Oxfordshire County Council elections

Oxfordshire County Council is elected every four years.

Election results

Year Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Labour Green[b] Reform HRG Independent Council control
after election
1973[1] 37 3 21 – – – 9 Conservative
1977[c][1] 61 2 3 3 Conservative
1981[1] 36 10[d] 19 0 4 Conservative
1985[e][1] 31 18 20 0 1 No overall control
1989[1] 33 13 23 0 1 No overall control
1993[1] 25 20 24 1 0 No overall control
1997[1] 27 19 22 2 0 No overall control
2001[1] 25 19 24 2 0 No overall control
2005[f][1] 43 17 9 5 0 0 Conservative
2009[1] 52 10 9 2 – 1 Conservative
2013[g][5] 31 11 15 2 0 4 No overall control
2017[6] 31 13 14 0 1 4 No overall control
2021[7] 21 21 16 3 1 1 No overall control
2025[h] 10 36 12 7 1 1 2[i] Liberal Democrats

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County result maps

By-election results

1997-2001

Wolvercote By-Election 7 May 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,085 47.4 +4.9
Conservative 582 25.4 +0.4
Labour 352 15.4 −5.7
Green 270 11.8 +0.4
Majority 503 22.0
Turnout 2,289
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Temple Cowley By-Election 28 October 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 537 42.5 −9.0
Labour 520 41.1 +5.8
Conservative 124 9.8 +1.3
Green 83 6.6 +1.9
Majority 17 1.4
Turnout 1,264 22.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
West By-Election 28 October 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 630 40.0 −0.7
Liberal Democrats 597 37.9 +8.1
Green 198 12.6 −7.6
Conservative 127 8.1 −1.2
Independent 22 1.4 +1.4
Majority 33 2.1
Turnout 1,574 26.0
Labour hold Swing
Banbury Ruscote By-Election 16 December 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 348 48.0 +27.0
Labour 314 43.9 −20.1
Liberal Democrats 58 8.1 −6.9
Majority 29 4.1
Turnout 715 12.8
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 16 December 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 731 47.0 +19.8
Conservative 651 41.9 −10.3
Labour 172 11.1 −4.1
Majority 80 5.1
Turnout 1,554 26.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2001-2005

Wolvercote By-Election 2 May 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,063 40.4 +9.7
Green 769 29.2 −5.2
Conservative 530 20.1 +0.0
Labour 271 10.3 −3.7
Majority 294 11.2
Turnout 2,633 47.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing
Deddington By-Election 3 October 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,172 59.6 +7.8
Liberal Democrats 588 30.0 −7.0
Labour 205 10.4 +10.4
Majority 584 29.6
Turnout 1,965 25.2
Conservative hold Swing
Wolvercote By-Election 27 November 2003
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 732 39.6 +8.9
Green 693 37.5 +3.1
Conservative 327 17.7 −3.1
Labour 95 5.1 −8.9
Majority 39 2.1
Turnout 1,847 31.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Dorchester By-Election 19 February 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,070
Labour 152
Green 87
Majority
Turnout 29.0
Conservative hold Swing
Henley South By-Election 19 February 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 920 54.9 −5.1
Resident 405 24.2 +24.2
Liberal Democrats 118 7.0 −19.7
Independent 103 6.1 +6.1
Green 66 3.9 −3.5
Labour 63 3.8 −2.1
Majority 515 30.7
Turnout 1,675 26.0
Conservative hold Swing
Hanborough By-Election 10 June 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Colin James 1,657 52.9 +19.0
Conservative Ian Hudspeth 1,476 47.1 +1.1
Majority 181 5.8
Turnout 3,133 53.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2005-2009

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle By-Election 4 May 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Carole Bonner 880 51.5 +14.4
Labour Royston Mold 488 28.6 −6.3
Liberal Democrats Choudry Anjum 340 19.9 −2.2
Majority 392 22.9
Turnout 1,708 24.6
Conservative hold Swing
Eynsham By-Election 4 May 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Mathew 1,652 53.0 +17.9
Liberal Democrats Stuart Brooks 1,034 33.2 −11.1
Green Xanthe Bevis 254 8.2 +1.2
Labour Richard Kelsall 176 5.6 −8.0
Majority 618 19.8
Turnout 3,116 43.9
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Carterton South West By-Election 21 June 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Handley 934 67.5 +15.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Madden 348 25.1 −2.1
Labour David Wesson 102 7.4 −10.6
Majority 586 42.4
Turnout 1,384
Conservative hold Swing
Grove and Wantage By-Election 13 February 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jenny Hannaby 1,901 46.7 +11.1
Conservative Bill Melotti 1,786 43.9 +11.0
Labour Jean Nunn-Price 382 9.4 −14.3
Majority 115 2.8
Turnout 4,069
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wallingford By-Election 13 March 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lynda Atkins 867 65.6 +65.6
Conservative Patricia Dawe 386 29.2 −4.6
Labour Charles Gill 69 5.2 −8.2
Majority 481 36.4
Turnout 1,322 19.7
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Kidlington and Yarnton By-Election 1 May 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Gibbard 2,921 52.2 +13.7
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Wilson-Higgins 1,681 30.0 −1.4
Labour Chris Robins 675 12.1 −11.0
Green Janet Warren 321 5.7 −1.3
Majority 1,240 22.2
Turnout 5,598 39.5
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

Watlington By-Election 19 April 2012[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Newton 865 62.2 −6.6
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Hancock 259 18.6 +3.6
Labour James Merritt 157 11.3 +6.7
UKIP Jonathan Kent 110 7.9 +7.9
Majority 606 43.6
Turnout 1,391
Conservative hold Swing
Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Sanders 1,606 64.6 +24.4
Conservative Judith Harley 384 15.4 −7.3
Green Paul Skinner 330 13.3 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Tait 167 6.7 −8.2
Majority 1,222 49.1
Turnout 2,487
Labour hold Swing
Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gill Sanders 1,606 64.6 +24.4
Conservative Judith Harley 384 15.4 −7.3
Green Paul Skinner 330 13.3 −9.0
Liberal Democrats Mike Tait 167 6.7 −8.2
Majority 1,222 49.1
Turnout 2,487
Labour hold Swing

2013-2017

Chalgrove and Watlington By-Election 27 March 2014[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Harrod 871 41.8 −15.9
Liberal Democrats Susan Cooper 629 30.2 +12.4
UKIP Craig Laird 311 14.9 +14.9
Labour Paul Collins 159 7.6 −5.0
Green Colin Tudge 116 5.6 −6.3
Majority 242 11.6
Turnout 2,086
Conservative hold Swing
Leys By-Election 27 November 2014[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Steve Curran 879 70.4 −11.1
UKIP Dave Slater 168 13.5 +13.5
Conservative Samuel Burgess 88 7.0 −0.6
Green Ann Duncan 57 4.6 −2.8
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mallinder 30 2.4 −1.1
TUSC James Morbin 27 2.2 +2.2
Majority 711 56.9
Turnout 1,249
Labour hold Swing
Witney West and Bampton By-Election 7 May 2015[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Mills 3,465 59.0 +10.2
Labour Calvert McGibbon 800 13.6 −0.3
UKIP Jim Stanley 678 11.5 −13.4
Liberal Democrats Liz Leffman 472 8.0 +2.5
Green Nick Owen 462 7.9 +1.0
Majority 2,665 45.3
Turnout 5,877
Conservative hold Swing

2017-2021

Iffley Fields and St Mary’s By-Election 18 October 2018[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Damian Haywood 1,162 48.6 +1.7
Green Arthur Wiliams 1,087 45.4 +4.7
Conservative Paul Sims 100 4.2 −1.4
Liberal Democrats Josie Procter 43 1.8 −5.0
Majority 75 3.1
Turnout 2,392 33
Labour hold Swing
Grove and Wantage By-Election 15 November 2018[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nicola Hanna 1,925 47.9 +4.5
Conservative Benjamin Mabbett 1,447 36.0 +0.7
Labour David Gernon 459 11.4 −2.0
Green Kevin Harris 185 4.6 −3.3
Majority 478 11.9
Turnout 4,016 27.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wheatley By-Election 29 November 2018[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Bearder 1,380 61.0 +15.8
Conservative John Walsh 705 31.2 −11.7
Labour Michael Nixon 178 7.9 −4.0
Majority 675 29.8
Turnout 2,263 31.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Wallingford By-Election 28 November 2019[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Pete Sudbury 998 40.9 +29.9
Conservative Adrian Lloyd 755 31.0 +6.9
Independent Elaine Hornsby 483 19.8 +19.8
Labour George Kneeshaw 202 8.3 −4.2
Majority 243 10.0
Turnout 2,438 30
Green gain from Independent Swing

2021-2025

Rose Hill and Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trish Elphinstone 1,169 43.9 −8.4
Independent Michael Evans 1,046 39.3 +39.3
Conservative Timothy Patmore 227 8.5 −9.1
Green David Thomas 120 4.5 −8.6
Liberal Democrats Theo Jupp 75 2.8 −2.6
TUSC Callum Joyce 23 0.9 +0.9
Majority 123 4.6
Turnout 2,268 34
Labour hold Swing
Sutton Courtenay and Marcham By-Election 20 June 2024[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Stevens 702 36.6 −12.1
Conservative James Plumb 656 34.2 −5.7
Green Aidan Reilly 375 19.6 +19.6
Labour Jim Broadbent 183 9.6 −1.7
Majority 46 2.4
Turnout 1,916 34
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Liberal Party, 1973–1981; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1985.
  2. ↑ Ecology Party, 1981–1985; Green Party (UK), 1989.
  3. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one.[2]
  4. ↑ 9 Liberal, 1 SDP
  5. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.
  6. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by four.[3]
  7. ↑ Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eleven.[4]
  8. ↑ Boundary changes increased the number of seats by six.[8]
  9. ↑ Including 1 Oxford Independent Alliance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Oxfordshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009" (PDF). Plymouth University. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977" (PDF). gov.uk. 14 February 1977. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "The County of Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2004". gov.uk. 9 December 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2012". gov.uk. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Election results by party, 2 May 2013". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Election results by party, 4 May 2017". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Election results by party, 6 May 2021". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "The Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2025". gov.uk. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cowley and Littlemore Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalgrove and Watlington Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Leys Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Witney West and Bampton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  15. ↑ "Iffley Fields and St. Mary's Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Grove and Wantage Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  17. ↑ "Wheatley Division - Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  18. ↑ "Wallingford By-Election - Thursday, 28 November 2019". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  19. ↑ "Rose Hill & Littlemore By-Election - Thursday, 2 March 2023". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "Sutton Courtenay & Marcham By-election - Thursday, 20 June 2024". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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