Oxfordshire County Council elections

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Oxfordshire County Council is elected every four years.

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Election results

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Green [b] Reform HRG Independent Council control
after election
1973 [1] 37321–––9Conservative
1977 [c] [1] 61233Conservative
1981 [1] 3610 [d] 1904Conservative
1985 [e] [1] 31182001No overall control
1989 [1] 33132301No overall control
1993 [1] 25202410No overall control
1997 [1] 27192220No overall control
2001 [1] 25192420No overall control
2005 [f] [1] 43179500Conservative
2009 [1] 521092–1Conservative
2013 [g] [5] 311115204No overall control
2017 [6] 311314014No overall control
2021 [7] 212116311No overall control
2025 [h] 1036127112 [i] Liberal Democrats

County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Wolvercote By-Election 7 May 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,08547.4+4.9
Conservative 58225.4+0.4
Labour 35215.4−5.7
Green 27011.8+0.4
Majority 50322.0
Turnout 2,289
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Temple Cowley By-Election 28 October 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 53742.5−9.0
Labour 52041.1+5.8
Conservative 1249.8+1.3
Green 836.6+1.9
Majority 171.4
Turnout 1,26422.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
West By-Election 28 October 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 63040.0−0.7
Liberal Democrats 59737.9+8.1
Green 19812.6−7.6
Conservative 1278.1−1.2
Independent 221.4+1.4
Majority 332.1
Turnout 1,57426.0
Labour hold Swing
Banbury Ruscote By-Election 16 December 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 34848.0+27.0
Labour 31443.9−20.1
Liberal Democrats 588.1−6.9
Majority 294.1
Turnout 71512.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 16 December 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 73147.0+19.8
Conservative 65141.9−10.3
Labour 17211.1−4.1
Majority 805.1
Turnout 1,55426.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2001-2005

Wolvercote By-Election 2 May 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 1,06340.4+9.7
Green 76929.2−5.2
Conservative 53020.1+0.0
Labour 27110.3−3.7
Majority 29411.2
Turnout 2,63347.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Deddington By-Election 3 October 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,17259.6+7.8
Liberal Democrats 58830.0−7.0
Labour 20510.4+10.4
Majority 58429.6
Turnout 1,96525.2
Conservative hold Swing
Wolvercote By-Election 27 November 2003
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 73239.6+8.9
Green 69337.5+3.1
Conservative 32717.7−3.1
Labour 955.1−8.9
Majority 392.1
Turnout 1,84731.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorchester By-Election 19 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,070
Labour 152
Green 87
Majority
Turnout 29.0
Conservative hold Swing
Henley South By-Election 19 February 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 92054.9−5.1
Resident40524.2+24.2
Liberal Democrats 1187.0−19.7
Independent 1036.1+6.1
Green 663.9−3.5
Labour 633.8−2.1
Majority 51530.7
Turnout 1,67526.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hanborough By-Election 10 June 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Colin James1,65752.9+19.0
Conservative Ian Hudspeth1,47647.1+1.1
Majority 1815.8
Turnout 3,13353.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2005-2009

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle By-Election 4 May 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carole Bonner88051.5+14.4
Labour Royston Mold48828.6−6.3
Liberal Democrats Choudry Anjum34019.9−2.2
Majority 39222.9
Turnout 1,70824.6
Conservative hold Swing
Eynsham By-Election 4 May 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Mathew1,65253.0+17.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Brooks1,03433.2−11.1
Green Xanthe Bevis2548.2+1.2
Labour Richard Kelsall1765.6−8.0
Majority 61819.8
Turnout 3,11643.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Carterton South West By-Election 21 June 2007
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Handley93467.5+15.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden34825.1−2.1
Labour David Wesson1027.4−10.6
Majority 58642.4
Turnout 1,384
Conservative hold Swing
Grove and Wantage By-Election 13 February 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Hannaby1,90146.7+11.1
Conservative Bill Melotti1,78643.9+11.0
Labour Jean Nunn-Price3829.4−14.3
Majority 1152.8
Turnout 4,069
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wallingford By-Election 13 March 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Lynda Atkins86765.6+65.6
Conservative Patricia Dawe38629.2−4.6
Labour Charles Gill695.2−8.2
Majority 48136.4
Turnout 1,32219.7
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Kidlington and Yarnton By-Election 1 May 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Gibbard2,92152.2+13.7
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wilson-Higgins1,68130.0−1.4
Labour Chris Robins67512.1−11.0
Green Janet Warren3215.7−1.3
Majority 1,24022.2
Turnout 5,59839.5
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

Watlington By-Election 19 April 2012 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Newton86562.2−6.6
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hancock25918.6+3.6
Labour James Merritt15711.3+6.7
UKIP Jonathan Kent1107.9+7.9
Majority 60643.6
Turnout 1,391
Conservative hold Swing
Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Sanders1,60664.6+24.4
Conservative Judith Harley38415.4−7.3
Green Paul Skinner33013.3−9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Tait1676.7−8.2
Majority 1,22249.1
Turnout 2,487
Labour hold Swing
Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gill Sanders1,60664.6+24.4
Conservative Judith Harley38415.4−7.3
Green Paul Skinner33013.3−9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Tait1676.7−8.2
Majority 1,22249.1
Turnout 2,487
Labour hold Swing

2013-2017

Chalgrove and Watlington By-Election 27 March 2014 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Harrod87141.8−15.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Cooper62930.2+12.4
UKIP Craig Laird31114.9+14.9
Labour Paul Collins1597.6−5.0
Green Colin Tudge1165.6−6.3
Majority 24211.6
Turnout 2,086
Conservative hold Swing
Leys By-Election 27 November 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Curran87970.4−11.1
UKIP Dave Slater16813.5+13.5
Conservative Samuel Burgess887.0−0.6
Green Ann Duncan574.6−2.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mallinder302.4−1.1
TUSC James Morbin272.2+2.2
Majority 71156.9
Turnout 1,249
Labour hold Swing
Witney West and Bampton By-Election 7 May 2015 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Mills3,46559.0+10.2
Labour Calvert McGibbon80013.6−0.3
UKIP Jim Stanley67811.5−13.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Leffman4728.0+2.5
Green Nick Owen4627.9+1.0
Majority 2,66545.3
Turnout 5,877
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2021

Iffley Fields and St Mary’s By-Election 18 October 2018 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Damian Haywood1,16248.6+1.7
Green Arthur Wiliams1,08745.4+4.7
Conservative Paul Sims1004.2−1.4
Liberal Democrats Josie Procter431.8−5.0
Majority 753.1
Turnout 2,39233
Labour hold Swing
Grove and Wantage By-Election 15 November 2018 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hanna1,92547.9+4.5
Conservative Benjamin Mabbett1,44736.0+0.7
Labour David Gernon45911.4−2.0
Green Kevin Harris1854.6−3.3
Majority 47811.9
Turnout 4,01627.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wheatley By-Election 29 November 2018 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Bearder1,38061.0+15.8
Conservative John Walsh70531.2−11.7
Labour Michael Nixon1787.9−4.0
Majority 67529.8
Turnout 2,26331.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wallingford By-Election 28 November 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Pete Sudbury99840.9+29.9
Conservative Adrian Lloyd75531.0+6.9
Independent Elaine Hornsby48319.8+19.8
Labour George Kneeshaw2028.3−4.2
Majority 24310.0
Turnout 2,43830
Green gain from Independent Swing

2021-2025

Rose Hill and Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trish Elphinstone1,16943.9−8.4
Independent Michael Evans1,04639.3+39.3
Conservative Timothy Patmore2278.5−9.1
Green David Thomas1204.5−8.6
Liberal Democrats Theo Jupp752.8−2.6
TUSC Callum Joyce230.9+0.9
Majority 1234.6
Turnout 2,26834
Labour hold Swing
Sutton Courtenay and Marcham By-Election 20 June 2024 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Stevens70236.6−12.1
Conservative James Plumb65634.2−5.7
Green Aidan Reilly37519.6+19.6
Labour Jim Broadbent1839.6−1.7
Majority 462.4
Turnout 1,91634
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party, 1973–1981; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1985.
  2. ↑ Ecology Party, 1981–1985; Green Party (UK), 1989.
  3. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one. [2]
  4. ↑ 9 Liberal, 1 SDP
  5. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.
  6. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by four. [3]
  7. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eleven. [4]
  8. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by six. [8]
  9. ↑ Including 1 Oxford Independent Alliance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Oxfordshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Plymouth University . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977" (PDF). gov.uk . 14 February 1977. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "The County of Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004". gov.uk . 9 December 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2012". gov.uk . 10 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Election results by party, 2 May 2013". Oxfordshire County Council . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election results by party, 4 May 2017". Oxfordshire County Council . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Election results by party, 6 May 2021". Oxfordshire County Council . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2025". gov.uk . 10 January 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalgrove and Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leys Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Witney West and Bampton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  15. ↑ "Iffley Fields and St. Mary's Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Grove and Wantage Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Wheatley Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Wallingford By-Election - Thursday, 28 November 2019". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Rose Hill & Littlemore By-Election - Thursday, 2 March 2023". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "Sutton Courtenay & Marcham By-election - Thursday, 20 June 2024". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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