West Oxfordshire District Council elections

One third of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 49 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.[1]

Map showing the composition of West Oxfordshire District Council after the 2015 election and Witney North by-election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
Independent1973 - 1976
No overall control1976 - 1983
Conservative1983 - 1984
No overall control1984 - 1987
Conservative1987 - 1990
Independent1990 - 1992
No overall control1992 - 2000
Conservative2000–present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election leading to the whole council bring elected in that year.[3]

  • 1973 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1976 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1979 West Oxfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • 1980 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1982 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1983 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1984 West Oxfordshire District Council election
  • 1986 West Oxfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
  • 1987 West Oxfordshire District Council election
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Independent Vacant Notes
1988[6] 27 4 8 10 0
1990[7] 9 6 7 27 0
1991[8] 11 6 7 25 0
1992[9] 15 6 8 20 0
1994[10] 12 6 12 18 1
1995[11] 12 9 13 15 0
1996[12] 9 11 14 15 0
1998[13] 14 10 12 13 0
1999[14] 19 7 13 10 0
2000[15] 26 2 13 8 0
2002[16] 32 2 10 5 0 New ward boundaries[17]
2003[18] 29 2 12 6 0
2004[19] 29 1 13 6 0
2006[20] 34 1 9 5 0
2007[21][22] 36 1 8 4 0
2008[23] 40 1 6 2 0
2010[24] 40 1 7 1 0
2011[25] 44 1 4 0 0
2012[26] 41 4 4 0 0
2014[27] 40 5 3 1 0 Some new ward boundaries[28]
2015[29] 40 4 4 1 0
2016[30] 41 4 4 0 0
2018[31] 34 6 8 1 0
2019[32] 28 9 10 2 0

District result maps
  • 2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
  • 2015 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;[33] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-electionDateIncumbent partyWinning party
Milton-under-Wychwood 20 November 1997 Conservative Conservative
Carterton South by-election 30 September 1999 Conservative Conservative
Witney East by-election 7 July 2005 Conservative Conservative
Witney Central by-election 25 January 2007 Conservative Conservative
Carterton South by-election 2 May 2013 Conservative Conservative
Witney East by-election 2 May 2013 Conservative Conservative
Chipping Norton by-election 7 November 2013 Labour Labour
Witney North by-election 20 August 2015 Independent Conservative
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield by-election 9 March 2017 Conservative Liberal Democrats

References
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  2. "West Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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  5. The Cherwell and West Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1985
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  7. "Local election results". The Times. NewsBank. 5 May 1990.
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  9. "Local election results 1992". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1992.
  10. "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times. NewsBank. 7 May 1994. p. 9.
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  12. "Complete list of results". The Times. NewsBank. 4 May 1996. p. 8.
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  14. "How the nations voted". The Times. NewsBank. 8 May 1999. p. 48.
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  27. "Results Elections 2014". The Times. NewsBank. 24 May 2014. pp. 88–89.
  28. legislation.gov.uk - The District of West Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  29. "Local election results 2015 in full". The Guardian. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  30. "West Oxfordshire District Council election results – Thursday, 5th May 2016" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council election results 2011–2018. West Oxfordshire District Council. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  31. "West Oxfordshire District Council election results – Thursday, 3rd May 2018" (PDF). West Oxfordshire District Council election results 2011–2018. West Oxfordshire District Council. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  32. https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cwypr9e60edt/west-oxfordshire-district-council
  33. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 2 August 2015.
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