The 2022 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One-third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost control of the council to no overall control.
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Results summary
edit2022 West Oxfordshire District Council election[1] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Conservative | 4 | 5 | 25.0 | 19 | 23 | 46.9 | 7,964 | 37.4 | -4.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 6 | 14 | 28.6 | 7,681 | 36.0 | +12.0 | |
Labour | 3 | 18.8 | 5 | 8 | 16.3 | 4,105 | 19.3 | -2.9 | ||
Green | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 | 4.1 | 1,367 | 6.4 | -4.6 | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4.1 | 164 | 0.8 | +0.3 | ||
Heritage | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39 | 0.2 | New |
The votes were counted at the Windrush Leisure Centre in Witney. The turnout was given as 39 percent.[2] Following these election results the Conservatives lost control of West Oxfordshire after being in charge for 22 years. The deputy leader of the council lost his seat.[3]
Ward results
editAscott and Shipton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Cooper | 368 | 42.0 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Timothy Sumner | 364 | 41.5 | −11.3 | |
Labour Co-op | Sue Richards | 145 | 16.5 | +9.9 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 881 | 51.4 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.2 |
Bampton and Clanfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alaric Smith | 647 | 46.7 | +20.2 | |
Conservative | Rupert Dent | 606 | 43.7 | −19.0 | |
Labour | Nathaniel Miles | 71 | 5.1 | −5.7 | |
Green | Alma Tumilowicz | 62 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 41 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,389 | 42.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 19.6 |
Brize Norton and Shilton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Rosie Pearson | 383 | 54.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alex Postan | 321 | 45.6 | −26.3 | |
Majority | 62 | 8.8 | |||
Turnout | 713 | 37.2 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Burford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hugo Ashton | 511 | 66.3 | +49.5 | |
Conservative | Craig Brown | 202 | 26.2 | −48.8 | |
Labour | George Richmond | 58 | 7.5 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 309 | 40.1 | |||
Turnout | 774 | 48.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 49.2 |
Carterton North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Martin McBride | 428 | 44.6 | −15.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Melvin | 423 | 44.1 | +33.2 | |
Green | Anthony Barrett | 108 | 11.3 | −4.7 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 968 | 23.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 24.2 |
Carterton North West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Natalie King | 460 | 38.4 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Kim Wood | 455 | 38.0 | −1.9 | |
Independent | Pete Handley | 164 | 13.7 | −23.5 | |
Labour Co-op | Dave Wesson | 79 | 6.6 | −4.9 | |
Heritage | David Cox | 39 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,199 | 30.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.5 |
Carterton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nick Leverton | 586 | 65.0 | +7.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sophie Roell | 316 | 35.0 | +21.5 | |
Majority | 270 | 30.0 | |||
Turnout | 909 | 26.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 7.2 |
Chipping Norton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Rizvana Poole | 1,237 | 61.0 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Emma Leeming | 607 | 29.9 | +1.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ivan Aguado | 185 | 9.1 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 630 | 31.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,055 | 37.1 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Ducklington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Woodruff | 344 | 48.0 | −14.0 | |
Labour | Rachel Crouch | 285 | 39.7 | +21.4 | |
Green | Carol Cather | 88 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 59 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 725 | 36.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | 17.7 |
Eynsham and Cassington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Carl Rylett | 1,324 | 63.1 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Terrel Mollel | 460 | 21.9 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Lucy Wallis | 178 | 8.5 | +0.9 | |
Green | Celia Kerslake | 135 | 6.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 864 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,105 | 41.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.5 |
Freeland and Hanborough
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lidia Arciszewska | 872 | 50.7 | +22.8 | |
Conservative | Merilyn Davies | 741 | 43.1 | −8.6 | |
Green | Timothy Eden | 107 | 6.2 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 131 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,724 | 43.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 15.7 |
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Maynard | 1,019 | 58.0 | +23.9 | |
Conservative | Sean Grace | 739 | 42.0 | −14.3 | |
Majority | 280 | 16.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,767 | 48.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 19.1 |
The Bartons
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Dave Jackson | 543 | 74.4 | +21.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Jackson | 160 | 21.9 | −21.0 | |
Green | Frances Mortimer | 27 | 3.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 383 | 52.5 | |||
Turnout | 731 | 47.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 21.2 |
Witney East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Ruth Smith | 1,020 | 47.5 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Toby Morris | 773 | 36.0 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Bailey | 190 | 8.8 | +4.0 | |
Green | Harriet Kopinska | 164 | 7.6 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 247 | 11.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,162 | 38.2 | |||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 0.5 |
Witney South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Michael Brooker | 790 | 46.1 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | David Harvey | 721 | 42.1 | −2.9 | |
Green | Sandra Simpson | 203 | 11.8 | +2.9 | |
Majority | 69 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,722 | 35.9 | |||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing | 7.2 |
Losing Conservative candidate, David Harvey, had been the district councillor for 24 years and was the deputy leader of the council.[3]
Woodstock and Bladon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julian Cooper | 827 | 51.3 | +1.3 | |
Conservative | Sharone Parnes | 453 | 28.1 | −5.5 | |
Labour | Veronica Oakeshott | 242 | 15.0 | +7.3 | |
Green | Barry Wheatley | 90 | 5.6 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 374 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,618 | 46.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.4 |
References
edit- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Sofia Della Sala (6 May 2022). "West Oxfordshire local elections 2022: Live updates from the overnight count". OxfordshireLive. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Tories lose control of West Oxfordshire Council in local election results 2022". BBC News. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.