2022 Cherwell District Council election

The 2022 Cherwell District Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2022 Cherwell District Council election

5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
17 out of 48 seats to Cherwell District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Barry Wood Sean Woodcock Katherine Tyson Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 31 seats, 47.7% 8 seats, 22.8% 3 seats, 15.1% Seats won 6 4 5 Seats after 25 10 7 Seat change 6 2 4 Popular vote 16,169 10,434 11,120 Percentage 38.4% 24.8% 26.4% Swing 9.3% 2.0% 11.3%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ian Middleton Party Independent Green Last election 5 seats, 4.7% 1 seat, 9.7% Seats won 1 1 Seats after 4 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,092 3,241 Percentage 2.6% 7.7% Swing 2.2% 2.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2022 Cherwell District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Results summary

2022 Cherwell District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	6	35.3	19	25	52.1	16,169	38.4	-9.3
	Labour	4	2	23.5	6	10	20.8	10,434	24.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	5	4	29.4	2	7	14.6	11,120	26.4	+11.3
	Independent	1	1	5.9	3	4	8.3	1,092	2.6	-2.1
	Green	1	1	5.9	1	2	4.2	3,241	7.7	-2.0

Ward results

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hingley	1,801	59.9	+29.7
	Conservative	Tony Mepham	902	30.0	−21.9
	Labour	Sian Tohill-Martin	305	10.1	−7.8
Majority			899	29.9
Turnout			3,008	40.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	25.8

Banbury Calthorpe and Easington

Banbury Calthorpe and Easington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Harwood	1,320	46.7	−9.2
	Labour	Isabel Creed	1,207	42.7	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pattenden	301	10.6	+4.2
Majority			113	4.0
Turnout			2,828	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.2

Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chuk Okeke	1,103	50.8	+5.6
	Conservative	Fiaz Ahmed	769	35.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ash Haeger	300	13.8	+9.1
Majority			334	15.4
Turnout			2,172	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rebecca Biegel	1,158	56.5	+8.3
	Conservative	Ben Dalton	556	27.1	−8.1
	Green	Karl Kwiatkowski	176	8.6	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Yeomans	159	7.8	+1.9
Majority			602	29.4
Turnout			2,049	29.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.2

Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Hardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Crichton	798	43.2	+9.7
	Conservative	Tony Ilott	717	38.8	−8.7
	Green	Alison Nuttall	182	9.9	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Raisbeck	150	8.1	+4.9
Majority			81	4.4
Turnout			1,847	25.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.2

Banbury Ruscote

Banbury Ruscote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Watkins	922	55.7	+4.1
	Conservative	Hayne Strangwood	562	33.9	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Buckwell	172	10.4	+6.1
Majority			360	21.8
Turnout			1,656	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Bicester East

Bicester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donna Ford	947	48.0	−1.0
	Green	Damien Maguire	544	27.6	+4.4
	Labour	Samuel Akbur	483	24.5	+5.4
Majority			403	20.4
Turnout			1,974	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Bicester North and Caversfield

Bicester North and Caversfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Mawer	797	40.9	−11.8
	Labour	Arjunsingh Bais	546	28.0	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lytton	386	19.8	+7.5
	Green	Amanda Maguire	218	11.2	−3.2
Majority			251	12.9
Turnout			1,947	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

Bicester South and Ambrosden

Bicester South and Ambrosden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pruden	1,732	55.4	+43.1
	Conservative	Sundeep Singh	982	31.4	−21.3
	Labour	Sian Roscoe	412	12.3	−7.5
Majority			750	24.0
Turnout			3,126	33.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	32.2

Bicester West

Bicester West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Broad	1,092	52.3	−10.9
	Conservative	Sam Holland	615	29.4	+10.0
	Labour	Steven Uttley	382	18.3	+5.3
Majority			477	22.9
Turnout			2,089	31.9
	Independent hold		Swing	10.5

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chapman	1,396	49.8	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Xenia Huntley	707	25.2	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Anne Cullen	701	25.0	+4.9
Majority			689	24.6
Turnout			2,804	40.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Deddington

Deddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Reeves	1,416	45.9	−11.7
	Labour	Annette Murphy	690	22.4	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Hartley	640	20.7	−0.6
	Green	Aaron Bliss	339	11.0	N/A
Majority			726	23.5
Turnout			3,085	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Fringford and Heyfords

Fringford and Heyfords

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Wood	1,066	42.5	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dillie Keane	508	20.3	N/A
	Labour	Sylvia Howells	474	18.9	+3.3
	Green	Jenny Tamblyn	460	18.3	−6.0
Majority			558	22.2
Turnout			2,508	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Kidlington East

Kidlington East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Fiona Mawson	1,322	46.8	+12.3
	Conservative	Nigel Simpson	1,070	37.9	−12.6
	Labour	Sarah Stephenson-Hunter	432	15.3	+0.4
Majority			252	8.9
Turnout			2,824	40.2
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Kidlington West

Kidlington West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Conway	1,465	52.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Helen Kingsley	1,005	36.0	−2.5
	Labour	Chidi Uche	325	11.6	+0.3
Majority			460	16.4
Turnout			2,795	40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.4

Launton and Otmoor

Launton and Otmoor (2 seats due to by-election)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Coton	1,477	55.3	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Angus Patrick	1,322	49.5	+13.6
	Conservative	David Hughes	1,091	40.8	−9.0
	Conservative	Steve Jackson	958	35.9	−13.9
	Labour	Joanne Howells	267	10.0	−4.3
	Labour	Naomi Karslake	229	8.6	−5.7
Turnout				43.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes 2022–2023

Hannah Banfield, elected in 2019 as a Labour councillor for Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward, resigned from the party in November 2022, sitting instead as an independent.