2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independents in light grey and Labour in red. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2002 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, independents in light grey and Labour in red.

The 2002 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000. [1] The Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [2]

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Background

Before the election the Conservatives had a two-seat majority with 25 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 12 seats, Independents had nine, the Labour Party had two seats and one seat was vacant. [3] [4] Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election with the whole council being elected for the first time since 1976. [3] Only seven wards had no boundary change and the number of councillors for Witney increased from 9 to 12. [3]

A total of 108 candidates stood for the 49 seats on the council, 46 Conservatives, 27 Liberal Democrats, 18 Labour, 10 Independents, 6 Green Party and 1 United Kingdom Independence Party. [3] [4] 39 councillors sought re-election, with the Conservative group leader Barry Norton being re-elected in North Leigh without opposition. [4] [5]

Election result

The Conservative majority on the council increased to 15, after 32 Conservative councillors were elected. [3] 35 of the 39 councillors who sought election were re-elected, with the Liberal Democrats taking 10 seats, independents 5 seats and Labour kept the 2 seats they had been defending. [3] The Green Party failed to win any seats, with 324 votes in fourth place in Witney North being their best result. [3] Overall turnout at the election was 39%. [4]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2002 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 32+765.343.621,164-3.3
  Liberal Democrats 10-220.427.513,341+6.6
  Independent 5-410.212.15,882+0.5
  Labour 204.113.76,637-6.4
  Green 0002.91,399+2.5
  UKIP 0000.2117+0.2

Ward results

Alvescot and Filkins [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Angela Neale42171.0
Liberal Democrats Katherine Southey17229.0
Majority24942.0
Turnout 59342.9
Ascott and Shipton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Hibbert-Biles43957.4
Independent Robert Barrett32642.6
Majority11314.8
Turnout 76547.1
Bampton and Clanfield (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jonathan Phillips79546.9
Conservative Frederick Gray66539.2
Labour Mark Albert23513.9
Turnout 1,69537.8
Brize Norton and Shilton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Verena Huntunopposed
Burford [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Keith Davies40756.5
Conservative Donald Seale31343.5
Majority9413.0
Turnout 72047.3
Carterton North East (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Masonunopposed
Conservative Keith Stoneunopposed
Carterton North West (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David King555
Conservative Peter Handley515
Independent Paul Wesson448
Turnout 1,51828.5
Carterton South (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Windell Walcott793
Conservative Harry Watts448
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden402
Turnout 1,64331.4
Chadlington and Churchill [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terence Owen40265.5
Liberal Democrats Amanda Epps21234.5
Majority19031.0
Turnout 61440.0
Charlbury and Finstock (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Glena Chadwick902
Liberal Democrats Michael Breakell708
Independent Robert Potter405
Conservative Simon Hoare 321
Conservative Philip Rand275
Labour Stephen Hague214
Turnout 2,82550.8
Chipping North (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Hannis1,000
Conservative Michael Howes813
Labour Evelyn Coles797
Labour Georgina Burrows610
Conservative Carolyn Hazeel608
Labour Stephen Akers547
Liberal Democrats Catherine Dawson209
Liberal Democrats Derek Brown197
Turnout 4,78138.6
Ducklington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayward30353.5
Liberal Democrats June Taylor13523.9
Labour Sheila Cuss12822.6
Majority16829.6
Turnout 56635.8
Eynsham and Cassington (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Harry Wyatt1,008
Liberal Democrats Margaret Stevens967
Liberal Democrats David Rossiter892
Conservative Frederick Wright625
Conservative Frances Pike546
Conservative Alison Fayers-Kerr541
Green Jill Jones201
Turnout 4,78037.7
Freeland and Hanborough (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gareth Epps866
Liberal Democrats David James844
Conservative David Dawes566
Conservative Helen Barrow431
Turnout 2,70746.1
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Kellow780
Conservative Warwick Robinson695
Liberal Democrats Christopher Blount415
Liberal Democrats Malcolm West282
Turnout 2,17239.1
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Walker768
Conservative Rodney Rose712
Liberal Democrats Helen Worrall411
Labour Melanie Deans344
Turnout 2,23542.3
Milton under Wychwood [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeffrey Haine52476.4
Liberal Democrats John Lily16223.6
Majority36252.8
Turnout 68642.8
North Leigh [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Nortonunopposed
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Smith915
Conservative James Mills606
Independent John Faulkner548
Turnout 2,06943.1
Stonesfield and Tackley (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Derrick Milard903
Independent Charles Cottrell-Dormer635
Labour David Cullen471
Conservative Gillian Oldfield284
Liberal Democrats John Miller222
Conservative Sandra Rasch204
Turnout 2,71947.4
The Bartons [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Goffeunopposed
Witney Central (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Edward Cooper587
Conservative Andrew Creery429
Conservative Akin Adams424
Labour Richard Kelsall401
Liberal Democrats Brenda Churchill277
Green Colette Jones171
Turnout 2,28941.1
Witney East (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holborough521
Conservative Frank Smith470
Conservative Andrew Rands446
Liberal Democrats David Nicholson443
Liberal Democrats Richard Willis437
Conservative Grant Stanley412
Labour Raymond Harris243
Green Christopher Marchant186
Turnout 3,15833.2
Witney North (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Chapman491
Conservative Roger Curry484
Liberal Democrats Serena Martin387
Green Richard Dossett-Davies324
Labour Alison Bettle234
Turnout 1,92033.4
Witney South (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Harvey748
Conservative Peter Green703
Conservative Ross McFarlane598
Independent Thomas Titherington415
Labour Michael Enright412
Labour Andrew Ross360
Labour David Wesson360
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Branner226
Green Stephen Mohammad132
UKIP James Robertshaw117
Turnout 4,07132.6
Witney West (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Chapman469
Conservative Lesley Semaine448
Labour Ross Beadle231
Labour William Tumbridge220
Liberal Democrats Anna Fairhurst190
Turnout 1,55826.5
Woodstock and Bladon (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julian Cooper939
Conservative Ian Hudspeth451
Conservative Joanne Chow438
Green Paul Creighton385
Labour Duncan Enright243
Turnout 2,45647.9

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