2014 Oxford City Council election

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The elections for Oxford City Council took place on Thursday 22 May 2014. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election, apart from in Summertown ward where both seats are up for election following the resignation of Councillor Stuart McCready on 3 April 2014. [1]

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Overall turnout was 37%, up from 29.4% in 2012.

Results

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Oxford Local Election Result 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1730+36841.217,541-1.3
  Liberal Democrats 504-42018.98,043+0.4
  Green 321+11220.28,599-1.1
  Conservative 0000015.76,709+1.1
  UKIP 000002.91,228+2.4
  Independent 000001.0447-1.6
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.145+0.1

Note: six UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with three in 2012 and one in 2010. One candidate stood for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, compared with none in either 2010 or 2012. Four independent candidates were standing, compared with one each in 2012 and 2010. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2012 Oxford City Council election.

Total number of seats on the Council after the election:

PartyPrevious councilStaying councillorsSeats up for electionElection resultNew council
Labour3016141733
Liberal Democrats123958
Green53236
Independent11001
Total4823252548

Results by ward

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

Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2010 Oxford City Council election.

Barton and Sandhills

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Van Coulter77350.8+8.1
UKIP Ian Macdonald29319.3+19.3
Conservative James Johnson20213.3-9.5
Green Raymond Hitchins1218.0+1.5
Liberal Democrats Sallie Barnard1056.9-21.2
Independent Benjamin Linus281.8+1.8
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Blackbird Leys

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Humberstone64267.3-2.2
UKIP Dickie Bird19620.5+20.5
Conservative Vanessa Bhagwandin545.7-8.1
Green Lizzie McHale434.5+0.2
Liberal Democrats Mark Wheeler192.0-10.4
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

Carfax

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Ruthi Brandt48330.8+9.2
Labour Alex Hollingsworth44828.6+8.2
Conservative Maryam Ahmed31520.1-0.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Brett27617.6-20.0
Monster Raving Loony Mad Hatter452.9+2.9
Turnout 1567
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Churchill

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Brown60752.2-8
UKIP David Slater17915.4+15
Green Julian Faultless16414.1-4
Conservative Berk Bektas11710.1-5
Liberal Democrats James Reilly958.2+1
Turnout 1162
Labour hold Swing

Cowley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Simm65940.5-5.4
Independent Chaka Artwell37322.9+22.9
Green Clare Cochrane26816.5+2.5
Conservative Gary Dixon18611.4-7.0
Liberal Democrats Imtiaz Gulzar1428.7-13.1
Turnout 1628
Labour hold Swing

Cowley Marsh

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mohammed Abbasi79345.5+5.7
Green Richard Scrase42024.1+9.4
Conservative Judith Harley39422.6-6.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Hodgkinson1357.7-8.8
Turnout 1742
Labour hold Swing

Headington

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Altaf-Khan94650.5+5.9
Labour David Henwood51427.4+1.2
Conservative Theodora Dickinson23412.5-7.2
Green David Haycock1819.7+0.2
Turnout 1875
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Headington Hill and Northway

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Farida Anwar 71948.7+19.7
Conservative Mark Bhagwandin43329.4+8.8
Green Ruth Bamber18612.6+4.0
Liberal Democrats Maria Bourbon1137.7-34.0
Independent Nicholas Fell241.6+1.6
Turnout 1475
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Note: Nicholas Fell was originally intending to stand for UKIP, but then was not nominated in time.

Hinksey Park

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Price115860.2+11.3
Green Judy Chipchase37319.4+6.1
Conservative Simon Mort19510.1-5.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tope1085.6-16.2
UKIP Stuart O'Reilly884.6+4.6
Turnout 1922
Labour hold Swing

Holywell

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green David Thomas67545.1+22.6
Labour Aled Jones36924.6+7.2
Conservative Poppy Stokes28018.7-2.5
Liberal Democrats Jean Vila17411.6-27.3
Turnout 1498
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Iffley Fields

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Tarver98647.3+17.0
Green Steve Dawe90443.4+6.2
Conservative Neil Prestidge1055.0-4.8
Liberal Democrats Simon Bearder884.2-18.5
Turnout 2083
Labour gain from Green Swing

Jericho and Osney

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Pressel131360.4+6.0
Green Sarah Pethybridge39918.4-3.6
Liberal Democrats Conor McKenzie24111.1+1.4
Conservative John Walsh22110.2-2.7
Turnout 2174
Labour hold Swing +7.8

Littlemore

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Sanders76253.6+5.8
Conservative Daniel Stafford31722.3+0.8
Green Alyson Duckmanton25718.1+11.1
Liberal Democrats John McCann856.0-17.6
Turnout 1421
Labour hold Swing

Lye Valley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan72851.8+6.9
Green Steve Woolliams31122.1+12.7
Conservative Paul Hernandez26318.7-3.3
Liberal Democrats Penny Yewers1037.3-16.4
Turnout 1405
Labour hold Swing

Marston

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Clarkson 106453.6+14.7
Conservative Duncan Hatfield29715.0+0.9
Green Alistair Morris25412.8+4.6
UKIP Jonathan Miller20110.1+10.1
Liberal Democrats Salman Navqi1698.5-10.2
Turnout 1985
Labour hold Swing

North

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Upton72334.8+0.1
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder65731.6+0.4
Green Sushila Dhall37918.2-6.3
Conservative Penelope Lenon31815.3+5.9
Turnout 2077
Labour hold Swing

Note: gain/hold and percentage change calculated with respect to the by-election of 19 September 2013. [3] In 2010, the seat was won by the Liberal Democrats.

Northfield Brook

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Scott Seamons70071.6
Conservative Pat Jones11211.5
Green Robert Paynter11111.3
Liberal Democrats Rachel Fielder555.6
Turnout 978
Labour hold Swing

Quarry and Risinghurst

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dee Sinclair94143.6
Liberal Democrats Roz Smith54925.4
Conservative Katharine Harborne41519.2
Green Liz Taylor25311.7
Turnout 2158
Labour hold Swing

Rose Hill and Iffley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michele Paule87349.7
UKIP Paddy Graham27115.4
Green Paul Skinner24814.1
Liberal Democrats Faisal Aziz22312.7
Conservative Lilian Sherwood1408.0
Turnout 1755
Labour hold Swing

St Clement's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tom Hayes87551.3
Green Hazel Dawe53231.2
Liberal Democrats Graham Jones1488.7
Conservative Siddharth Deva1297.6
Independent Pat Mylvaganam221.3
Turnout 1706
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

St Margaret's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Wade61033.6
Labour Nigel Chapman49227.1
Conservative Vernon Porter40922.5
Green Ann Duncan30516.8
Turnout 1816
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Mary's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dick Wolff73349.4
Labour Sian Taylor54636.8
Conservative Theodore Heren1167.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Bearder885.9
Turnout 1483
Green hold Swing

Summertown

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jean Fooks110054.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Gant 84341.6
Conservative Kenneth Bickers44121.8
Green Sarah Edwards41320.4
Labour Bob Colenutt34417.0
Conservative Arjun Sinsinwar33916.7
Green Oliver Tickell31115.3
Labour Eleanor Law26212.9
Turnout 2027
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wolvercote

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Goddard97144.7
Conservative Tom Williams67731.2
Green Lee Crawfurd27512.7
Labour Michael Taylor25011.5
Turnout 2173
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Party share of vote map

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  1. ↑ "Elections in 2014". oxford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elections in 2014". oxford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Oxford City Council Summary of Results" (PDF). oxford.gov.uk. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2014.
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