Oxfordshire County Council elections

Oxfordshire County Council is elected every four years.

Political control

• Conservative 1973–1985
• No overall control 1985–2005
• Conservative 2005–2013
• No overall control 2013–present

Council elections

• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1973
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1977
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1981
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1985
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1989
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1993
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 1997
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 2001
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 2005
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 2009
• Oxfordshire County Council election, 2013

County result maps

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  2013 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Wolvercote By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,085	47.4	+4.9
	Conservative		582	25.4	+0.4
	Labour		352	15.4	-5.7
	Green		270	11.8	+0.4
Majority			503	22.0
Turnout			2,289
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Temple Cowley By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		537	42.5	-9.0
	Labour		520	41.1	+5.8
	Conservative		124	9.8	+1.3
	Green		83	6.6	+1.9
Majority			17	1.4
Turnout			1,264	22.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing

West By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		630	40.0	-0.7
	Liberal Democrat		597	37.9	+8.1
	Green		198	12.6	-7.6
	Conservative		127	8.1	-1.2
	Independent		22	1.4	+1.4
Majority			33	2.1
Turnout			1,574	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		348	48.0	+27.0
	Labour		314	43.9	-20.1
	Liberal Democrat		58	8.1	-6.9
Majority			29	4.1
Turnout			715	12.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sonning Common By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		731	47.0	+19.8
	Conservative		651	41.9	-10.3
	Labour		172	11.1	-4.1
Majority			80	5.1
Turnout			1,554	26.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2001-2005

Wolvercote By-Election 2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		1,063	40.4	+9.7
	Green		769	29.2	-5.2
	Conservative		530	20.1	+0.0
	Labour		271	10.3	-3.7
Majority			294	11.2
Turnout			2,633	47.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Green		Swing

Deddington By-Election 3 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,172	59.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat		588	30.0	-7.0
	Labour		205	10.4	+10.4
Majority			584	29.6
Turnout			1,965	25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolvercote By-Election 27 November 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		732	39.6	+8.9
	Green		693	37.5	+3.1
	Conservative		327	17.7	-3.1
	Labour		95	5.1	-8.9
Majority			39	2.1
Turnout			1,847	31.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Dorchester By-Election 19 February 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,070
	Labour		152
	Green		87
Majority
Turnout				29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley South By-Election 19 February 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		920	54.9	-5.1
	Resident		405	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrat		118	7.0	-19.7
	Independent		103	6.1	+6.1
	Green		66	3.9	-3.5
	Labour		63	3.8	-2.1
Majority			515	30.7
Turnout			1,675	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanborough By-Election 10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Colin James	1,657	52.9	+19.0
	Conservative	Ian Hudspeth	1,476	47.1	+1.1
Majority			181	5.8
Turnout			3,133	53.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2005-2009

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle By-Election 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Bonner	880	51.5	+14.4
	Labour	Royston Mold	488	28.6	-6.3
	Liberal Democrat	Choudry Anjum	340	19.9	-2.2
Majority			392	22.9
Turnout			1,708	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eynsham By-Election 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Mathew	1,652	53.0	+17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Brooks	1,034	33.2	-11.1
	Green	Xanthe Bevis	254	8.2	+1.2
	Labour	Richard Kelsall	176	5.6	-8.0
Majority			618	19.8
Turnout			3,116	43.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Carterton South West By-Election 21 June 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Handley	934	67.5	+15.8
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Madden	348	25.1	-2.1
	Labour	David Wesson	102	7.4	-10.6
Majority			586	42.4
Turnout			1,384
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grove and Wantage By-Election 13 February 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jenny Hannaby	1,901	46.7	+11.1
	Conservative	Bill Melotti	1,786	43.9	+11.0
	Labour	Jean Nunn-Price	382	9.4	-14.3
Majority			115	2.8
Turnout			4,069
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wallingford By-Election 13 March 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynda Atkins	867	65.6	+65.6
	Conservative	Patricia Dawe	386	29.2	-4.6
	Labour	Charles Gill	69	5.2	-8.2
Majority			481	36.4
Turnout			1,322	19.7
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Kidlington and Yarnton By-Election 1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	2,921	52.2	+13.7
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	1,681	30.0	-1.4
	Labour	Chris Robins	675	12.1	-11.0
	Green	Janet Warren	321	5.7	-1.3
Majority			1,240	22.2
Turnout			5,598	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

External links

• Oxfordshire County Council