2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2006 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2006.

The 2006 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the last election in 2004 the Conservatives controlled the council with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had 13 seats, Independents had six and the Labour Party had one seat. [3] However, in April 2005 Conservative councillor Peter Green resigned from the party to sit as an independent, meaning that going into the 2006 election the Conservatives had 28 seats and there were 7 independents. [4] [5]

For the 16 seats contested in 2006, the Conservatives had 16 candidates, Labour 13, Liberal Democrats 11, Green Party 7 and there were 3 Independents. [6]

Election result

The Conservatives increased their majority on the council after gaining six seats to take 14 of the 16 seats contested. [5] This took the Conservatives to 34 councillors and came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats, who lost four seats, and the independents who lost two seats. [5] The Liberal Democrats were therefore reduced to nine councillors and the independents to five, while Labour remained with a single councillor. [5] Of the 10 councillors who sought re-election, nine were successful, with only Liberal Democrat Julian Cooper losing in Woodstock and Bladon ward by 34 votes to Conservative candidate Jill Dunsmore. [6] Overall turnout at the election was 40.25%. [6]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2006 [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1460+687.559.611,471+13.1%
  Liberal Democrats 104-46.320.03,850-10.4%
  Independent 102-26.36.61,273+0.8%
  Labour 000009.31,793-0.9%
  Green 000004.5866-2.6%

Ward results

Ascott and Shipton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hilary Hibbert-Biles64978.6+21.2
Labour John Gittings 9211.1+11.1
Liberal Democrats John Miller8510.3+10.3
Majority55767.4+52.6
Turnout 82650.3+3.2
Conservative hold Swing
Bampton and Clanfield [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Martin Barrett85657.6+57.6
Conservative Frederick Gray55837.5-15.9
Labour Mark Albert734.9+4.9
Majority29820.1
Turnout 1,48751.9+13.5
Independent hold Swing
Brize Norton and Shilton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Verena Hunt49076.3
Independent Shane Rae12018.7
Labour Duncan Enright325.0
Majority37057.6
Turnout 64243.0
Conservative hold Swing
Burford [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Cotterill55679.8+36.3
Liberal Democrats John Lilly10414.9+14.9
Labour Matthew Deans375.3+5.3
Majority45264.9
Turnout 69750.0+2.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Carterton North East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Reginald Mason48662.1-8.5
Independent Paul Wesson29737.9+37.9
Majority18924.1-17.0
Turnout 78325.3+7.9
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North West [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David King84683.8+29.5
Labour Raymond Harris16316.2+4.6
Majority68367.7+47.6
Turnout 1,00931.2+4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Windell Walcott89281.2+31.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden20618.8-23.0
Majority68662.5+54.9
Turnout 1,09834.9+6.4
Conservative hold Swing
Chipping Norton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Townley1,19861.0+12.0
Labour Robert Evans53327.2+2.9
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Allen1387.0-11.4
Green Brian Luney944.8-3.5
Majority66533.9+9.2
Turnout 1,96342.8-1.3
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Ducklington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Hayward44367.1+13.6
Labour William Tumbridge9113.8-8.8
Liberal Democrats Gillian Workman7611.5-12.4
Green Richard Dossett-Davies507.6+7.6
Majority35253.3+23.6
Turnout 66041.4+5.6
Conservative hold Swing
Eynsham and Cassington [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frances Pike86745.6+10.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Andrews76340.2-14.6
Green Xanthe Bevis1608.4-2.1
Labour Richard Kelsall1105.8+5.8
Majority1045.4
Turnout 1,90042.2-0.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Freeland and Hanborough [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Dingwall73248.9+4.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Baggaley60440.4-15.5
Green Jill Jones1006.7+6.7
Labour Georgina Burrows604.0+4.0
Majority1288.5
Turnout 1,49645.7-6.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brenda Smith77951.7+0.0
Conservative Elizabeth Fenton72948.3+0.0
Majority503.3-0.2
Turnout 1,50847.6-4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
The Bartons [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative William Goffe47480.7
Labour Colin Carritt11319.3
Majority36161.4
Turnout 58738.0
Conservative hold Swing
Witney East [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Mills95960.9+11.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Slamin27517.5-6.2
Green Enid Dossett-Davies21713.8-1.4
Labour David Wesson1237.8-4.0
Majority68443.5+17.8
Turnout 1,57434.2-4.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Witney South [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Anthony Harvey94460.9+8.2
Labour Phillip Edney24615.9-3.4
Liberal Democrats Michelle Coulson20613.3-3.9
Green Sandra Simpson1539.9-0.9
Majority69845.1+11.8
Turnout 1,54934.2-2.1
Conservative hold Swing
Woodstock and Bladon [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jill Dunsmore64844.0+0.1
Liberal Democrats Julian Cooper61441.7+7.3
Labour Susan Roberts1208.1-5.0
Green Paul Creighton926.2-2.5
Majority342.3-7.3
Turnout 1,47449.1-4.6
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

By-elections between 2006 and 2007

A by-election was held in Witney Central on 25 January 2007 after the disappearance of Conservative councillor Andrew Creery. [7] The seat was held for Conservatives by Colin Adams with a majority of 210 votes over Liberal Democrat Brenda Churchill. [7]

Witney Central by-election 25 January 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Adams41753.5+10.6
Liberal Democrats Brenda Churchill20726.6+8.8
Labour David Wesson8711.2-16.5
Green Sandra Simpson688.7-2.9
Majority21027.0+11.9
Turnout 77925.1-16.0
Conservative hold Swing

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