Oxford City Council elections

Wards for the local elections from 2002

Oxford City Council in Oxford, England is elected every two years, with half of the 48 seats in the City Council up for election on each occasion. Elections are held in even-numbered years. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds.

As vacancies arise between elections, by-elections are held to elect a replacement councillor.

Council elections[]

(New ward boundaries)^[1]
(Some new ward boundaries & city boundary changes also took place)^[2]
1998 Oxford City Council election
1999 Oxford City Council election
2000 Oxford City Council election
2002 Oxford City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
2004 Oxford City Council election
2006 Oxford City Council election
2008 Oxford City Council election
2010 Oxford City Council election
2012 Oxford City Council election
2014 Oxford City Council election
2016 Oxford City Council election
2018 Oxford City Council election
2021 Oxford City Council election (New ward boundaries)

Political control[]

Political group leaders and senior politicians for the Oxford City Council (outgoing council at the election in 2010). From left to right: Jonathan Gittos candidate for the Conservatives, Councillor Stephen Brown leader of the political group of Liberal Democrats, Councillor John Tanner senior member of the Labour group, Councillor Craig Simmons leader of the Green group.

Since the foundation of the council, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[4]

Majority control of Oxford City Council
Years	Party
2010–present		Labour
2004–2010		No overall control
2002–2004		Labour
2000–2002		No overall control
1980–2000		Labour
1976–1980		Conservative
1973–1976		Labour

By-election results[]

Barton and Sandhills By-Election 4 May 2017^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Northfield Brook By-Election 22 October 2015^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Northfield Brook By-Election 27 November 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Blackbird Leys By-Election 27 November 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%

Quarry & Risinghurst By-Election 18 September 2014^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chewe Munkonge	782	42.3	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roz Smith	615	33.2	+7.8
	Conservative	Katharine Harborne	222	12.0	-7.2
	Green	Liz Taylor	186	10.0	-1.7
	English Democrat	Julia Gasper	43	2.3	+2.3
Majority			167	9.1
Turnout			1848	38
	Labour hold		Swing

Carfax By-Election 4 September 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Hollingsworth	168	44.2	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Brett	101	26.6	+3.3
	Green	Richard Scrase	63	16.6	-9.8
	Conservative	Maryam Ahmed	24	6.3	-11.6
	United_Kingdom_Independence_Party	Kenrick Bird	24	6.3	+6.3
Majority			67	17.6
Turnout			380	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowley By-Election 17 July 2014^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Henwood	512	39.4	-11.9
	Green	Hazel Dawe	269	20.7	-2.1
	Independent	Artwell	257	19.8	+19.8
	Conservative	Katharine Harborne	152	11.7	-4.5
	United_Kingdom_Independence_Party	Ian Macdonald	72	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash Sharma	39	3.0	-13.2
Majority			243	18.7
Turnout			1301	28
	Labour hold		Swing

North By-Election 19 September 2013^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Upton	367	34.7	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bearder	330	31.2	-13.4
	Green	Sushila Dhall	262	24.7	+10.6
	Conservative	John Walsh	100	9.4	-15.1
Majority			37	3.5
Turnout			1059	23
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Headington Hill and Northway By-Election 26 March 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Darke	548	38.3	+2.0
	Conservative	Marc Borja	443	31.0	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Beer	378	26.4	+2.4
	Green	Katherine Wedell	62	4.3	-1.8
Majority			105	7.3
Turnout			1431	32.9	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywell By-Election 12 June 2008^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mills	188	40.4	-5.0
	Conservative	Paul Sargent	112	24.1	+1.6
	Labour	Sarah Hutchinson	93	20.0	+6.4
	Green	Chip Sherwood	72	15.5	-3.0
Majority			76	16.3
Turnout			465	11.7	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lye Valley By-Election 21 September 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Timbs	784	52.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	487	32.8	-10.2
	Conservative	Judith Harley	150	10.1	+10.1
	Green	Larry Sanders	64	4.3	-8.4
Majority			297	20.0
Turnout			1,485	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hinksey Park By-Election 27 July 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oscar Van Nooijen	676	45.6	-3.2
	Green	Lilian Sherwood	436	29.4	-0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	217	14.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Caroline Ten Holter	155	10.4	-1.8
Majority			240	16.2
Turnout			1,484	33.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Jericho & Osney By-Election 8 December 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Cook	713	44.0	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Ballance	437	27.0	-12.1
	Green	Athene Reiss	355	21.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	115	7.1	-5.2
Majority			276	17.0
Turnout			1,620	33.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Northfield Brook By-Election 21 July 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Roberts	592	54.7	+8.2
	Ind. Working Class	Delvise Saunders	300	27.7	-12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Morlin	141	13.0	+5.0
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	31	2.9	-2.9
	Green	Susan Tibbles	19	1.7	-3.3
Majority			451	27.0
Turnout			1,083	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys By-Election 5 May 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rae Humberstone	969	50.0
	Ind. Working Class	Kelly Webster	566	29.2
	Conservative	Stuart Hand	176	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	172	8.9
	Green	Susan Tibbles	54	2.8
Majority			403	20.8
Turnout			1,937	48.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Carfax By-Election 21 October 2004^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sushila Dhall	203	33.3	-3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Bones	175	28.7	-2.5
	Labour	Bill Turner	161	26.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Michael Davis	71	11.6	-1.8
Majority			28	4.6
Turnout			610	14.9
	Green hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys By-Election 11 October 2001^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Molly Florey	634	69.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Gowers	138	15.1	+5.1
	Conservative	David Brown	103	11.3	-7.2
	Green	Patricia Dickson	38	4.2	-5.8
Majority			496	54.3
Turnout			913	11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 7 June 2001^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brett	1,165	33.4
	Green	Paul Williams	995	28.5
	Conservative	Richard Sage	692	19.8
	Labour	Joel Brookfield	635	18.2
Majority			170	4.9
Turnout			3,487
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 9 September 1999
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	719	43.7	-7.1
	Labour	506	30.7	+2.8
	Conservative	352	21.4	+3.8
	Green	69	4.2	+0.5
Majority		213	13.0
Turnout		1,646	33.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

West By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	512	32.7	-12.8
	Liberal Democrats	511	32.6	+14.3
	Green	405	25.8	+3.7
	Conservative	139	8.9	-5.2
Majority		1	0.1
Turnout		1,567	26.8
	Labour hold	Swing

Quarry By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	780	50.2	+21.7
	Labour	462	29.7	-8.4
	Conservative	259	16.7	-10.0
	Green	54	3.5	-3.2
Majority		318	20.5
Turnout		1,555	25.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 4 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	478	41.9	+30.5
	Labour	385	33.7	-24.6
	Conservative	222	19.5	-4.8
	Green	56	5.0	-1.1
Majority		93	8.2
Turnout		1,141	23.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

References[]

^ The City of Oxford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ legislation.gov.uk – The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Oxford". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
^ "Labour win in Oxford City Council by-election". Oxford Mail. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^ "Labour holds Headington Hill and Northway seat". Oxford Mail. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
^ "Low turnout for by-election". Oxford Mail. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Election results". Oxford City Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

External links[]

Oxford City Council

[1] The City of Oxford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

[2] slation.gov.uk – The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[3] slation.gov.uk – The City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[change-4] "Oxford". BBC News. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

[quarry-5] "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

[cowley-6] "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

[north-7] "Labour win in Oxford City Council by-election". Oxford Mail. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

[headington-8] "Labour holds Headington Hill and Northway seat". Oxford Mail. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

[turnout-9] "Low turnout for by-election". Oxford Mail. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[results-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Election results". Oxford City Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

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