2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow, Labour in red and Independent in light grey. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2007.

The 2007 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 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]

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

After the 2006 election the Conservatives controlled the council with 34 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had nine, there were five Independents and Labour had one seat. [4] 16 seats were to be contested in 2007, but on 21 April 2007 the chairman of West Oxfordshire District Council, Conservative Keith Stone, died. [5] [6] As a result, the election in his ward where he had been standing for re-election, Carterton North East, was postponed until 21 June. [7]

For the 15 seats therefore contested on 3 May 2007, the Conservatives had 14 candidates, both the Liberal Democrats and Greens had 11, Labour had five, the UK Independence Party had two and there were two Independents. [8] 11 sitting councillors sought re-election, with these including the only Labour councillor in West Oxfordshire, Eve Coles. [8] [9] There was no contest in Alvescot and Filkins ward, with Conservative David McFarlane being elected without opposition. [8] [10]

Election result

The Conservatives made a net gain of two seats to win 10 of the 15 seats elected on 3 May. [2] This took the Conservatives to 35 seats on the council and a majority of 22. [10] The Conservatives gained three seats in Witney, in Witney Central, Witney East and Witney North wards, to win all five seats contested in the town and meant that only one councillor in Witney was not Conservative, independent Peter Green who had been elected as a Conservative. [2] [10] However the Conservatives lost a seat in Carterton South to the Liberal Democrats by a single vote. [2]

Despite the gain in Carterton South the Liberal Democrats dropped to eight councillors, after losing two seats in Witney and received fewer votes than Labour in Witney. [10] Labour retained their only seat on the council after Eve Cole held Chipping Norton by 163 votes. [10] The number of independent councillors was reduced to four after the election, while overall eight of the 11 councillors who stood again held their seats. [10] [8] Overall turnout at the election was 38.22%, reaching a high of 51.12% in Charlbury ward. [8]

The Conservatives won a further seat in the delayed election in Carterton North East on 21 June, which was held for the party by Norman Macrae with a majority of 296 votes over independent Paul Wesson. [3]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2007 [8]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1131+268.852.410,151-7.2%
  Liberal Democrats 312-118.819.33,745-0.7%
  Labour 10006.39.61,855+0.3%
  Independent 101-16.36.71,300+0.1%
  Green 0000010.62,059+6.1%
  UKIP 000001.3260+1.3%

The above totals include the delayed election in Carterton North East.

Ward results

Alvescot and Filkins [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David McFarlaneunopposed
Conservative hold Swing
Bampton and Clanfield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Booty1,00778.4+40.9
Liberal Democrats Gill Workman15512.1+12.1
Green Gill Edmonds1239.6+9.6
Majority85266.3
Turnout 1,28545.2-6.7
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pete Handley78474.8-9.0
Liberal Democrats John Lilly26425.2+25.2
Majority52049.6-18.1
Turnout 1,04833.0+1.8
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden49350.1+31.3
Conservative Harry Watts49249.9-31.3
Majority10.2
Turnout 98533.5-11.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Charlbury and Finstock [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Breakell79052.8-13.9
Conservative Gill Hill57938.7+5.4
Green Harriet Marshall1288.6+8.6
Majority21114.1-19.4
Turnout 1,49751.2+0.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Chipping Norton [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eve Coles95847.3+20.1
Conservative Michael Tysoe79539.3-21.7
Independent Keith Greenwell27213.4+13.4
Majority1638.0
Turnout 2,02542.9+0.1
Labour hold Swing
Eynsham and Cassington [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Andrews91049.1+8.9
Conservative Jane Doughty68537.0-8.6
UKIP Jonathan Miller1347.2+7.2
Green Xanthe Bevis1246.7-1.7
Majority22512.1
Turnout 1,85342.1-0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Warwick Robinson80967.8-0.5
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Mortimer23019.3-2.9
Green Andrew Coles15513.0+13.0
Majority57948.5+2.4
Turnout 1,19438.6-6.3
Conservative hold Swing
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Beaney88568.7+6.6
Labour Melanie Deans15111.7-6.4
Green Brian Luney13210.2+10.2
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tatton1219.4-10.4
Majority73456.9+14.5
Turnout 1,28941.3-4.7
Conservative hold Swing
Stonesfield and Tackley [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Charles Cottrell-Dormer89571.0+1.7
Green Susan Turnbull36529.0+14.6
Majority53042.1-10.9
Turnout 1,26040.0-8.8
Independent hold Swing
Witney Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nick Buckle56953.4+10.5
Labour Phillip Edney20118.9-8.8
Liberal Democrats Brenda Churchill17216.1-1.7
Green Sandra Simpson12411.60.0
Majority36834.5+19.4
Turnout 1,06633.3-7.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Witney East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Davies95957.7-3.2
Labour Duncan Enright28016.8+9.0
Liberal Democrats David Nicholson24214.6-2.9
Green Enid Dossett-Davies18210.9-2.9
Majority67940.8-2.7
Turnout 1,66333.1-1.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Witney North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Langridge58851.4+6.2
Green Richard Dossett-Davies36832.1+6.4
Liberal Democrats Serena Martin18916.5-2.5
Majority22019.2-0.2
Turnout 1,14537.0-4.1
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Witney South [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alvin Adams84955.2-5.7
Labour David Wesson21514.0-1.9
Liberal Democrats June Taylor17911.6-1.7
Green Jill Jones16911.0+1.1
UKIP David Phipps1268.2+8.2
Majority63441.2-3.9
Turnout 1,53834.7+0.5
Conservative hold Swing
Witney West [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Eaglestone72379.3+28.0
Green Stephen Mohammad18920.7+11.6
Majority53458.6+34.1
Turnout 91230.8-6.2
Conservative hold Swing

Carterton North East delayed election

Carterton North East [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman Macrae42770.0+7.9
Independent Paul Wesson13321.8-16.1
Labour David Wesson508.2+8.2
Majority29448.2+24.1
Turnout 61017.8-7.5
Conservative hold Swing

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