South Oxfordshire District Council elections

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South Oxfordshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district council in Oxfordshire, England is elected every four years.

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Following the boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors were elected from 29 wards. [1] As a result of The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014, the number of councillors/wards reduced to 36/21 from the 2015 local elections. [2]

Council elections

Election results

Overall control Conservative Lib Dem Labour Green HRG Independent
2019NOC10123533
2015Conservative3311-1-
2011Conservative3344-25
2007Conservative3861-12
2003Conservative2794-44

By-election results

1995-1999

Didcot South By-Election 14 November 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 56749.7
Liberal Democrats 31928.0
Conservative 25422.3
Majority24821.7
Turnout 1,14024.5
Labour hold Swing
Kidmore End By-Election 6 February 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 40962.0
Liberal Democrats 21532.6
Labour 365.4
Majority19429.4
Turnout 660
Conservative hold Swing
Horspath By-Election 9 December 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 45280.0+14.0
Conservative 11320.0+20.0
Majority33960.0
Turnout 56553.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1999-2003

Cholsey By-Election 16 March 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 65255.5+1.2
Conservative 52444.6-1.2
Majority12810.9
Turnout 1,17638.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Henley By-Election 22 February 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 82749.8+12.7
Independent 58535.2+8.5
Independent 24915.0+15.0
Majority24214.6
Turnout 1,66119.2
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 11 October 2001 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 67652.1+2.0
Conservative 31023.9-4.9
Liberal Democrats 27020.8+8.2
Green 423.2-5.2
Majority36628.2
Turnout 1,298
Labour hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 1 November 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 56150.4+15.7
Liberal Democrats 25331.7-0.9
Labour 20018.0-2.2
Majority20818.7
Turnout 1,01436.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Watlington By-Election 10 October 2002 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Crossman44161.1+23.8
Liberal Democrats 28138.9-23.8
Majority16022.2
Turnout 72232.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2003-2007

Sonning Common By-Election 23 September 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Harrison59170.6-0.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle17721.1-7.8
Labour Mary Stiles698.2+8.2
Majority41449.5
Turnout 83719.6
Conservative hold Swing
Shiplake By-Election 5 May 2005
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Jones1,64963.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle53520.7
Labour Janet Matthews39715.4
Majority1,11443.2
Turnout 2,581
Conservative hold Swing
Wallingford North By-Election 27 October 2005 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Imran Lokhan47951.5+23.5
Liberal Democrats Alec Hayton37440.7+13.9
Green Melanie Belgrove Jones727.8+7.8
Majority10010.8
Turnout 92022.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Watlington By-Election 23 March 2006 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Paterson73772.9+19.9
Liberal Democrats Bernard Moseley27427.1-19.9
Majority46345.8
Turnout 1,01124.8
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

Thame North By-Election 30 October 2008 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Welply42350.5+8.3
Liberal Democrats Jeannette Matelot28734.3-9.5
Labour May Stiles12715.2+1.3
Majority13616.2
Turnout 83718.9
Conservative hold Swing
Chiltern Woods By-Election 19 March 2009 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Nimmo-Smith38279.4+9.4
Liberal Democrats Julian Allison9920.6+5.2
Majority28358.8
Turnout 48125.9
Conservative hold Swing
Henley South By-Election 11 February 2010 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ResidentsElizabeth Hodgkin64252.5+0.6
Conservative David Silvester47238.6+10.5
Liberal Democrats George Levy1109.0+0.2
Majority17013.9
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Crowmarsh By-Election 3 June 2010 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Griffin32755.9+10.1
Conservative Kristina Crabbe25844.1-10.1
Majority6911.8
Turnout 58532.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2011-2015

Chinnor By-Election 10 May 2012 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lynn Lloyd59148.3-1.4
Independent Martin Wright44936.7+36.7
Labour Simon Stone18415.0-0.4
Majority14211.6
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot All Saints By-Election 25 October 2012 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Denise MacDonald43647.0+4.3
Conservative Jane Murphy34036.7-5.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jones15116.3+1.4
Majority9610.4
Turnout 927
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

Sandford and the Wittenhams By-Election 8 October 2015 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sue Lawson29042.8-4.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Thompson24936.7+16.3
Labour Jim Merritt8913.1-3.7
Green Sam Casey-Rerhaye507.4-8.3
Majority416.0
Turnout 678
Conservative hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 22 October 2015 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Hall63566.0+5.6
Labour David Winchester20020.8+4.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper12713.2+2.5
Majority43545.2
Turnout 962
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 13 July 2017 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mocky Khan63143.6+12.6
Conservative Jackie Billington52836.5+4.1
Liberal Democrats Veronika Williams12720.0+3.7
Majority1037.1
Turnout 1,448
Labour hold Swing
Didcot West By-Election 13 July 2017 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Snowdon42943.2+3.4
Labour Denise Macdonald39339.5+12.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith17217.3+1.3
Majority363.6
Turnout 994
Conservative hold Swing
Haseley Brook By-Election 19 October 2017 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline NewtonN/AN/AN/A
Conservative hold Swing
Benson and Crowmarsh By-Election 7 June 2018 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper1,04857.4+27.2
Conservative Domenic Papa65836.0-10.6
Labour William Sorenson1216.6-4.0
Majority39021.3
Turnout 1,827
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

Didcot North East By-Election 6 May 2021 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrea Warren1,11340.7+21.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Giesberg95334.8+9.6
Labour Nick Hards67024.5+8.0
Majority1605.8
Turnout 2,736
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Forest Hill and Holton By-Election 6 May 2021 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder90764.3+8.1
Conservative John Walsh50335.7+1.7
Majority40428.7
Turnout 1,410
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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