The 2021 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England.^[1] One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council, although with a reduced majority.

Results summary[edit]

2021 West Oxfordshire District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	10	3	55.6	18	28	57.1	12,004	42.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	22.2	6	10	20.4	6,851	24.0	-0.3
	Labour	3		16.7	5	8	20.4	6,328	22.2	-0.8
	Independent	0		0.0	2	2	4.1	143	0.5	-3.5
	Green	1	1	5.6	0	1	2.0	3,132	11.0	+2.0
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	27	0.1	New
	Burning Pink	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	15	0.1	New

Ward results[edit]

Bampton and Clanfield[edit]

Bampton and Clanfield (by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Dent	803	64.4	+1.7
	Green	Alma Tumilowicz	242	19.4	N/A
	Labour	Sarah Hayton	202	16.2	+5.4
Majority			561	45.0	+8.7
Turnout			1,256	38.7	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.9

Chadlington and Churchill[edit]

Chadlington and Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dean Temple	328	45.2	-20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Ridpath	235	32.4	+21.5
	Green	James Styring	101	13.9	+0.8
	Labour Co-op	David Heyes	61	8.4	-1.9
Majority			93	12.8
Turnout			744	45.0	+3.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	21.0

Charlbury and Finstock[edit]

Charlbury and Finstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	884	54.6	+9.0
	Conservative	Caspar Morris	407	25.2	-5.3
	Green	Liz Reason	205	12.7	-3.1
	Labour Co-op	Sue Richards	122	7.5	-0.6
Majority			477	29.4	+14.3
Turnout			1,645	53.5	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	7.0

Chipping Norton[edit]

Chipping Norton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Geoff Saul	1,201	54.8	+14.3
	Conservative	Ruth Obasa	616	28.1	-5.3
	Green	Malcolm Brown	263	12.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Aguado Melet	113	5.2	-21.0
Majority			585	26.7	+19.6
Turnout			2,264	40.5	+2.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	9.8

Eynsham and Cassington[edit]

Eynsham and Cassington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Goodwin	1,391	55.4	+2.4
	Conservative	Sean Grace	783	31.2	+7.9
	Labour	Elsa Dawson	191	7.6	-0.2
	Green	Ed Rolison	145	5.8	-10.0
Majority			608	24.2	-5.5
Turnout			2,522	50.4	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	2.8

Freeland and Hanborough[edit]

Freeland and Hanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alaa Al-Yousuf	893	51.7	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lidia Arciszewska	482	27.9	+20.4
	Labour	Tommy Begley	182	10.5	-35.1
	Green	Angela Wilson	154	6.9	+1.3
	Burning Pink	Dave Baldwin	15	0.9	N/A
Majority			411	23.8	—
Turnout			1,740	45.2	-2.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.8

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield[edit]

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Dingwall	801	55.1	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Marsh	653	44.9	+12.3
Majority			148	10.2	-3.2
Turnout			1,467	44.1	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.6

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone[edit]

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Wilson	725	54.3	+1.4
	Labour	Andrew Hornung	324	24.3	+10.9
	Green	Amy Long	163	12.2	-5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Baggaley	124	9.3	-6.8
Majority			401	30.0	-5.3
Turnout			1,362	41.6	+7.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.8

Milton-under-Wychwood[edit]

Milton-under-Wychwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Haine	464	58.1	-10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Kitching	173	21.7	+6.5
	Labour Co-op	Sian O'Neill	87	10.9	+1.3
	Green	Tim Eden	75	9.4	+2.5
Majority			291	36.4
Turnout			807	45.2	+3.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	8.4

North Leigh[edit]

North Leigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry St John	460	59.3	-4.9
	Labour	Maureen Eades	119	15.3	-6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Workman	112	14.4	+10.2
	Green	Julia Shay	85	11.0	+0.7
Majority			341	44.0
Turnout			786	44.6	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.6

Standlake, Aston and Stanton[edit]

Standlake, Aston and Stanton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lysette Nicholls	983	56.3	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Marcus Luckett	596	34.1	+23.9
	Labour	Mike Parker	167	9.6	-1.6
Majority			387	22.2
Turnout			1,769	49.2	+13.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	11.9

Stonesfield and Tackley[edit]

Stonesfield and Tackley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mathew Parkinson	693	40.0	-5.7
	Conservative	Richard Jackson	668	38.6	+4.4
	Green	Frances Mortimer	232	13.4	+0.6
	Labour	Nell Davies-Small	138	8.0	+0.7
Majority			25	1.4	-10.1
Turnout			1,751	50.0	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	5.1

Witney Central[edit]

Witney Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Coles	810	52.9	+5.6
	Conservative	Craig Brown	526	34.3	-1.2
	Green	Harriet Kopinska	100	6.5	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Bailey	69	4.5	-2.9
	Reform UK	Mark Bezerra Speeks	27	1.8	N/A
Majority			284	18.6	+6.8
Turnout			1,540	36.2	+2.8
	Labour hold		Swing	3.4

Witney East[edit]

Witney East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Duncan Enright	1,167	47.8	-2.7
	Conservative	Rich Hikins	862	35.3	-0.2
	Green	Sandra Simpson	294	12.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Blount	117	4.8	-9.2
Majority			305	12.5	-2.5
Turnout			2,473	42.9	+7.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	1.3

Witney North[edit]

Witney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Andrew Prosser	648	41.7	+28.7
	Conservative	Toby Morris	487	31.3	+7.8
	Labour Co-op	Ruth Smith	351	22.6	+1.3
	Independent	Pete Handley	68	4.4	N/A
Majority			161	10.4	—
Turnout			1,562	50.2	+8.9
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	10.5

Witney South[edit]

Witney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Johnson	828	45.0	+7.5
	Labour	Michael Brooker	638	34.7	-6.1
	Green	Carol Cather	164	8.9	-5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Southey	136	7.4	+0.3
	Independent	Adrian Henry-Wyatt	75	4.1	N/A
Majority			190	10.3	—
Turnout			1,885	38.0	+5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.8

Witney West[edit]

Witney West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Doughty	753	52.5	+6.3
	Labour Co-op	Stuart McCarroll	427	29.8	+11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Whitten	154	10.7	-16.3
	Green	Penny Ponton	101	7.0	-1.8
Majority			326	22.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,462	35.4	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Woodstock and Bladon[edit]

Woodstock and Bladon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Poskitt	919	50.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Jo Lamb	617	33.6	+5.6
	Green	Barry Wheatley	160	8.7	-1.9
	Labour	Mark Lambert	141	7.7	-1.0
Majority			302	16.4
Turnout			1,865	53.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.2

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