2012 Oxford City Council election

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Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 3 May 2012. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.

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Overall turnout was 29.4%, down from 61.7% in 2010. However, the 2010 election was held on the same day as the general election, accounting for the unusually high turnout in that year. The lowest turnout (17.5%) was in Northfield Brook ward and the highest (42.5%) in Iffley Fields.

Results

Oxford Local Election Result 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1641+366.742.413,852+7.9
  Liberal Democrats 403-316.718.56,034−12.1
  Green 311012.521.36,948+7.3
  Independent 110+14.22.7877+1.7
  Conservative 0000014.64,764-5.0
  UKIP 000000.5166+0.3

Note: three UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with one in 2010 and none in 2008. The last remaining councillor for the Independent Working Class Association, in Northfield Brook ward, stood down at this election; the seat was taken by the Labour Party.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilStaying councillorsSeats up for electionElection resultNew council
Labour2613131629
Liberal Democrats1697413
Green52335
Independent Working Class10100
Independent00011
Total4824242448

Results by ward

Map of the Oxford Wards Oxford wards OSM.svg
Map of the Oxford Wards

Barton and Sandhills

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mike Rowley75866.7+9.6
Conservative Graham Lovelock16814.8+8.9
Green Mary-Jane Sareva12210.7+2.6
Liberal Democrats Alexander Cibulskis887.7-15.1
Turnout 114622.54
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Blackbird Leys

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Val Smith73785.4+31.1
Conservative David Hearn546.3-0.3
Green Sarah Pethybridge404.6+2.2
Liberal Democrats Alasdair Murray323.7+2.0
Turnout 86520.81−0.2
Labour hold Swing

Carfax

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anne-Marie Canning28832.4+15.1
Green Adam Ramsay23526.4+6.6
Liberal Democrats Duncan Stott20723.3−12.4
Conservative Tim Patmore15917.9-9.8
Turnout 90220.27
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Churchill

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Lygo 76771.0+29.3
Green Julian Faultless13012.0+8.7
Conservative Siddo Deva1069.8–2.4
Liberal Democrats Ruth Rundle777.1–9.0
Turnout 108621.62
Labour hold Swing

Cowley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Helen O'Hara62651.6+3.4
Green Clare Cochrane27622.8+10.3
Conservative Judith Harley19616.2−1.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Tait1159.4-6.1
Turnout 121726.84
Labour hold Swing

Cowley Marsh

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Saj Malik66650.1-1.3
Green Kevin Meaney46735.1+24.9
Conservative Gary Dixon1229.2+0.5
Liberal Democrats Ben Maconick755.6−24.1
Turnout 133827.77
Labour hold Swing

Headington

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Wilkinson98353.7+18.3
Labour Jane Darke55730.5+13.8
Conservative Mark Bhagwandin1789.7-24.7
Green Richard Howarth1116.1-7.4
Turnout 183441.35
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Headington Hill and Northway

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Darke58948.1+8.8
Conservative Thomas Kelley27322.3-8.7
Green Sietske Boeles15612.7+8.4
Liberal Democrats Stephen Tall1109.0-17.4
UKIP Nicholas Fell977.9+7.9
Turnout 123225.24−4.0
Labour hold Swing

Hinksey Park

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Oscar Van Nooijen90660.0+7.8
Green Judy Chipchase33121.9-1.5
Conservative Simon Mort17211.4-1.9
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hodgkinson1016.7-4.4
Turnout 151832.34
Labour hold Swing

Holywell

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sam Hollick35639.5+21.0
Labour Alex Harvey20422.6+9.0
Liberal Democrats Robin McGhee19721.8−23.6
Conservative Robert Sargent14516.1-8.0
Turnout 92321.82
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Iffley Fields

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Elise Benjamin89649.5-5.2
Labour Richard Tarver79543.9+15.4
Conservative Neil Prestidge603.3-6.8
Liberal Democrats Doug Hale583.2+3.2
Turnout 181642.49
Green hold Swing

Jericho and Osney

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Cook83554.4+1.2
Green Peter Furtado33722.0+5.5
Conservative Bill Wilson21413.9+1.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hilliard1499.7-7.9
Turnout 153830.53
Labour hold Swing

Littlemore

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Tanner68659.4+8.7
Conservative Carolyn Evans20217.5-7.3
Liberal Democrats Dorian Hancock13711.9+1.1
Green Matthew Sellwood13011.3-2.4
Turnout 116124.44
Labour hold Swing

Lye Valley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Kennedy72462.8+2.8
Green John Kentish18215.8+5.6
Conservative James McGee16114.0-6.9
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler857.4-1.5
Turnout 116522.86
Labour hold Swing

Marston

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mick Haines87745.8+25.2
Labour Louise Upton63633.2-1.3
Conservative Duncan Hatfield19510.2-4.0
Green Alistair Morris1226.4+1.3
Liberal Democrats Sam Fowkes844.4-21.2
Turnout 191940.41
Independent gain from Labour Swing

North

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Fry51633.4+18.6
Green Sushila Dhall38524.9+7.2
Liberal Democrats John Howson35322.8-14.4
Conservative Samantha Mandrup29118.8-11.5
Turnout 154834.82
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Northfield Brook

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Curran56473.6+33.9
Green Alison Williams739.5+5.8
Liberal Democrats Amber Thomas688.9+4.2
Conservative Pat Jones618.0+1.4
Turnout 77017.51
Labour gain from Ind. Working Class Swing

Quarry and Risinghurst

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Laurence Baxter84849.5+11.9
Liberal Democrats Roz Smith41124.0-4.0
Conservative Allen Mills31018.1-11.7
Green Raymond Hitchins764.4+0.3
UKIP Julia Gasper694.0+4.0
Turnout 172236.56
Labour hold Swing

Rose Hill and Iffley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Turner87161.9+7.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Wilkinson21415.2+0.1
Green Paul Skinner18112.9-0.4
Conservative John Walsh14010.0-6.8
Turnout 141731.58
Labour hold Swing

St Clement's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bev Clack59542.8+18.4
Green Hafiz Ladell50136.1-12.5
Conservative Elizabeth Mills16511.9-1.3
Liberal Democrats Mohsin Khan997.1-6.7
UKIP Ian MacDonald292.1+2.1
Turnout 139726.29
Labour gain from Green Swing

St Margaret's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gwynneth Royce47434.5+1.1
Conservative Vernon Porter35325.7-1.2
Green Ann Duncan35025.5-2.3
Labour Lincoln Hill19814.4+2.4
Turnout 138131.89
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Mary's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Craig Simmons57848.0-10.9
Labour Sabir Mirza50942.3+21.2
Conservative George Harnett766.3-5.3
Liberal Democrats James King403.3-6.9
Turnout 121227.88
Green hold Swing

Summertown

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart McCready75341.9-2.3
Green John Coleman41823.3+2.6
Conservative Jonathan Gittos37921.1-4.0
Labour Christopher Gray24613.7+3.7
Turnout 180136.34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wolvercote

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Gotch65533.9−0.2
Conservative Graham Jones58430.2-1.1
Green Sheila Cameron49525.6+5.0
Labour Michele Paule20010.3-3.7
Turnout 194241.91
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Party share of vote map

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