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South Oxfordshire District Council elections

South Oxfordshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district council in Oxfordshire, England is elected every four years.

Following the boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors were elected from 29 wards.[1] As a result of The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014, the number of councillors/wards reduced to 36/21 from the 2015 local elections.[2]

Council elections

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Election results

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Overall control Conservative Lib Dem Labour Green HRG Independent
2023 Liberal Democrat 1 21 3 8 3 -
2019 NOC 10 12 3 5 3 3
2015 Conservative 33 1 1 - 1 -
2011 Conservative 33 4 4 - 2 5
2007 Conservative 38 6 1 - 1 2
2003 Conservative 27 9 4 - 4 4

By-election results

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1995-1999

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Didcot South By-Election 14 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 567 49.7
Liberal Democrats 319 28.0
Conservative 254 22.3
Majority 248 21.7
Turnout 1,140 24.5
Labour hold Swing
Kidmore End By-Election 6 February 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 409 62.0
Liberal Democrats 215 32.6
Labour 36 5.4
Majority 194 29.4
Turnout 660
Conservative hold Swing
Horspath By-Election 9 December 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 452 80.0 +14.0
Conservative 113 20.0 +20.0
Majority 339 60.0
Turnout 565 53.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1999-2003

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Cholsey By-Election 16 March 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 652 55.5 +1.2
Conservative 524 44.6 −1.2
Majority 128 10.9
Turnout 1,176 38.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Henley By-Election 22 February 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 827 49.8 +12.7
Independent 585 35.2 +8.5
Independent 249 15.0 +15.0
Majority 242 14.6
Turnout 1,661 19.2
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 11 October 2001[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 676 52.1 +2.0
Conservative 310 23.9 −4.9
Liberal Democrats 270 20.8 +8.2
Green 42 3.2 −5.2
Majority 366 28.2
Turnout 1,298
Labour hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 1 November 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 561 50.4 +15.7
Liberal Democrats 253 31.7 −0.9
Labour 200 18.0 −2.2
Majority 208 18.7
Turnout 1,014 36.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Watlington By-Election 10 October 2002[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crossman 441 61.1 +23.8
Liberal Democrats 281 38.9 −23.8
Majority 160 22.2
Turnout 722 32.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2003-2007

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Sonning Common By-Election 23 September 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Harrison 591 70.6 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle 177 21.1 −7.8
Labour Mary Stiles 69 8.2 +8.2
Majority 414 49.5
Turnout 837 19.6
Conservative hold Swing
Shiplake By-Election 5 May 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Jones 1,649 63.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle 535 20.7
Labour Janet Matthews 397 15.4
Majority 1,114 43.2
Turnout 2,581
Conservative hold Swing
Wallingford North By-Election 27 October 2005[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Imran Lokhan 479 51.5 +23.5
Liberal Democrats Alec Hayton 374 40.7 +13.9
Green Melanie Belgrove Jones 72 7.8 +7.8
Majority 100 10.8
Turnout 920 22.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Watlington By-Election 23 March 2006[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Paterson 737 72.9 +19.9
Liberal Democrats Bernard Moseley 274 27.1 −19.9
Majority 463 45.8
Turnout 1,011 24.8
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

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Thame North By-Election 30 October 2008[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Welply 423 50.5 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Jeannette Matelot 287 34.3 −9.5
Labour May Stiles 127 15.2 +1.3
Majority 136 16.2
Turnout 837 18.9
Conservative hold Swing
Chiltern Woods By-Election 19 March 2009[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Nimmo-Smith 382 79.4 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Julian Allison 99 20.6 +5.2
Majority 283 58.8
Turnout 481 25.9
Conservative hold Swing
Henley South By-Election 11 February 2010[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Elizabeth Hodgkin 642 52.5 +0.6
Conservative David Silvester 472 38.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats George Levy 110 9.0 +0.2
Majority 170 13.9
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Crowmarsh By-Election 3 June 2010[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Griffin 327 55.9 +10.1
Conservative Kristina Crabbe 258 44.1 −10.1
Majority 69 11.8
Turnout 585 32.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2011-2015

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Chinnor By-Election 10 May 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynn Lloyd 591 48.3 −1.4
Independent Martin Wright 449 36.7 +36.7
Labour Simon Stone 184 15.0 −0.4
Majority 142 11.6
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot All Saints By-Election 25 October 2012[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise MacDonald 436 47.0 +4.3
Conservative Jane Murphy 340 36.7 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jones 151 16.3 +1.4
Majority 96 10.4
Turnout 927
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

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Sandford and the Wittenhams By-Election 8 October 2015[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Lawson 290 42.8 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Thompson 249 36.7 +16.3
Labour Jim Merritt 89 13.1 −3.7
Green Sam Casey-Rerhaye 50 7.4 −8.3
Majority 41 6.0
Turnout 678
Conservative hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 22 October 2015[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Hall 635 66.0 +5.6
Labour David Winchester 200 20.8 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper 127 13.2 +2.5
Majority 435 45.2
Turnout 962
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 13 July 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mocky Khan 631 43.6 +12.6
Conservative Jackie Billington 528 36.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Veronika Williams 127 20.0 +3.7
Majority 103 7.1
Turnout 1,448
Labour hold Swing
Didcot West By-Election 13 July 2017[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Snowdon 429 43.2 +3.4
Labour Denise Macdonald 393 39.5 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith 172 17.3 +1.3
Majority 36 3.6
Turnout 994
Conservative hold Swing
Haseley Brook By-Election 19 October 2017[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Newton N/A N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Benson and Crowmarsh By-Election 7 June 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper 1,048 57.4 +27.2
Conservative Domenic Papa 658 36.0 −10.6
Labour William Sorenson 121 6.6 −4.0
Majority 390 21.3
Turnout 1,827
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

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Didcot North East By-Election 6 May 2021[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Warren 1,113 40.7 +21.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Giesberg 953 34.8 +9.6
Labour Nick Hards 670 24.5 +8.0
Majority 160 5.8
Turnout 2,736
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Forest Hill and Holton By-Election 6 May 2021[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder 907 64.3 +8.1
Conservative John Walsh 503 35.7 +1.7
Majority 404 28.7
Turnout 1,410
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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  2. ^ "The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 - Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ^ The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) (Amendment) Order 1977
  5. ^ The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  6. ^ The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
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