2015 West Oxfordshire District Council election

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Map of the results of the 2015 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2015. West Oxfordshire UK local election 2015 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2015 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2015.

The 2015 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 22 May 2015 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 2014 the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, while Labour had five seats, the Liberal Democrats had three seats and there was one Independent. [2] 17 seats were contested in 2015, with 2 seats being elected in Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield ward after the resignation of a councillor. [3] [4]

Four councillors stood down at the election, Mark Booty, Eve Coles, Hywel Davies and Simon Hoare, while 13 councillors sought re-election. [4] [5] The Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties each had a full 17 candidates, the Greens had 16 candidates and the UK Independence Party had 14 candidates. [4]

Election result

The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 40 councillors after winning 16 of the 17 seats contested. [1] They gained a seat in Chipping Norton from Labour, but in Charlbury and Finstock Liberal Democrat Andy Graham took the seat from the Conservatives. [6] This left both Labour and the Liberal Democrats with four seats, while there remained one independent councillor. [1] All 13 councillors who stood again were re-elected and overall turnout at the election was 71.58%. [4]

West Oxfordshire local election result 2015 [4]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1611094.153.623,231+4.3%
  Liberal Democrats 110+15.910.44,512-0.1%
  Labour 001-1017.57,579-1.1%
  UKIP 000009.54,126-3.2%
  Green 000009.03,906+3.1%

Ward results

Alvescot and Filkins [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ross McFarlane 709 66.4 -7.5
UKIP Ken Clark1029.6+9.6
Labour Richard Kelsall1009.4+9.4
Green Alma Tumilowicz878.2-17.9
Liberal Democrats Gilly Workman696.5+6.5
Majority60756.9+9.2
Turnout 1,06774.3+21.4
Conservative hold Swing
Bampton and Clanfield [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ted Fenton 1,319 59.4 -21.9
UKIP Susan Cummins28412.8+12.8
Labour Patrick Brennan2169.7-9.0
Green Maurice Fantato2149.6+9.6
Liberal Democrats Glena Chadwick1868.4+8.4
Majority1,03546.6-15.9
Turnout 2,21975.2+33.2
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Norman MacRae 1,528 59.7 +10.5
UKIP Leandra Edmands38615.1-12.2
Labour Dave Wesson36114.1+0.6
Liberal Democrats Mike Baggaley1536.0+6.0
Green Paul Creighton1305.1-4.9
Majority1,14244.6+22.8
Turnout 2,55864.3+39.9
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton North West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pete Handley 1,328 60.0 -3.1
UKIP Barclay Lawrence37116.7+16.7
Labour Melvin Long27012.2-8.1
Green Andy King1295.8-10.8
Liberal Democrats Mark Mann1175.3+5.3
Majority95743.2+0.4
Turnout 2,21567.7+36.1
Conservative hold Swing
Carterton South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Brennan 1,363 61.5 +7.0
UKIP Martyn Webb34215.4-14.6
Labour Moira Swann25411.5+2.3
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden1336.0+6.0
Green Tony Barrett1245.6-1.7
Majority1,02146.1+20.6
Turnout 2,21667.4+34.9
Conservative hold Swing
Charlbury and Finstock [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Graham 1,108 43.2 -23.6
Conservative Rory MacArthur79033.5+0.3
Green Celia Kerslake25510.8+10.8
Labour Georgia Mazower1717.3+7.3
UKIP Stephen Nash1235.2+5.2
Majority2289.7-23.8
Turnout 2,35777.5+28.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chipping Norton [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Guy Wall 1,782 51.9 +11.1
Labour Sian O'Neill88725.8-19.4
UKIP Jim Stanley3099.0-5.0
Green Charles Averill2738.0+8.0
Liberal Democrats Ivan Melet1815.3+5.3
Majority89526.1
Turnout 3,43273.3+29.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Eynsham and Cassington [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Kelland 1,513 41.6 +1.9
Liberal Democrats Matthew Gordon-Banks68018.7-5.1
Labour Judith Wardle55715.3-3.5
Green Karl Gay49413.6+13.6
UKIP Jonathan Miller39410.8-7.0
Majority83322.9+7.0
Turnout 3,63874.7+32.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gill Hill 1,374
Conservative Warwick Robinson 1,220
Labour Liz Blount391
Liberal Democrats Andy Crick346
Labour Mary Jay343
Green Andrew Wright341
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Mortimer257
Turnout 4,27276.0+42.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Beaney 1,433 60.7 -10.8
Labour Andrew Scott33714.3-14.2
UKIP Alistair Scott2048.6+8.6
Liberal Democrats Jenny Tatton1978.3+8.3
Green Nicholas Goodwin1918.1+8.1
Majority1,09646.4+3.3
Turnout 2,36272.3+37.5
Conservative hold Swing
Stonesfield and Tackley [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Charles Cottrell-Dormer 1,448 57.7 +1.6
Labour Dave Baldwin43017.1-7.7
Green Harriet Kopinska33413.3+13.3
Liberal Democrats Christopher Tatton29611.8-7.3
Majority1,01840.6+9.3
Turnout 2,50878.7+36.3
Conservative hold Swing
Witney Central [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Dorward 1,180 46.0 -1.4
Labour Kate Walsh81331.7-20.9
UKIP Clive Taylor2258.8+8.8
Green Jenny Guildford1997.8+7.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Blount1495.8+5.8
Majority36714.3
Turnout 2,56666.7+35.4
Conservative hold Swing
Witney East [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jeanette Baker 2,274 53.9 +11.5
Labour Duncan Hume1,01724.1-4.6
Green Kate Griffin4199.9-0.2
UKIP James Mawle3277.8-4.7
Liberal Democrats Ross Beadle1824.3-1.0
Majority1,25729.8+16.0
Turnout 4,21972.9+37.2
Conservative hold Swing
Witney North [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Langridge 1,120 49.6 +6.1
Labour Trevor License41918.6+1.3
Green Brigitte Hickman32314.3-13.3
UKIP Stephen Westwood25911.5+11.5
Liberal Democrats William Griffiths1366.0-5.6
Majority70131.1+15.3
Turnout 2,25770.1+37.6
Conservative hold Swing
Witney South [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alvin Adams 1,497 47.2 +9.8
Labour Stephen Parkinson69722.0+1.8
UKIP James Robertshaw55917.6-10.7
Green Alex Friend2487.8-1.8
Liberal Democrats Emma Tatton1715.4+0.9
Majority80025.2+16.1
Turnout 3,17267.4+32.1
Conservative hold Swing
Witney West [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Harry Eaglestone 1,353 61.3 +0.3
Labour Calvert McGibbon31614.3-10.3
UKIP Max Everett24110.9+10.9
Liberal Democrats Diane West1516.8+6.8
Green Rosanna Pearson1456.6-7.8
Majority1,03747.0+10.6
Turnout 2,20670.5+44.3
Conservative hold Swing

By-elections between 2015 and 2016

A by-election was held in Witney North on 20 August 2015 after independent councillor David Snow resigned from the council in June 2015. [7] David Snow had been originally elected as a Conservative but resigned from the party in May 2013. [8] The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Carol Reynolds with a majority of 63 votes over Liberal Democrat Diane West. [7]

Witney North by-election 20 August 2015 [7] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Carol Reynolds 264 33.9 -15.7
Liberal Democrats Diane West20125.8+19.8
Green Brigitte Hickman13617.5+3.2
Labour Trevor License11414.6-4.0
UKIP James Robertshaw648.2-3.3
Majority638.1-23.0
Turnout 77924.1-46.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

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