2017 Oxfordshire County Council election

2017 Oxfordshire County Council election

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All 63 seats to Oxfordshire County Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 31 14 13 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 80,438 43,172 47,799 Percentage 41.3% 22.2% 24.5% Swing 6.8% 0.9% 8.6%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Henley Residents Green Seats won 4 1 0 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 6,689 1,747 13,978 Percentage 3.4% 0.9% 7.2% Swing 0.4% 0.4% 1.8%
Map showing the results of the 2017 Oxfordshire County Council elections.
Council control before election No Overall Control (Con minority) Council control after election No Overall Control (Con/Ind coalition)

The 2017 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. ^[1] All 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Results - Summary

Oxfordshire County Council election, 2017 ^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	3	3	0	49.2	41.3	80,438	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	13	2	0	+2	20.6	24.5	47,799	+8.6
	Labour	14	2	3	-1	22.2	22.2	43,172	+0.9
	Green	0	0	2	-2	0	7.2	13.978	-1.8
	Independent	4	0	0	0	6.4	3.4	6,689	+0.4
	Henley Residents	1	1	0	+1	1.6	0.9	1,747	+0.4
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	1,056	-15.4

Aftermath

The Conservatives won the same number of seats as they did in 2013, one seat short of a majority.

For the past four years, the Conservatives had been able to govern in a minority administration with the support of three of the four independent councillors - Lynda Atkins, Mark Gray and Les Sibley. In 2016, one of these independents, Cllr. Atkins, left the alliance. ^{[3] [4]}

All three of these independent councillors were re-elected in these elections, alongside Cllr Neville Harris, who was elected for the first time in 2013 but had previously declined to support the Conservatives.

After talks with the independent councillors, two - Mark Gray and Les Sibley - agreed to continue to support the Conservatives with Cllr. Gray given the cabinet role as member for local communities. ^{[5] [6]} This gave the Conservative/Independent coalition a majority of 33 out of the 63 seats.

Division Results

Abingdon East

Abingdon East ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Rosemary Rooke *	1,699	53.1	+6.3
	Conservative	David James Pope	1,102	34.4	+7.9
	Labour	Louis Francis McEvoy	224	7.0	−1.7
	Green	Paul Timothy Norton	178	5.6	−0.7
Majority
Turnout			3,203	42.4	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-0.8

Abingdon North

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Abingdon North ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Jane Smith	2,029	50.6	+19.2
	Conservative	Sandy Lovatt *	1,494	37.2	−1.4
	Labour	Jon Bounds	291	7.3	−1.1
	Green	Cheryl Karen Briggs	198	4.9	−2.4

v t e Council elections in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021 2025
Cherwell District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Oxford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
South Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Vale of White Horse District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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