent Ann Midwinter916
Labour Mary Honora Stiles892
Liberal Democrats David Arthur Laver422
Liberal Democrats Pete Barker313
Turnout
Majority24

Wallingford North

Wallingford North 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marcus David Harris854
Conservative Imran Lokhon810
Independent Charles Brinley Ledlie643
Labour George William Kneeshaw493
Labour Graham Ruecroft406
Turnout
Majority167
Conservative hold Swing

Watlington

Watlington 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anna Fairbairn Badcock1,351
Conservative Angie Paterson1,328
Liberal Democrats Nick Hancock536
Labour James Herbert Merritt366
Turnout
Majority792
Conservative hold Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Janet Maureen Carr976
Liberal Democrats Roger Thomas Bell786
Conservative John Patrick Walsh724
Liberal Democrats Helena Tess Harris694
Turnout
Majority42

Woodcote

Woodcote 2011 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher John Quinton70363.8
Liberal Democrats Robin Heys Pierce30427.6
Labour Amanda Holland958.6
Turnout
Majority399
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

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