2016 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2016 West Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in England.^[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Elections were held for 17 of the 49 seats on the council. No seats changed hands. The Conservative Party held 12 seats, the Labour Party held three seats and the Liberal Democrats held two seats. The Conservatives remained in overall control of the council with a total of 41 seats. The Labour Party and Liberal Democrats remained in opposition with four seats each.^[3]

Ward results[]

Chadlington and Churchill[]

Chadlington and Churchill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Terence Neil Owen	421
	Green	Celia Jocelyn Kerslake	84
	Labour	Aaron James Michael Miles	66
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Aguado Melet	70
Turnout				41.18%
Majority			351
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlbury and Finstock[]

Charlbury and Finstock 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul John Honey	318
	Green	Harriet Lorna Mary Kopinska	76
	Labour	Ruth Helen Smith	77
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	944
	UKIP	Stephen Howell Nash	31
Turnout				48.17%
Majority			626
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chipping Norton[]

Chipping Norton 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Percival	856
	Green	Paulo Von Zschock	59
	Labour	Geoff Saul	1008
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Tatton	58
	UKIP	Neil David Cartwright	109
Turnout				43.56%
Majority			152
	Labour hold		Swing

Eynsham and Cassington[]

Eynsham and Cassington 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Humfrey James	688
	Green	Nicholas Goodwin	248
	Labour	Elsa Louise Dawson	494
	Liberal Democrats	William Harry Griffiths	358
Turnout				37.47%
Majority			194
	Conservative hold		Swing

Freeland and Hanborough[]

Freeland and Hanborough 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Elizabeth Reynolds	613
	Green	Alex Simon Friend	158
	Labour	Sian Priscilla Florence O’Neill	158
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Baggaley	225
	UKIP	Barclay Ronald Lawrence	143
Turnout				37.75%
Majority			388
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield[]

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Warwick David Robinson	450
	Green	Andy Wright	71
	Independent	Graham Albert Lawrence Knaggs	399
	Labour	Aaron Marc Bennett	123
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher John Blount	151
Turnout				37.85%
Majority			299
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone[]

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel George Colston	677
	Green	David James Chanter	102
	Labour	Moira Christine Swann	185
	Liberal Democrats	Glena Elizabeth Edna Chadwick	95
	UKIP	Jim Stanley	137
Turnout				37.87%
Majority			3179
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton-Under-Wychwood[]

Wilton-Under-Wychwood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeffrey Haine	477
	Green	Rosanna Pearson	48
	Labour	Andrew Lawrence Ferrero	67
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Gordon-Banks	106
Turnout				41.72%
Majority			371
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Leigh[]

North Leigh 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry St John	430
	Green	Stuart Sutherland MacDonald	69
	Labour	Judith Frances Wardle	143
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Elizabeth Workman	28
Turnout				43.84%
Majority			287
	Conservative hold		Swing

Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt[]

Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Hilary Northcote Fenton	670
	Green	Alma Ann Tumilowicz	91
	Labour	Dave Wesson	134
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Edward Crick	122
	UKIP	Kenneth Robert Clark	176
Turnout				35.95%
Majority			494
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonesfield and Tackley[]

Stonesfield and Tackley 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard John Michael Bishop	675
	Green	Maurice Fantato	128
	Labour	David John Baldwin	277
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mann	141
Turnout				38.58%
Majority			398
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witney Central[]

Witney Central 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Holliday	422
	Labour	Andrew Stanley Coles	781
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Mortimer	66
Turnout				32.89%
Majority			359
	Labour hold		Swing

Witney East[]

Witney East 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Suzanne Elizabeth Bartington	919
	Green	Nick Owen	106
	Labour	Duncan Shaw Thomas Enright	997
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Martin Rylett	55
Turnout				35.92%
Majority			78
	Labour hold		Swing

Witney North[]

Witney North 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Toby Jacob Morris	442
	Green	Brigitte Anne Hickman	201
	Labour	Trevor Ian License	222
	Liberal Democrats	Diane West	158
Turnout				32.48%
Majority			200
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witney South[]

Witney South 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jane Michelle Doughty	673
	Green	Rhys Emmanuel John Danino	125
	Labour	Stephen Parkinson	456
	Liberal Democrats	Kate Southey	116
Turnout				29.07%
Majority			217
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witney West[]

Witney West 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Jane Chapman	524
	Green	Andy King	83
	Labour	Calvert Charles Stuart McGibbon	224
	Liberal Democrats	Emma De Launey Tatton	48
Turnout				27.96%
Majority			300
	Conservative hold		Swing

Woodstock and Bladon[]

Woodstock and Bladon 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Rosemary Dunsmore	600
	Green	Paul Dominic Creighton	93
	Labour	Christopher Charles Johnson	132
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Margaret Embree Poskitt	617
Turnout				44.96%
Majority			17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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