Vale of White Horse District Council elections

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Elections to the Vale of White Horse District Council, the local authority for the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England take place every four years.

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Council elections

Election results

Overall control Lib Dem Conservative Labour Green Independent
2023Lib Dem34--4-
2019Lib Dem316-1-
2015Conservative929---
2011Conservative19311--
2007Lib Dem3417---
2003Lib Dem2921--1
1999Lib Dem33152-1

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By-election results

1995-1999

Grove By-Election 12 March 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 61145.0+1.5
Conservative 57041.9+6.9
Labour 17813.1−8.4
Majority 413.1
Turnout 1,35924.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1999-2003

Sunningwell and Wootton By-Election 4 October 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 55864.8+2.0
Conservative 30335.2−2.0
Majority 25529.6
Turnout 86131.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Caldecott By-Election 15 November 2001
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 69246.7−1.2
Conservative 62141.9+5.7
Labour 17011.5−4.4
Majority 714.8
Turnout 1,48325.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Grove By-Election 21 March 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 73349.8+9.5
Liberal Democrats 53236.1−9.4
Independent 20714.1+14.1
Majority 20113.7
Turnout 1,47224.8
Conservative hold Swing
Cumnor By-Election 26 September 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 82657.6+7.1
Conservative 60842.4+4.9
Majority 21815.2
Turnout 1,43428
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2003-2007

Wantage Charlton By-Election 4 November 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Verdin84447.4+10.3
Conservative Henry Richardson72040.4−0.4
Labour 21612.1+0.4
Majority 1247.0
Turnout 1,78033.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Drayton By-Election 13 October 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Webber34355.2−11.7
Conservative Michael Murray21534.6+1.5
Labour William Akers6310.1+10.1
Majority 12820.6
Turnout 62135.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Kennington & South Hinksey By-Election 6 April 2006 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bernard Auton77157.2+0.9
Conservative Gareth Jennings57742.8+7.7
Majority 19414.4
Turnout 1,34839.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2007-2011

Wantage Charlton By-Election 13 March 2008 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Morgan76045.6+3.6
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Todd73143.8−3.8
Labour Ed Mitchell17710.6+0.2
Majority 291.8
Turnout 1,668
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Abingdon Dunmore By-Election 22 October 2009 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Bricknell79652.6+0.1
Conservative Monica Lovatt60239.8−1.4
Green Richard Bullock714.7+4.7
Labour Bobbie Nichols432.8−3.5
Majority 19412.8
Turnout 1,512
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2011-2015

Sunningwell and Wootton By-Election 6 December 2012 (2 seats) [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Valerie Shaw577
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Miles549
Conservative Adam Hardiman346
Conservative Richard Treffler333
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Abingdon Peachcroft By-Election 2 May 2013 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Skinner68351.2+8.9
Conservative Peter Wiblin51838.8−6.9
Labour George Ryall13310.0−2.0
Majority 16512.4
Turnout 1,334
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Greendown By-Election 2 May 2013 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative St John Dickson35152.8+10.6
Liberal Democrats Brian Sadler19929.9−15.5
UKIP Jason Kent11517.3+17.3
Majority 15222.9
Turnout 665
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Marcham and Shippon By-Election 2 May 2013 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Webber30843.5−5.8
Conservative Jackie Gibb26036.7+0.0
UKIP Christopher Parkes14019.8+19.8
Majority 486.8
Turnout 708
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Abingdon Fitzharris By-Election 4 July 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jeanette Halliday47950.3+7.6
Conservative Monica Lovatt37839.7+0.0
Labour George Ryall9610.1−7.5
Majority 10110.6
Turnout 953
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Wantage Charlton By-Election 10 April 2014 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Julia Reynolds59141.9−5.3
Liberal Democrats Jim Sibbald54238.4+2.5
Labour Nathan Sparks15511.0−5.9
Green Kevin Harris1248.8+8.8
Majority 493.5
Turnout 1,412
Conservative hold Swing
Abingdon Dunmore By-Election 11 September 2014 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Crick74552.4+14.7
Conservative Andrew Todd50135.2−6.1
UKIP Christopher Parkes906.3+6.3
Labour Mike Gould876.1−4.7
Majority 24417.1
Turnout 1,423
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2019-2023

Grove North By-Election 6 May 2021 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ben Mabbett70444.9+14.5
Liberal Democrats Andy Przybysz57536.7−9.4
Labour Marci Sandels19112.2+0.2
Green Viral Patel986.3+6.3
Majority 1298.2
Turnout 1,568
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Steventon and the Hanneys By-Election 5 May 2022 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Povolotsky87855.1+14.1
Conservative Louise Brown51732.4−15.8
Independent David Corps19912.5+12.5
Majority 36122.6
Turnout 1,594
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2023-2027

Sutton Courtenay By-Election 20 June 2024 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Stevens22633.6−24.9
Green Aidan Reilly21431.8+18.3
Conservative Christopher Campbell18227.1−0.8
Labour Stephen Webb507.4+7.4
Majority 121.8
Turnout 672
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Botley and Sunningwell By-Election 10 July 2025 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ben Potter73271.5
Conservative Charlotte Adlung16215.8
Green Thomas Gaston13012.7
Majority 57055.7
Turnout 1,024
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. The District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  2. The Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (Areas) Order 1980
  3. The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
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