2018 Oxford City Council election

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2018 Oxford City Council election
  2016 3 May 2018 2021  

24 of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election18 seats, 47.0%4 seats, 18.1%1 seat, 16.9% [note 1]
Seats before34 (16 up)8 (4 up)4 (3 up)
Seats won1851
Seats after3692
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote18,2278,8925,535
Percentage47.8%23.3%14.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.8%Increase2.svg5.1%Decrease2.svg 2.5%

Oxford wards OSM.svg
The wards of Oxford City Council

Leader of the Council before election

Susan Brown
Labour

Elected Leader of the Council

Susan Brown [2]
Labour

The 2018 Oxford City Council election took place on 3 May 2018, to elect 24 of the 48 members of Oxford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Each of Oxford's 24 wards elected one councillor, with the other seat in each ward next due for election in May 2020. [3]

Contents

The Labour Party sought to defend its majority on the council, which it had controlled since 2008. Key issues in the election campaign included affordable housing, homelessness and air pollution. The results saw Labour gain two seats from the Green Party while losing one to the Liberal Democrats. This left Labour with 36 seats, the Liberal Democrats with 9 and the Greens with 2.

Background

Before the election, the Labour Party held a majority of seats on Oxford City Council. When the 24 seats up for election in 2018 were contested at the 2014 Oxford City Council election, 17 were won by Labour, 4 by the Liberal Democrats, and 3 by the Green Party of England and Wales. [4] The 2016 election, at which the council's other 24 seats were contested, saw a stronger result for Labour (18 seats won) and weaker for the Greens (1 seat). [5]

The 2018 election was the first regular election to Oxford City Council since the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, at which Oxford defied a UK-wide vote to leave the European Union by returning a 70% vote to remain. [6] A year after the referendum, in the 2017 UK general election, Labour significantly increased its majority in the parliamentary constituency of Oxford East (which includes most of the city of Oxford), while the Liberal Democrats gained Oxford West and Abingdon from the Conservative Party. [7]

New Statesman commentator Stephen Bush suggested in March 2018 that a successful result for Labour in the 2018 Oxford City Council election, building on its strong parliamentary performance in 2017, would be to win all the available Green seats. [8] The Oxford Mail's political correspondent Nathan Briant predicted, "Labour are likely to return a healthy number of councillors", but identified potential difficulties for the party: a rise in homelessness in Oxford as in other cities, controversy of the council's use of community protection notices to threaten to fine homeless people, and a perception of the national Labour leadership as too eurosceptic. [9]

Stephen Bush argued that if the Liberal Democrats' national strategy of appealing to pro-European voters succeeded, one benchmark for this would be an expansion from eight seats on Oxford City Council to double figures. [10]

Policies and campaigns

Conservative

The Oxford Conservative Association's chair Mark Bhagwandin criticised the Labour administration for a lack of affordable housing in Oxford, including at the recent Barton development. He stated he was confident that the Conservatives could improve on their previously weak position in Oxford, and that they would hold Labour to account. The party pledged to freeze the salaries of senior council staff, which Bhagwandin described as "huge". [11]

Green

The Green Party's campaign also emphasised a need for scrutiny and opposition; co-leader Caroline Lucas stated while campaigning in Oxford that "one more Labour councillor won't make any difference", while "one more Green councillor" would ensure the council was "forced to deliver". [12] Lucas identified homelessness as the issue on which Oxford's Green councillors been most active, [12] and the Greens' manifesto highlighted their past campaigns for the council to provide additional homeless shelters and consider the use of rent controls, as well as their role in challenging fines for rough sleepers and removal of their property. [13] Green policies also included addressing air pollution in St. Clement's [12] by extending the council's proposed zero-emission zone, [13] and redesignating the entire development on the Lucy Faithfull House site for affordable housing (instead of half as proposed by the council). [11]

Labour

Oxford's governing Labour Party pledged in its manifesto, subtitled Fighting Austerity for a Fairer City, to build 1000 affordable homes and work with adjacent councils on "high quality urban extensions that will increase the availability of affordable homes". [14] [15] The Leader of the council, Susan Brown, advocated more development in the Oxford Green Belt to meet the city's housing needs. [11] Emphasising Oxford's "strong cycling tradition", [16] the manifesto included policies to provide more lanes and parking for cyclists, while supporting cycle hire businesses. [14] [17] On homelessness, Labour pledged increased spending and cooperation with charitable and voluntary organisations "with the objective of ensuring that no-one has to sleep rough in Oxford". [14] Other "key pledges" included promotion of an Oxford living wage, support for sports clubs and facilities, and measures to reduce the city's carbon footprint and air pollution. [18]

Launching the manifesto, Susan Brown and Shadow Secretary of State for Housing John Healey attacked the central government's austerity programme as responsible for homelessness and other social problems in Oxford and elsewhere, while Healey praised Oxford City Council's track record under its Labour administration. [17] The Guardian journalist and Labour activist Owen Jones canvassed for the party's candidate Rabyah Khan in Summertown. [19]

Liberal Democrat

Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable highlighted the issues of homelessness and unaffordable housing during a visit to Oxford, while the party's Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran argued that Labour was over-dominant on the council and that additional Lib Dem councillors would provide improved scrutiny. [20] The party's manifesto [21] included pledges to re-examine potential sites in Oxford in order to build "hundreds more houses", [22] with their councillors suggesting that land designated for business development could be reallocated for housing. [11] The Lib Dems supported a review of the Green Belt for new sites for development, with safeguards for "areas of natural, historic, or scientific interest". [22] They proposed increased accommodation and support for homeless people, while opposing fining of rough sleepers. [23] Other pledges included a tourism tax as a source of revenue for public works. [24] The Lib Dem leader on the council, Andrew Gant, suggested that some voters would support the party because of opposition to Brexit. [11]

Candidates

The Labour and Conservative parties nominated candidates for all 24 seats, while the Greens contested 23 and the Liberal Democrats 21. The current Leader of the council, Susan Brown (Labour), stood for re-election in Churchill ward. [25] David Thomas, the leader of the council's Green group who was previously elected in Holywell, [26] contested St. Clement's against the Labour incumbent Tom Hayes. [11]

Some councillors whose terms ended in 2018 did not seek re-election, including former Leader Bob Price (Labour, Hinksey Park) and Lord Mayor Jean Fooks (Liberal Democrat, Summertown). [25] [27]

Results

Labour increased its majority on the council, holding 36 of 48 seats after the election. The Greens, in what the Oxford Mail described as "an awful night" for the party, saw two of their three seats up for election won by Labour, while their leader David Thomas lost his place on the Council when his attempt to win St Clement's from Labour failed. This left the party with just two councillors. [28] The Liberal Democrats won Quarry and Risinghurst from Labour, which was Labour's first loss of a seat in Oxford since 2006. [29]

The highest turnout was 54.9% for Iffley Fields, and the lowest 19.9% for Northfield Brook.

Oxford Local Election Result 2018
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1821+17547.818277+0.8
  Liberal Democrats 510+120.823.38892+5.1
  Green 102-24.214.55535-2.5
  Conservative 0000012.94938+0.3
  Independent 000001.5577-3.0

Note: no UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with two in 2016 and six in 2014. Two independent candidates were standing, compared with three in 2016 and four in 2014. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2016 Oxford City Council election. In addition to the 2 seats that Labour gained relative to the 2016 election, Labour also took back a seat they previously held that had become vacant in November 2017 (see Northfield Brook).

Total number of seats on the council after the election:

PartyPrevious councilStaying councillorsSeats up for electionElection resultNew council
Labour341816 [note 2] 1836
Liberal Democrats84459
Green41312
Independent11001
Total4724232448

Results by ward

Ward results are taken from the Oxford City Council website. [30] Results are described as holds or gains based on comparison with the 2014 election.

Barton and Sandhills

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Martyn James Rush 812 51.7 +2.0
Conservative Tim Patmore26817.1+4.8
Independent Chaka Artwell25216.1-0.6
Liberal Democrats Jemma Kathleen Hayward1539.7+1.0
Green Symon James Hill855.4-0.4
Turnout 157031.9Increase2.svg 3.2
Labour hold

Blackbird Leys

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Humberstone 740 81.6 +8.6
Conservative Paul John Sims11412.6+7.5
Green Chris Witt535.8+2.5
Turnout 90722.3Decrease2.svg 0.8
Labour hold

Carfax

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard George Alexander Howlett 482 42.8 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Conor McKenzie39935.4+15.0
Green Emma Teworte12711.3-14.6
Conservative Thomas Crook11910.6+0.2
Turnout 112736.3Decrease2.svg 1.1
Labour gain from Green

Churchill

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susan Woolford Brown 709 66.2 -1.7
Conservative Jake Leon Whittingham15514.5+1.6
Green William David Vowell1049.7-1.9
Liberal Democrats Peter Charles Coggins1039.6+2.0
Turnout 107125.2Decrease2.svg 2.2
Labour hold

Cowley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christine Mary Simm 839 56.6 +0.6
Green Hazel Dawe35023.6-3.0
Conservative Sami Hasan17912.1-1.2
Liberal Democrats Eleonore Vogel1147.7+3.6
Turnout 148233.4Decrease2.svg 2.2
Labour hold

Cowley Marsh

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Lubna Arshad 885 54.7 -0.1
Independent Judith Anne Harley32520.1+5.3
Green Annie Pickering20712.8-5.2
Liberal Democrats Tony Brett1137.0+0.4
Conservative Alan William Gibbs895.5-0.3
Turnout 161936.3Decrease2.svg 2.2
Labour hold

Headington

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Altaf-Khan 1,140 61.3 +1.6
Labour Simon John Peter Ottino50427.1+3.4
Conservative Isa Mohammed1176.3-3.0
Green Ray Hitchins1005.4-1.9
Turnout 186144.8Decrease2.svg 0.1
Liberal Democrats hold

Headington Hill and Northway

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Joe McManners 698 51.5 -0.2
Liberal Democrats Guy John Garden29621.8+11.1
Conservative Georgina Ruth Gibbs25018.5-11.6
Green Kate Josephine Robinson1118.2+0.7
Turnout 135537.1Decrease2.svg 5.3
Labour hold

Hinksey Park

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Donnelly 1,094 65.0 -2.5
Green Robert James Henry Paynter22813.5-1.0
Liberal Democrats Adam Charles Povey20612.2+4.8
Conservative Kate Kettle1569.3-1.3
Turnout 168441.3Decrease2.svg 4.2
Labour hold

Holywell

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nadine Marie-Christine Bely-Summers 393 38.3 -2.6
Liberal Democrats Finn Thomas Conway38637.7+12.1
Green Timothy John Robert Eden15314.9-9.1
Conservative David Robert Pearson939.1-0.4
Turnout 102541Decrease2.svg 2.7
Labour gain from Green

Iffley Fields

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard John Joseph Tarver 1,041 48.9 +1.4
Green Elise Danielle Benjamin93644.0-1.0
Conservative Simon James Bazley854.0-0.4
Liberal Democrats Harry Samuels663.10.0
Turnout 212854.9Increase2.svg 1
Labour hold

Jericho and Osney

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Susanna Pressel 1,424 65.9 +13.3
Green Lois Knight Muddiman53724.9-1.6
Conservative James Moreton Wakeley1999.2-0.4
Turnout 216047.9Increase2.svg 4.7
Labour hold

Littlemore

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Tiago Corais 845 59.3 -0.2
Conservative Daniel Stafford29520.7+0.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Smowton14710.3+4.9
Green Lucy Irene Ayrton1399.7-5.0
Turnout 142630.4Increase2.svg 0.4
Labour hold

Lye Valley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan 867 64.9 -0.3
Green Kevin Nicholas McGlynn25118.8+6.3
Conservative Johnson Mackline Kyeswa21816.3+1.1
Turnout 133627.9Decrease2.svg 1.5
Labour hold

Marston

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mary Ruth Clarkson 1,044 52.6 +17.3
Conservative Mark Bhagwandin58029.2+24.4
Liberal Democrats Maria Bourbon1809.1+6.1
Green Alistair David Pryce Morris1809.1+4.3
Turnout 198443.8Decrease2.svg 8
Labour hold

North

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ann Louise Upton 856 48.8 -2.5
Liberal Democrats Ruvi Ziegler71240.6+14.6
Conservative Alexander James Curtis 18510.6-0.9
Turnout 175351.7Increase2.svg 5.6
Labour hold

Northfield Brook

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini 647 73.0 +2.9
Conservative Pat Jones10612.0+1.1
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin687.7-0.4
Green Matthew James Hull657.3-0.9
Turnout 88619.9Increase2.svg 1.3
Labour hold

The Northfield Brook seat contested at this election had been won by Labour in 2014. [4] It was vacant between the death of Councillor Jennifer Pegg in November 2017 and the May 2018 election. [31] [32]

Quarry and Risinghurst

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roz Smith 978 44.0 +5.6
Labour Dee Sinclair87939.5-5.2
Conservative Alex Mackenzie Smith2199.8-0.4
Green Liz Taylor1496.7+0.1
Turnout 222548.7Increase2.svg 0.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour

Rose Hill and Iffley

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaista Aziz 997 58.0 -11.3
Conservative Dan Gee26015.1+1.5
Liberal Democrats David William Bowkett23113.4+8.1
Green Miranda Shaw23113.4+1.6
Turnout 171937.2Decrease2.svg 0.1
Labour hold

St. Clement's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Tom Hayes 905 58.9 +8.6
Green David Nicholas Thomas47931.2+2.6
Conservative Luke Allen865.6-2.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Roderick Jones674.4-8.3
Turnout 153741.2Increase2.svg 4.2
Labour hold

St. Margaret's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Harris 979 60.4 +22.6
Labour Jesse Samuel Joseph Erlam29117.9-7.4
Conservative Penelope Anne Lenon26716.5-5.1
Green Al Wilson855.2-10.1
Turnout 162249Increase2.svg 2.7
Liberal Democrats hold

St. Mary's

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Dick Wolff 677 50.6 -1.6
Labour Luke Daniel Louis Barbanneau52038.8+0.2
Conservative Jim Brennan826.1+1.1
Liberal Democrats Stefanie Garden604.5+0.3
Turnout 133939.8Decrease2.svg 1.7
Green hold

Summertown

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Leonard Gotch 1,153 52.3 +7.8
Labour Rabyah Khan58826.7-0.2
Conservative David Roger Nimmo Smith29913.6-3.6
Green Larry Sanders 1637.4-4.0
Turnout 220348.2Increase2.svg 3.5
Liberal Democrats hold

Wolvercote

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Goddard 1,341 61.0 +15.8
Conservative Gary William Dixon51723.5-6.3
Labour Adam John Ellison2179.9-1.5
Green Sarah Janet Edwards1255.7-7.9
Turnout 220049.6Increase2.svg 2.1
Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

  1. Results for the "last election" shown in this table are for the 2016 Oxford City Council election. [1]
  2. Excluding Northfield Brook.

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