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

1973 Wallingford District Council election
1976 South Oxfordshire District Council election
1979 South Oxfordshire District Council election (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[3]^[4]
1983 South Oxfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[5]
1987 South Oxfordshire District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
1991 South Oxfordshire District Council election (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[7]^[8]^[9]
1995 South Oxfordshire District Council election
1999 South Oxfordshire District Council election
2003 South Oxfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[10]^[11]
2007 South Oxfordshire District Council election
2011 South Oxfordshire District Council election
2015 South Oxfordshire District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[12]
2019 South Oxfordshire District Council election
2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election

Election results

	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

1995-1999

Didcot South By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		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		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		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

Cholsey By-Election 16 March 2000
Party		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		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		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		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

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

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

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

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

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

^ "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
^ "The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 - Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) (Amendment) Order 1977
^ The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
^ The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991 ^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 ^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 12 October 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "Lib Dems falter in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "Thame By-Election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "Chiltern Woods By-election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ "I did this for Terry". Henley Standard. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
^ "Clean sweep for Lib Dems in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chinnor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sonning Common Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haseley Brook Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Benson and Crowmarsh Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Forest Hill and Holton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

By-election results

External links

South Oxfordshire District Council

[past-1] "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.

[TSOECO2014-2] "The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 - Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

[3] slation.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

[7] slation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991 ^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Retrieved 6 November 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[9] slation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.

[gain-10] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[11] slation.gov.uk - The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

[12] slation.gov.uk - The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 ^{[permanent dead link‍]}. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[labour-13] "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 12 October 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[watlington-14] "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[falter-15] "Lib Dems falter in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[suffers-16] "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[thame-17] "Thame By-Election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[chiltern-18] "Chiltern Woods By-election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.

[terry-19] "I did this for Terry". Henley Standard. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[sweep-20] "Clean sweep for Lib Dems in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.

[21] "Local Elections Archive Project — Chinnor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[22] "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[23] "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[24] "Local Elections Archive Project — Sonning Common Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[25] "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[26] "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[27] "Local Elections Archive Project — Haseley Brook Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[28] "Local Elections Archive Project — Benson and Crowmarsh Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[29] "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

[30] "Local Elections Archive Project — Forest Hill and Holton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t South Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council elections District Council elections Didcot and Wantage County Constituency Henley and Thame County Constituency
Towns	Didcot Henley-on-Thames Thame (Moreton) Wallingford Watlington (Christmas Common, Northend)
Large villages	Benson (Preston Crowmarsh) Berinsfield Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (Brightwell, Mackney, Sotwell) Chalgrove Chinnor (Emmington, Henton, Oakley) Cholsey (Winterbrook) Crowmarsh (Crowmarsh Gifford, North Stoke, Mongewell, Newnham Murren) Ewelme Garsington Goring-on-Thames Great Milton Horspath (Bullingdon Green) Sandford-on-Thames Shiplake (Lower Shiplake) Sonning Common Wheatley (Littleworth) Woodcote
Other civil parishes (component villages and hamlets)	Adwell Aston Rowant Aston Tirrold Aston Upthorpe Beckley and Stowood (Beckley, Stowood) Berrick Salome (Berrick Prior, Roke, Rokemarsh) Binfield Heath Bix and Assendon (Bix, Bix Bottom, Lower Assendon, Middle Assendon) Brightwell Baldwin Britwell Salome Checkendon Clifton Hampden (Burcot) Crowell Cuddesdon and Denton (Cuddesdon, Denton) Culham Cuxham with Easington (Cuxham, Easington) Dorchester Drayton St. Leonard East Hagbourne (Coscote) Elsfield Eye and Dunsden (Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green, Playhatch) Forest Hill with Shotover (Forest Hill, Shotover) Goring Heath (Whitchurch Hill, Cray's Pond) Great Haseley (Latchford, Little Haseley, North Weston, Rycote) Harpsden Highmoor (Satwell) Holton Ipsden Kidmore End (Gallowstree Common) Lewknor (Postcombe, South Weston) Little Milton Little Wittenham Long Wittenham Mapledurham (Trench Green, Chazey Heath) Marsh Baldon (Little Baldon) Moulsford Nettlebed Newington (Great Holcombe) North Moreton Nuffield Nuneham Courtenay Pishill with Stonor (Pishill, Stonor, Maidensgrove, Russell's Water) Pyrton (Clare, Standhill) Rotherfield Greys Rotherfield Peppard Shirburn South Moreton (Fulscot) South Stoke (Littlestoke) Stadhampton (Chiselhampton, Ascott, Brookhampton) Stanton St. John (Woodperry) Stoke Row Stoke Talmage Swyncombe Sydenham (Kingston Stert) Tetsworth Tiddington-with-Albury (Tiddington, Albury) Toot Baldon (Baldon Row) Towersey Warborough (Shillingford) Waterperry with Thomley (Waterperry, Thomley) Waterstock West Hagbourne Wheatfield Whitchurch-on-Thames Wilcote Woodeaton
Former districts and boroughs	Bullingdon Rural District Municipal Borough of Henley-on-Thames Henley Rural District Thame Urban District Municipal Borough of Wallingford Wallingford Rural District Crowmarsh Rural District Culham Rural District Goring Rural District Headington Rural District Thame Rural District
Former constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency Wallingford Borough Constituency Abingdon Borough Constituency Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency Abingdon County Constituency Henley County Constituency Wantage County Constituency
List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire List of places in Oxfordshire List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire