The 2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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All 36 seats to South Oxfordshire District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 36.7% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Green coalition. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of seats at this election, although chose to continue to operate in partnership with the Greens.
Summary
editElection result
editThe Liberal Democrats gained control (from No Overall Control) at this election.[2] The Conservatives lost all except one seat at this election,[3] with the Lib Dems and Green Party making gains. Labour and the Henley Residents Group retained three seats each.[4][5]
2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election[2] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 24 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 58.3 | 35.8 | 27,852 | +8.0 | |
Green | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 22.2 | 15.7 | 12,241 | +1.9 | |
Labour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6,597 | –1.9 | ||
Henley Residents | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 6.6 | 5,143 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative | 36 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 2.8 | 30.9 | 24,051 | +1.6 | |
Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,154 | –10.8 | |
SDP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 515 | N/A | ||
Reform UK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 257 | N/A |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by South Oxfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[6]
* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election
Benson and Crowmarsh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sue Cooper* | 1,589 | 63.2 | +5.1 | |
Green | Andrea Powell* | 1,534 | 61.0 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Felix Bloomfield | 799 | 31.8 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | Gary Flux | 719 | 28.6 | –2.6 | |
Turnout | 2,514 | 37.7 | –5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,664 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Green hold |
Berinsfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Robin Bennett* | 761 | 80.0 | +20.8 | |
Conservative | Bob Dhillon | 190 | 20.0 | –2.8 | |
Majority | 571 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 964 | 32.9 | –4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 2,928 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 11.8 |
Chalgrove
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Turner* | 929 | 86.3 | –0.8 | |
Conservative | Jit Patel | 147 | 13.7 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 782 | 72.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,083 | 37.4 | –5.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,895 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Chinnor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ed Sadler | 1,354 | 54.3 | +20.5 | |
Green | Ali Gordon-Creed | 1,334 | 53.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Louise Heathcote | 1,082 | 43.4 | –4.3 | |
Conservative | James Endean-Mills | 919 | 36.9 | –7.0 | |
Turnout | 2,492 | 34.9 | +4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 7,147 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Cholsey
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Anne-Marie Simpson* | 1,634 | 53.4 | +11.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Manning | 1,387 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Sue Roberts | 912 | 29.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jane Murphy* | 808 | 26.4 | –18.8 | |
Conservative | Paul Jackson | 697 | 22.8 | –14.0 | |
SDP | Kyn Pomlett | 188 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 3,059 | 42.1 | +3.3 | ||
Registered electors | 7,264 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Didcot North East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David Rouane* | 1,471 | 55.7 | +29.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Tinsley | 1,237 | 46.9 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Zia Mohammed | 1,213 | 45.9 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Andrea Warren* | 739 | 28.0 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Alan Thompson* | 731 | 27.7 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Annah Francisco | 665 | 25.2 | +4.2 | |
Labour | Craig Wilson | 548 | 20.8 | –0.1 | |
Labour | George Ryall | 493 | 18.7 | +3.6 | |
Labour | Phil Wheeler | 425 | 16.1 | +2.3 | |
Turnout | 2,640 | 33.4 | –1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 7,894 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Didcot South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Mocky Khan* | 1,237 | 45.9 | +8.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Denise Macdonald | 1,056 | 39.2 | +6.7 | |
Labour Co-op | Axel Macdonald* | 926 | 34.3 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Anthony Dearlove | 765 | 28.4 | –1.8 | |
Green | Sarah Nohre | 702 | 26.0 | –4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Loder | 635 | 23.6 | –5.0 | |
Conservative | Tom Wiltshire | 611 | 22.7 | –5.0 | |
Conservative | Thomas Skuse | 590 | 21.9 | –2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Macdonald | 500 | 18.5 | –9.7 | |
SDP | Owen Edwards | 327 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Peter Shields | 106 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,696 | 28.4 | +0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,492 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold | |||||
Labour Co-op hold |
Didcot West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ian Snowdon* | 791 | 41.2 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Worgan | 630 | 32.8 | +6.2 | |
Green | Adam Grindey | 577 | 30.1 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Lee Marsden | 574 | 29.9 | –3.4 | |
Labour | James Broadbent | 566 | 29.5 | –2.0 | |
Labour | Nick Hards | 509 | 26.5 | +0.2 | |
Turnout | 1,920 | 32.4 | +3.4 | ||
Registered electors | 5,933 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Forest Hill and Holton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tim Bearder* | 837 | 71.9 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Greg Flynn | 327 | 28.1 | –5.9 | |
Majority | 510 | 43.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,189 | 43.3 | +1.9 | ||
Registered electors | 2,749 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 10.8 |
Garsington and Horspath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sam James-Lawrie | 414 | 38.9 | +15.9 | |
Conservative | Fiona Ardern | 257 | 24.1 | –25.9 | |
Independent | Sue Lawson | 242 | 22.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Stuart Macbeth | 109 | 10.2 | –4.3 | |
Green | James Meyer-Bejdl | 43 | 4.0 | –8.5 | |
Majority | 157 | 14.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,068 | 37.8 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,828 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 20.9 |
Goring
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Maggie Filipova-Rivers* | 1,098 | 73.3 | +27.3 | |
Conservative | Kevin Bulmer | 400 | 26.7 | –12.5 | |
Majority | 698 | 46.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,520 | 48.1 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,162 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 19.9 |
Haseley Brook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Georgina Heritage | 741 | 59.7 | +15.3 | |
Conservative | Richard Newman | 501 | 40.3 | –6.5 | |
Majority | 240 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,250 | 37.6 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,322 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.9 |
Henley-on-Thames
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Henley Residents | Stefan Gawrysiak* | 1,934 | 59.7 | –1.8 | |
Henley Residents | Ken Arlett* | 1,652 | 51.0 | –2.4 | |
Henley Residents | Kellie Hinton* | 1,557 | 48.0 | –6.3 | |
Conservative | Lorraine Hillier | 1,014 | 31.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Dave Adkins | 793 | 24.5 | –3.6 | |
Green | Helen Fraser | 730 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hugh Legh | 664 | 20.5 | –3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Powell | 612 | 18.9 | +6.3 | |
Turnout | 3,241 | 34.3 | –6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,444 | ||||
Henley Residents hold | |||||
Henley Residents hold | |||||
Henley Residents hold |
Kidmore End and Whitchurch
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Peter Dragonetti* | 717 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jim Donahue | 430 | 37.5 | +12.9 | |
Majority | 287 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,145 | 40.3 | –0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 2,840 | ||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
Dragonetti had previously stood as an Independent, but was re-elected to the seat this time as a Green Party councillor.[4]
Sandford and the Wittenhams
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Sam Casey-Rerhaye* | 895 | 74.0 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Edwin Samu | 315 | 26.0 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 580 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,225 | 39.0 | –4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,144 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Sonning Common
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leigh Rawlins* | 1,250 | 55.4 | +30.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Giles | 1,135 | 50.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Bartholomew* | 979 | 43.4 | –0.4 | |
Conservative | Bruce Harrison | 902 | 39.9 | +7.5 | |
Turnout | 2,258 | 39.0 | –1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,788 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Rawlins was elected in 2019 as an Independent
Thame
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kate Gregory* | 1,943 | 57.7 | +14.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Bretherton* | 1,939 | 57.6 | +15.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pieter-Paul Barker* | 1,862 | 55.3 | +22.1 | |
Conservative | David Dodds | 1,093 | 32.5 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | William Hall | 793 | 23.6 | –4.0 | |
Conservative | Dylan Thomas | 765 | 22.7 | –4.3 | |
Labour | Steven Hartridge | 728 | 21.6 | +7.2 | |
Turnout | 3,366 | 34.1 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,872 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Wallingford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | James Barlow | 2,032 | 76.4 | +25.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katharine Keats-Rohan | 1,762 | 66.2 | +26.2 | |
Conservative | Adrian Lloyd | 609 | 22.9 | –0.3 | |
Conservative | Chidinma Okolo | 363 | 13.6 | –8.8 | |
Turnout | 2,660 | 41.5 | +2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 6,412 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Watlington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Freddie Van Mierlo | 916 | 69.6 | +21.1 | |
Conservative | Harry Petano-Heathcote | 400 | 30.4 | –21.1 | |
Majority | 516 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,330 | 40.9 | –1.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,255 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 21.1 |
Wheatley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alexandrine Kantor* | 774 | 66.6 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Lizzie Tully | 389 | 33.4 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 385 | 33.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,179 | 36.1 | +0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,270 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Woodcote and Rotherfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jo Robb* | 1,529 | 58.2 | +16.0 | |
Green | James Norman | 1,387 | 52.8 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Julian Kingsbury | 1,028 | 39.1 | –10.3 | |
Conservative | Pauline Vahey | 902 | 34.3 | –4.5 | |
Reform UK | David Carpin | 151 | 5.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,626 | 40.2 | +4.6 | ||
Registered electors | 6,527 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
References
edit- ^ "Notice of election" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Elections 2023 - South Oxfordshire election result". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b c Tait, Albert (5 May 2023). "South Ox and Vale election results: Full breakdown". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Local elections 2023: Conservatives suffer losses throughout South Oxfordshire". Henley Standard. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Leader and cabinet members confirmed for South Oxfordshire District Council". South Oxfordshire District Council. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Election Results - Wards". South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.