The 2023 Vale of White Horse District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Vale of White Horse District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[4] This was on the same day as other local elections across England. The election saw the Liberal Democrats increase their majority on the council, as well as the defeat of all remaining Conservatives.
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All 38 seats to Vale of White Horse District Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editElection result
editAll six Conservative councillors lost their seats, while the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party gained an additional three seats each. [5] This was the first time since the creation of the council in 1974 that no Conservative councillors were elected.[6]
2023 Vale of White District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 34 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 89.5 | 54.6 | 34,321 | –0.8 | |
Green | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 6,823 | +5.8 | |
Conservative | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 29.4 | 18,499 | –1.8 | |
Labour | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | 3,005 | –2.0 | ||
Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 101 | N/A | ||
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 100 | –0.1 |
Ward results
editThe Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Vale of White Horse District Council on 5 April 2023.[7]
* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pighills* | 1,109 | 62.9 | −10.0 | |
Green | Cheryl Briggs* | 948 | 53.8 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | Vicky Jenkins | 389 | 22.1 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Webb | 299 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Vijay Srao | 273 | 15.5 | −7.1 | |
Labour | Nathan Websdale | 215 | 12.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,762 | 37.30 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Abingdon Caldecott
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Neil Fawcett* | 805 | 49.8 | −6.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Skinner | 672 | 41.6 | −14.4 | |
Conservative | Alice Badcock | 522 | 32.3 | +0.5 | |
Conservative | Alexandra Green | 503 | 31.1 | +1.1 | |
Green | Aidan Reilly | 301 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Sayantani Mitra-Jones | 280 | 17.3 | +2.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,616 | 29.52 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Abingdon Dunmore
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Foulsham* | 1,216 | 64.7 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Oliver Forder | 1,131 | 60.2 | −4.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Packard | 506 | 26.9 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Christopher McCarthy | 451 | 24.0 | −3.9 | |
Labour | Paul Burton | 281 | 15.0 | +6.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,879 | 40.29 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Abingdon Fitzharris
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Eric de la Harpe* | 894 | 48.6 | −10.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Maddison* | 838 | 45.5 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Chris Palmer | 520 | 28.2 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | David Pope | 493 | 26.8 | −5.3 | |
Green | Steven Rogers | 313 | 17.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Moira Logie | 276 | 15.0 | +7.1 | |
Labour | Julian Pierce | 168 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,841 | 38.94 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Abingdon Peachcroft
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Pighills* | 1,140 | 59.1 | −4.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Max Thompson* | 1,122 | 58.2 | −3.9 | |
Conservative | Cavan Pirouet | 561 | 29.1 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Warren Brooker | 551 | 28.6 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Edward Shelton | 276 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,929 | 37.59 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Blewbury & Harwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hayleigh Gascoigne* | 1,813 | 69.3 | +8.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debra Dewhurst | 1,745 | 66.7 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | Cath Convery | 743 | 28.4 | ±0.0 | |
Conservative | Joe Murphy | 612 | 23.4 | −4.3 | |
Reform UK | Peter Shields | 101 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,615 | 39.21 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Botley & Sunningwell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Emily Smith* | 1,184 | 59.9 | −3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Debby Hallett* | 1,155 | 58.4 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Alexander Horsfall-Turner | 327 | 16.5 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Nekisa Gholami-Babaahmady | 323 | 16.3 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Elina Horsfall-Turner | 316 | 16.0 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Jamie Spooner | 284 | 14.4 | +3.9 | |
Green | Katherine Phillips | 27 | 1.4 | −12.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,977 | 38.91 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Cumnor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Judy Roberts* | 1,333 | 69.0 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Houghton | 1,078 | 55.8 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Craig Robinson | 486 | 25.2 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | Mohinder Kainth | 437 | 22.6 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Erica Davis | 291 | 15.1 | +5.0 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,931 | 38.17 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Drayton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Andy Cooke* | 690 | 72.7 | −1.2 | |
Conservative | Christopher Campbell | 259 | 27.3 | +1.2 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 949 | 33.77 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Faringdon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bethia Thomas* | 1,531 | 68.0 | +12.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lucy Edwards | 1,390 | 61.7 | +15.5 | |
Conservative | James Famakin | 583 | 25.9 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Robin Morrisen | 481 | 21.3 | −1.9 | |
Green | Adam Swallow | 319 | 14.2 | +2.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,253 | 34.49 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Grove North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ron Batstone* | 986 | 69.6 | +20.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kiera Bentley | 906 | 63.9 | +17.1 | |
Conservative | Ben Mabbett* | 471 | 33.2 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Craig Brown | 395 | 27.9 | +2.1 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,417 | 27.57 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hendreds
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Sarah James | 735 | 67.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Janet Shelley* | 350 | 32.3 | −24.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,085 | 41.05 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Kennington & Radley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Diana Lugova* | 1,056 | 56.0 | −7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Cox | 899 | 47.7 | −24.2 | |
Conservative | Gareth Jennings | 515 | 27.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | David Brown | 462 | 24.5 | +2.7 | |
Green | Charles Couper | 282 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Green | Christopher Henderson | 247 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Ruth Mayne | 170 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,886 | 36.30 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Kingston Bagpuize
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jill Rayner | 880 | 59.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dianna Swale | 596 | 40.4 | +40.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,476 | 38.77 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Marcham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Clegg | 497 | 58.2 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | James Plumb | 357 | 41.8 | +12.5 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 854 | 34.15 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Ridgeway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Barrow* | 671 | 58.0 | +7.8 | |
Conservative | Amos Lundie | 485 | 42.0 | −7.8 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,156 | 44.01 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Stanford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sue Caul | 546 | 44.2 | +24.4 | |
Conservative | Nathan Boyd* | 536 | 43.4 | −4.6 | |
Green | James Brooks | 153 | 12.4 | −5.7 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,235 | 41.00 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Steventon & the Hanneys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sally Povolotsky* | 876 | 64.4 | +23.4 | |
Conservative | Louise Brown | 485 | 35.6 | −12.6 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,361 | 41.67 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Sutton Courtenay
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Webber* | 488 | 58.5 | −17.4 | |
Conservative | Patrick Atkinson | 233 | 27.9 | +3.8 | |
Green | Michel Grandjean | 113 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 834 | 32.66 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Thames
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Coleman | 606 | 49.8 | −3.2 | |
Conservative | Richard Swale | 427 | 35.1 | −11.9 | |
Independent | Jerry Avery* | 100 | 8.2 | −44.8 | |
Labour | Daniel Crouch | 83 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,216 | 44.13 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wantage & Grove Brook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Hannaby* | 1,160 | 65.1 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Amos Duveen* | 976 | 54.7 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Clare Boyd | 446 | 25.0 | −5.5 | |
Conservative | Gabriella Turnbull | 418 | 23.4 | −1.8 | |
Green | Thomas Gaston | 360 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,783 | 31.13 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wantage Charlton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andy Crawford* | 1,291 | 67.1 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Patrick O'Leary* | 1,205 | 62.6 | +2.3 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Dickson | 436 | 22.6 | −5.5 | |
Green | Darshana Patel | 388 | 20.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Charles Dickson | 380 | 19.7 | −6.4 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,925 | 32.46 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Watchfield & Shrivenham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Katherine Foxhall | 1,355 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Green | Viral Patel | 1,170 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Simon Howell* | 1,091 | 44.7 | −16.1 | |
Conservative | Elaine Ware* | 1,055 | 43.3 | −19.9 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,438 | 39.76 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Wootton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Val Shaw* | 432 | 45.4 | −16.8 | |
Conservative | George Robinson | 348 | 36.6 | −1.2 | |
Green | Anna Thomas | 112 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Chris Hall | 59 | 6.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 951 | 35.05 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Changes 2023–2027
editSutton Courtenay
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Stevens | 226 | 33.6 | −24.9 | |
Green | Aidan Reilly | 214 | 31.8 | +18.3 | |
Conservative | Christopher Campbell | 182 | 27.1 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Stephen Webb | 50 | 7.4 | new | |
Majority | 12 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 672 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | +17.3 |
References
edit- ^ "Local Elections 2023 - results". Vale of White Horse District Council. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
- ^ "Your councillors by party". Vale of White Horse District Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ a b c "Local elections: Party promises for South Ox and Vale". Oxford Mail. 3 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Vale of White Horse District Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ "Elections 2023 - Vale of White Horse election result". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d Tait, Albert (5 May 2023). "South Ox and Vale election results: Full breakdown". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Vale of White Horse District Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Election Results - Wards". Vale of White Horse District Council. Retrieved 7 May 2023.