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All 36 seats to South Oxfordshire District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Green coalition. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of seats at this election, although chose to continue to operate in partnership with the Greens.
The Liberal Democrats gained control (from No Overall Control) at this election. [2] The Conservatives lost all except one seat at this election, [3] with the Lib Dems and Green Party making gains. Labour and the Henley Residents Group retained three seats each. [4] [5]
2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election [2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 21 | 9 | 0 | ![]() | 58.3 | 35.8 | 27,852 | +8.0 | |
Green | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 22.2 | 15.7 | 12,241 | +1.9 | |
Labour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6,597 | –1.9 | |
Henley Residents | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 8.3 | 6.6 | 5,143 | +1.7 | |
Conservative | 36 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ![]() | 2.8 | 30.9 | 24,051 | +1.6 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,154 | –10.8 | |
SDP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.7 | 515 | N/A | |
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 257 | N/A |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by South Oxfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [6]
*= sitting councillor in this ward prior to election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Cooper* | 1,589 | 63.2 | +5.1 | |
Green | Andrea Powell* | 1,534 | 61.0 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Felix Bloomfield | 799 | 31.8 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | Gary Flux | 719 | 28.6 | –2.6 | |
Turnout | 2,514 | 37.7 | –5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,664 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Green hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Robin Bennett* | 761 | 80.0 | +20.8 | |
Conservative | Bob Dhillon | 190 | 20.0 | –2.8 | |
Majority | 571 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 964 | 32.9 | –4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,928 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Turner* | 929 | 86.3 | –0.8 | |
Conservative | Jit Patel | 147 | 13.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 782 | 72.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,083 | 37.4 | –5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,895 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ed Sadler | 1,354 | 54.3 | +20.5 | |
Green | Ali Gordon-Creed | 1,334 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Louise Heathcote | 1,082 | 43.4 | –4.3 | |
Conservative | James Endean-Mills | 919 | 36.9 | –7.0 | |
Turnout | 2,492 | 34.9 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,147 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Simpson* | 1,634 | 53.4 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Manning | 1,387 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Sue Roberts | 912 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jane Murphy* | 808 | 26.4 | –18.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Jackson | 697 | 22.8 | –14.0 | |
SDP | Kyn Pomlett | 188 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,059 | 42.1 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,264 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Rouane* | 1,471 | 55.7 | +29.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tinsley | 1,237 | 46.9 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zia Mohammed | 1,213 | 45.9 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Andrea Warren* | 739 | 28.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Alan Thompson* | 731 | 27.7 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Annah Francisco | 665 | 25.2 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Craig Wilson | 548 | 20.8 | –0.1 | |
Labour | George Ryall | 493 | 18.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Phil Wheeler | 425 | 16.1 | +2.3 | |
Turnout | 2,640 | 33.4 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,894 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Mocky Khan* | 1,237 | 45.9 | +8.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Denise Macdonald | 1,056 | 39.2 | +6.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Axel Macdonald* | 926 | 34.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony Dearlove | 765 | 28.4 | –1.8 | |
Green | Sarah Nohre | 702 | 26.0 | –4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Loder | 635 | 23.6 | –5.0 | |
Conservative | Tom Wiltshire | 611 | 22.7 | –5.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Skuse | 590 | 21.9 | –2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Macdonald | 500 | 18.5 | –9.7 | |
SDP | Owen Edwards | 327 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Peter Shields | 106 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,696 | 28.4 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,492 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Snowdon* | 791 | 41.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Worgan | 630 | 32.8 | +6.2 | |
Green | Adam Grindey | 577 | 30.1 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Lee Marsden | 574 | 29.9 | –3.4 | |
Labour | James Broadbent | 566 | 29.5 | –2.0 | |
Labour | Nick Hards | 509 | 26.5 | +0.2 | |
Turnout | 1,920 | 32.4 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,933 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tim Bearder* | 837 | 71.9 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Greg Flynn | 327 | 28.1 | –5.9 | |
Majority | 510 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,189 | 43.3 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 2,749 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sam James-Lawrie | 414 | 38.9 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Fiona Ardern | 257 | 24.1 | –25.9 | |
Independent | Sue Lawson | 242 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Stuart Macbeth | 109 | 10.2 | –4.3 | |
Green | James Meyer-Bejdl | 43 | 4.0 | –8.5 | |
Majority | 157 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,068 | 37.8 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,828 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Maggie Filipova-Rivers* | 1,098 | 73.3 | +27.3 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bulmer | 400 | 26.7 | –12.5 | |
Majority | 698 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,520 | 48.1 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,162 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Georgina Heritage | 741 | 59.7 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Newman | 501 | 40.3 | –6.5 | |
Majority | 240 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,250 | 37.6 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,322 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Henley Residents | Stefan Gawrysiak* | 1,934 | 59.7 | –1.8 | |
Henley Residents | Ken Arlett* | 1,652 | 51.0 | –2.4 | |
Henley Residents | Kellie Hinton* | 1,557 | 48.0 | –6.3 | |
Conservative | Lorraine Hillier | 1,014 | 31.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Dave Adkins | 793 | 24.5 | –3.6 | |
Green | Helen Fraser | 730 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hugh Legh | 664 | 20.5 | –3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Powell | 612 | 18.9 | +6.3 | |
Turnout | 3,241 | 34.3 | –6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,444 | ||||
Henley Residents hold | |||||
Henley Residents hold | |||||
Henley Residents hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Peter Dragonetti* | 717 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jim Donahue | 430 | 37.5 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 287 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,145 | 40.3 | –0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,840 | ||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing | N/A | |||
Dragonetti had previously stood as an Independent, but was re-elected to the seat this time as a Green Party councillor. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Sam Casey-Rerhaye* | 895 | 74.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Edwin Samu | 315 | 26.0 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 580 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,225 | 39.0 | –4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,144 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leigh Rawlins* | 1,250 | 55.4 | +30.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Giles | 1,135 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Bartholomew* | 979 | 43.4 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Bruce Harrison | 902 | 39.9 | +7.5 | |
Turnout | 2,258 | 39.0 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,788 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Rawlins was elected in 2019 as an Independent
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kate Gregory* | 1,943 | 57.7 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Bretherton* | 1,939 | 57.6 | +15.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pieter-Paul Barker* | 1,862 | 55.3 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | David Dodds | 1,093 | 32.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | William Hall | 793 | 23.6 | –4.0 | |
Conservative | Dylan Thomas | 765 | 22.7 | –4.3 | |
Labour | Steven Hartridge | 728 | 21.6 | +7.2 | |
Turnout | 3,366 | 34.1 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,872 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | James Barlow | 2,032 | 76.4 | +25.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katharine Keats-Rohan | 1,762 | 66.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | Adrian Lloyd | 609 | 22.9 | –0.3 | |
Conservative | Chidinma Okolo | 363 | 13.6 | –8.8 | |
Turnout | 2,660 | 41.5 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,412 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Freddie van Mierlo | 916 | 69.6 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Harry Petano-Heathcote | 400 | 30.4 | –21.1 | |
Majority | 516 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,330 | 40.9 | –1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,255 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alexandrine Kantor* | 774 | 66.6 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Lizzie Tully | 389 | 33.4 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 385 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,179 | 36.1 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,270 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Jo Robb* | 1,529 | 58.2 | +16.0 | |
Green | James Norman | 1,387 | 52.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Julian Kingsbury | 1,028 | 39.1 | –10.3 | |
Conservative | Pauline Vahey | 902 | 34.3 | –4.5 | |
Reform UK | David Carpin | 151 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,626 | 40.2 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,527 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
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