Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The council is elected by halves, so one seat in each ward was up for election (except in St Clements, where both seats were contested). Labour lost majority control of the council but remained in minority administration. Overall turnout was 37.6%, with the lowest turnout (26.5%) in Carfax ward and the highest (49.5%) in Wolvercote.
Election result
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 10 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 40.0 | 30.2 | 12,053 | +4.1% | |
Labour | 7 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 28.0 | 27.4 | 10,970 | -11.0% | |
Green | 5 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 20.0 | 20.4 | 8,161 | +1.7% | |
Ind. Working Class | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12.0 | 3.6 | 1,435 | +2.2% | |
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 7,019 | +3.0% | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.83 | 333 | +0.61% |
Note: three Independents stood in 2004, compared with one in 2002.
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
- Labour - 20
- Liberal Democrats - 18
- Green - 7
- Independent Working Class Association - 3
Sources: BBC Oxford City Council
Results by ward
editAll results from Oxford City Council.
Barton and Sandhills
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Murray | 497 | 36.6% | ||
Labour | Peter Brennan | 414 | 30.5% | ||
Conservative | Prudence Dailey | 285 | 21.0% | ||
Green | Raymond Hitchins | 149 | 10.9% | ||
Turnout | 1,357 | 31.1 |
Blackbird Leys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Working Class | Lee Cole | 494 | |||
Labour | Patrick Stannard | 415 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Bearder | 92 | |||
Conservative | Patricia Jones | 91 | |||
Green | Donald O'Neal | 36 | |||
Turnout | 1,128 | 28.2 |
Carfax
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Sargent | 479 | |||
Conservative | Edward Watkins | 236 | |||
Green | Pallas Reiss | 185 | |||
Labour | Peter Morton | 185 | |||
Turnout | 1,091 | 26.5 |
Churchill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Working Class | Claire Kent | 386 | |||
Labour | Peter Johnson | 376 | |||
Conservative | John Young | 256 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Sybil Dibdin | 202 | |||
Green | Matthew Ledbury | 94 | |||
Turnout | 1,318 | 28.9 |
Cowley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Beryl Keen | 616 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Shakil Khan | 369 | |||
Green | Martin Juckes | 323 | |||
Conservative | Georgina Shomroni | 262 | |||
Turnout | 1,577 | 37.8 |
Cowley Marsh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sajjad-Hussain Malik | 584 | |||
Labour | Mumtaz Fareed | 377 | |||
Conservative | Judith Harley | 222 | |||
Green | David Bibby | 179 | |||
Independent | Khurshid Ahmed | 74 | |||
Turnout | 1,445 | 36.7 |
Headington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Tall | 1,061 | |||
Conservative | Tarrant Anderson | 343 | |||
Labour | Georgina Toynbee | 193 | |||
Green | Judith Chipchase | 150 | |||
Turnout | 1,753 | 44.2 |
Headington Hill and Northway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tony Gray | 451 | |||
Conservative | Michael Davis | 434 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Altaf-Khan | 287 | |||
Green | Katherine Wedell | 160 | |||
Turnout | 1,337 | 33.8 |
Hinksey Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard Muir | 869 | |||
Green | Lilian Sherwood | 534 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bones | 282 | |||
Conservative | Simon Mort | 258 | |||
Turnout | 1,956 | 44.3 |
Holywell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Matthew Sellwood | 443 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Gotch | 385 | |||
Conservative | Gregory Stafford | 225 | |||
Labour | Timothy Waters | 192 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | 32.1 |
Iffley Fields
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Elise Benjamin | 800 | |||
Labour | Richard Tarver | 721 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Gowers | 195 | |||
Conservative | James Hayward-Bloomfield | 160 | |||
Turnout | 1,946 | 45.9 |
Jericho and Osney
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Collins | 846 | |||
Labour | Colin Cook | 721 | |||
Green | Lilia Patterson | 332 | |||
Conservative | William Wilson | 266 | |||
Turnout | 2,175 | 46.1 |
Littlemore
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Tanner | 539 | |||
Conservative | Stuart Hand | 359 | |||
Green | Mark Stevenson | 227 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nadeem Khan | 198 | |||
Turnout | 1,334 | 30.0 |
Lye Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Daniel Paskins | 597 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Pyle | 506 | |||
Conservative | Marilyn Cox | 271 | |||
Green | Tim Pizey | 141 | |||
Turnout | 1,524 | 32.9 |
Marston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Caroline van Zyl | 749 | |||
Labour | Roy Darke | 693 | |||
Conservative | Duncan Hatfield | 426 | |||
Green | Jeremy Poster | 157 | |||
Turnout | 2,030 | 46.3 |
North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clark Brundin | 706 | |||
Green | Sushila Dhall | 500 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Pryor | 214 | |||
Labour | William Turner | 175 | |||
Independent | John Rose* | 62 | |||
Turnout | 1,669 | 39.0 |
*John Rose stood on the platform "Local Government Reform"
Northfield Brook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Working Class | Stuart Craft | 555 | |||
Labour | Rae Humberstone | 439 | |||
Conservative | Mohammed Abdul-Haq | 90 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Bones | 89 | |||
Green | Susan Tibbles | 61 | |||
Turnout | 1,242 | 30.3 |
Quarry and Risinghurst
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tia MacGregor | 953 | |||
Labour | Oscar van Nooijen | 572 | |||
Conservative | Elizabeth Mills | 356 | |||
Green | Matthew Ormondroyd | 155 | |||
Turnout | 2,053 | 46.0 |
Rose Hill and Iffley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Turner | 676 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Penwarden | 505 | |||
Conservative | Allen Mills | 256 | |||
Green | Simon Brook | 185 | |||
Turnout | 1,682 | 39.2 |
St Clement's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Claire Palmer | 741 | |||
Green | Mary-Jane Sareva | 597 | |||
Labour | Jane Darke | 357 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz | 356 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Ali Hydar | 236 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Andrew MacGregor | 233 | |||
Conservative | Peter Leeming | 201 | |||
Independent | David Leake | 197 | |||
Conservative | Gareth Jennings | 197 | |||
Turnout | 1,564 | 33.9 |
Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.
St Margaret's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gwynneth Royce | 635 | |||
Green | Christopher Goodall | 449 | |||
Conservative | Robert Porter | 358 | |||
Labour | James Cloyne | 108 | |||
Turnout | 1,559 | 38.7 |
St Mary's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Sidney Phelps | 616 | |||
Labour | Mohammed Abbasi | 496 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Julia Goddard | 198 | |||
Conservative | Margaret Young | 127 | |||
Turnout | 1,447 | 33.4 |
Summertown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Hollander | 938 | |||
Green | Thomas Lines | 462 | |||
Conservative | Raoul Cerratti | 457 | |||
Labour | Oliver Kempton | 216 | |||
Turnout | 2,082 | 44.6 |
Wolvercote
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Roaf | 828 | |||
Conservative | Graham Jones | 669 | |||
Green | Sheila Cameron | 485 | |||
Labour | Michael Taylor | 162 | |||
Turnout | 2,156 | 49.5 |