2016 Oxford City Council election

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2016 Oxford City Council election
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24 of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Seats before3386
Seats after3584
Oxford UK ward map 2016.svg
Results of the 2016 Oxford City Council election
Elected Leader of the Council

Susan Brown
Labour

The elections for Oxford City Council took place on 5 May 2016. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. 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 39.2%. The highest turnout was 53.9% for Iffley Fields, and the lowest 18.6% for Northfield Brook.

Results

Oxford Local Election Result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1820+27547.017965+5.8
  Liberal Democrats 400016.718.16932-0.7
  Green 102-24.216.96477-3.2
  Independent 10004.24.51707+3.4
  Conservative 0000012.74838-3.1
  UKIP 000000.6235-2.3
  TUSC 000000.157+0.1
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.0313-0.07

Note: two UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with six in 2014 and three in 2012. Three independent candidates were standing, compared with four in 2014 and one in 2012. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2014 Oxford City Council election.

Total number of seats on the council after the election:

PartyPrevious councilStaying councillorsSeats up for electionElection resultNew council
Labour3317161835
Liberal Democrats84448
Green63314
Independent10111
Total4824242448

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Results by ward

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

Barton and Sandhills

+6.8

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Michael Derek Rowley70449.7−1.1
Independent Chaka Artwell23716.7+16.7
Conservative Timothy Stephen Hamer17412.3−1.0
Liberal Democrats Barbara Lesley Mallinder1238.7+1.8
UKIP Frances Baxter966.8−12.5
Green Raymond Leslie Hitchens825.8−2.2
Turnout 141628.7
Labour hold

Blackbird Leys

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Kay Smith68773+5.7
UKIP Joseph Lawes13914.8−5.7
Conservative Vanessa Elizabeth Bhagwandin485.1−0.6
Green Matthew Ledbury313.3−1.2
TUSC Gregory Gordon William Collier202.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Andrew Blakey161.7−0.3
Turnout 94123.1
Labour hold

Carfax

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander J. Hollingsworth44742.0+13.4
Green Katherine Ellen Prendergast27625.9−4.9
Liberal Democrats Henry Nicholas John Samuels21720.4+2.8
Conservative Alexander James Curtis 11110.4−9.7
Monster Raving Loony Alasdair Iain de Voil (Mad Hatter)131.2−1.7
Turnout 106437.4
Labour hold

Churchill

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Lygo 76167.9+15.7
Conservative John Allan Selway14412.9+2.8
Green Kevin Nicholas McGlynn13011.6−2.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Charles Coggins857.6−0.6
Turnout 112027
Labour hold

Cowley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Henwood88356.0+15.5
Green Hazel Frances Dawe42026.6+10.1
Conservative Gary William Dixon21013.3+1.9
Liberal Democrats Claire Elizabeth Murray644.1−4.6
Turnout 157735.4
Labour hold

Cowley Marsh

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sajjad-Hussain Malik93254.8+8.9
Green Steven Mark Dawe30718.0−6.1
Independent Judith Anne Harley25214.8+14.8
Liberal Democrats Antony Edwin St John Brett1126.6−1.1
Conservative Liam Hatch995.8−16.8
Turnout 170238.5
Labour hold

Headington

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Elaine Wilkinson110059.7+9.2
Labour Marco Pontecorvi43723.7−0.7
Conservative Anthony Ian Gearing1729.3−3.2
Green Ann Alice Duncan1347.3−2.4
Turnout 184344.7
Liberal Democrats hold

Headington Hill and Northway

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Chapman77651.7+3.0
Conservative Mark Bhagwandin45230.1+0.7
Liberal Democrats Maria Pereira Cabral de Azevedo e Bourbon16010.7+3.0
Green Oliver James Fairey1127.5−5.1
Turnout 150042.4
Labour hold

Hinksey Park

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Marie Tidball127367.5+7.3
Green Benjamin Raphael Carter27314.5−4.9
Conservative Siddharth Deva19910.6+0.5
Liberal Democrats Nicholas John Harding1407.4+1.8
Turnout 188545.5
Labour hold

Holywell

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Daniel P. Iley-Williamson45140.9+16.3
Liberal Democrats Andy McKay28325.6+14.0
Green Fiona Kelly Joines26524.0−21.1
Conservative George Walker1059.5−9.2
Turnout 110443.7
Labour gain from Green Swing +18.7

Iffley Fields

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen John Curran101547.5+0.2
Green Elise Danielle Benjamin96145.0+1.6
Conservative Simon James Bazley944.4−0.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Patrick Bergamin663.1−1.1
Turnout 213653.9
Labour gain from Green Swing +0.9

Jericho and Osney

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Cook100752.6−7.8
Green Lois Knight Muddiman50826.5+8.1
Liberal Democrats Conor McKenzie21711.3+0.2
Conservative Jason John Richard Fiddaman1839.6−0.6
Turnout 191543.2
Labour hold

Littlemore

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Stuart Tanner83059.5−5.9
Conservative Daniel Stafford28420.4−1.9
Green Lucy Irene Fitchett Ayrton20514.7+3.4
Liberal Democrats Charles James Bidwell755.4+0.6
Turnout 139430
Labour hold

Lye Valley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patricia Kennedy92465.2−13.4
Conservative Johnson Mackline Kyeswa21615.2−3.5
Green Tim Peter Pizey17712.5−9.6
Liberal Democrats Mandy Machado1017.1−0.2
Turnout 141829.4
Labour hold

Marston

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Michael Christopher Haines114048.7+48.7
Labour Nicholas P. Walker82635.3−18.3
Green Miranda Shaw1124.8−8.0
Conservative Timothy Douglas Patmore1124.8−10.2
Independent Charles Michael Haynes783.3+3.3
Liberal Democrats Alasdair James Murray713.0−5.5
Turnout 233951.8
Independent hold

North

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Fry79651.3+16.5
Liberal Democrats Louis Joseph Simborowski Gill40326.0−5.6
Conservative Robert Vernon Porter17911.5−3.8
Green Claire Margaret El Mouden17411.2−7.0
Turnout 155246.1
Labour hold

Northfield Brook

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sian Taylor57370.1−1.5
Conservative Patricia Gwendoline Mary Jones8910.9−0.6
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin668.1+2.5
Green Robert James Henry Paynter526.4+4.9
TUSC James Daniel Paul Morbin374.5+4.5
Turnout 81718.6
Labour hold

Quarry and Risinghurst

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chewe Edgar Munkonge100344.7+1.1
Liberal Democrats Rosalind Claire Rogers86338.4+13.0
Conservative William Geoffrey Clare23010.2−9.0
Green Elizabeth Leonora Taylor1496.6−5.1
Turnout 224547.8
Labour hold

Rose Hill and Iffley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Owen Turner118769.3+19.6
Conservative Lilian Julia Sherwood23313.6+5.6
Green Janet Mary Wallis Hall20211.8−2.3
Liberal Democrats Ruven Ziegler905.3−7.4
Turnout 171237.3
Labour hold

St Clement's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jamila Begum Azad72650.3−1.0
Green Timothy John Robert Eden41328.6−2.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Roderick Jones18312.7+4.0
Conservative Charles Edward Daniel Gee1228.4+1.2
Turnout 144437
Labour hold

St Margaret's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Landell Mills59237.8+4.2
Labour Catrin Roberts39625.3−1.8
Conservative Penelope Anne Lenon33821.6−0.9
Green Alastair James Johnnie Wilson24015.3−1.5
Turnout 156646.3
Liberal Democrats hold

St Mary's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Craig Simmons73952.2+3.2
Labour Mohammed Azad54738.6+2.2
Conservative Dominic Heaney715.0−2.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Harker Tait594.2−1.7
Turnout 141641.5
Green hold

Summertown

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Gant 90244.5+2.9
Labour Jane Marilyn Stockton54626.9+9.9
Conservative Graham Stanton Jones35017.2−4.6
Green Larry Sanders 23111.4−9.0
Turnout 202944.7
Liberal Democrats hold

Wolvercote

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Goff94445.2+0.5
Conservative Rosemary Newton Hilliard62329.8−1.4
Green Sarah Janet Edwards28413.6+0.9
Labour Hugh Michael Tappin23811.4−0.1
Turnout 208947.5
Liberal Democrats hold

Source: "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Summary of Results", Oxfordshire County Council, 28 June 2016.

Party share of vote map

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Election Results - 5 May 2016". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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