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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2024 West Oxfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Prior to the election, the council was under no overall control, being run by a Liberal Democrat, Labour and Green coalition. The council remained under no overall control after the election and the same coalition continued to form the council's administration.[3][4]
Election result
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2024 West Oxfordshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 9 | ![]() |
47.4 | 12 | 21 | 45.1 | 7,304 | 30.1 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | 4 | ![]() |
21.1 | 9 | 13 | 25.5 | 8,258 | 34.0 | –3.1 | |
Labour | 4 | ![]() |
21.1 | 7 | 11 | 21.6 | 5,664 | 23.3 | +2.3 | |
Green | 2 | ![]() |
10.5 | 2 | 4 | 7.8 | 2,653 | 10.9 | +1.8 | |
Independent | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 102 | 0.4 | –3.7 | |
Reform UK | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 215 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Heritage | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 0.4 | –0.2 |
Ward results
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by West Oxfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.[5]
Chadlington & Churchill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nigel Ridpath | 342 | 56.3 | +23.9 | |
Conservative | Caspar Morris | 210 | 34.6 | −10.6 | |
Labour | Chris Tomlin | 55 | 9.1 | +0.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 607 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Charlbury & Finstock
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Liz Leffman* | 785 | 58.9 | −0.1 | |
Conservative | Gareth Dore | 270 | 20.3 | −3.3 | |
Labour | Robin Puttick | 153 | 11.5 | +1.6 | |
Green | Flora Gregory | 124 | 9.3 | +1.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,332 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Chipping Norton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Geoff Saul* | 1,071 | 61.3 | +22.4 | |
Conservative | Peter Burns | 362 | 20.7 | −2.0 | |
Green | Amy Long | 197 | 11.3 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ivan Aguado Melet | 116 | 6.6 | +0.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,746 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Eynsham & Cassington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andy Goodwin* | 996 | 49.8 | −7.9 | |
Conservative | Sean Grace | 455 | 22.8 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Nick Relph | 389 | 19.5 | +12.0 | |
Green | Nicholas Goodwin | 160 | 8.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,000 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Freeland & Hanborough
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Faulkner | 587 | 39.4 | −3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marie Stimpson | 558 | 37.5 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Nell Davies-Small | 152 | 10.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Sam Newman | 102 | 6.9 | N/A | |
Green | Dan Eisenhandler | 90 | 6.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,489 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The incumbent councillor, Alaa al-Yousuf, was originally elected as a Conservative but changed his affiliation to Independent prior to the election. He did not re-stand.
Hailey, Minster Lovell & Leafield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Marsh | 606 | 43.8 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Paul Eaglestone | 595 | 43.0 | −6.1 | |
Labour | Andy Bailey | 109 | 7.9 | +0.9 | |
Green | James Styring | 73 | 5.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,383 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kingham, Rollright & Enstone
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alex Wilson* | 475 | 43.0 | −7.1 | |
Green | Arron Baker | 448 | 40.5 | +10.7 | |
Labour Co-op | David Heyes | 182 | 16.5 | −3.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,105 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Milton-Under-Wychwood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adam Clements | 400 | 52.9 | +31.2 | |
Conservative | Jeff Haine* | 292 | 38.6 | −19.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Sian O'Neill | 42 | 5.6 | −5.3 | |
Green | Timothy Eden | 22 | 2.9 | −6.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 756 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
North Leigh
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Veasey | 487 | 54.1 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Massie | 303 | 33.7 | +19.3 | |
Labour | Richard Kelsall | 73 | 8.1 | −7.2 | |
Green | Frances Mortimer | 37 | 4.1 | −6.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 900 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
The incumbent councillor, Harry St John, was originally elected as a Conservative but changed his affiliation to Independent prior to the election. He did not re-stand.
Standlake, Aston & Stanton Harcourt
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cosier | 860 | 51.3 | −6.7 | |
Conservative | Lysette Nicholls* | 672 | 40.1 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Marion Harley | 97 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Green | Alma Tumilowicz | 48 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,677 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Stonesfield & Tackley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Genny Early | 523 | 33.6 | +23.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gareth Epps | 497 | 32.0 | −13.6 | |
Conservative | Sharone Parnes | 390 | 25.1 | −7.9 | |
Labour | Kate England | 145 | 9.3 | −1.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,555 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Witney Central
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Coles* | 800 | 52.6 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | Abdul Mubin | 518 | 34.1 | −7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Serena Martin | 109 | 7.2 | −0.9 | |
Green | Rae Cather | 93 | 6.1 | −2.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,520 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Witney East
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Duncan Enright* | 1,019 | 45.0 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | James Robertshaw | 932 | 41.2 | +2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sophie Roell | 183 | 8.1 | +0.4 | |
Green | Harriet Marshall | 129 | 5.7 | −5.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,263 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Witney North
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Andrew Prosser* | 451 | 31.3 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michelle Coulson | 390 | 27.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dean Temple | 248 | 17.2 | −4.8 | |
Reform UK | Richard Langridge | 215 | 14.9 | −10.9 | |
Labour | Georgia Meadows | 136 | 9.4 | −6.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,440 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Green hold | Swing |
Witney South
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Stuart McCarroll | 706 | 42.3 | −4.0 | |
Conservative | David Edwards-Hughes | 649 | 38.9 | −5.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Whitten | 115 | 6.9 | −2.8 | |
Heritage | David Cox | 99 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Green | Ed Rolison | 99 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,668 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Witney West
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jane Doughty* | 636 | 41.7 | −9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dan Coulson | 533 | 34.9 | +18.1 | |
Labour | Sachin Thorogood | 281 | 18.4 | −8.7 | |
Green | Penelope Ponton | 76 | 5.0 | −0.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,526 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Woodstock & Bladon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Poskitt* | 618 | 43.1 | −8.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Hudspeth | 480 | 33.4 | +5.3 | |
Labour | Mathew Parkinson | 254 | 17.7 | +2.7 | |
Green | Barry Wheatley | 83 | 5.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,435 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "West Oxfordshire councillor quits after council tax conviction". BBC News. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Norris, Miranda (3 May 2024). "West Oxfordshire local elections 2024: Results in full". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Ingham, Jack (14 May 2024). "Lib Dem, Labour and Green groups maintain hold on West Oxfordshire District Council". Banbury Guardian. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. 5 April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.