Cherwell council election, 2022

05/05/2022 · 16 wards · 17 seats contested

Most seats
6
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
17
across 16 wards
Turnout
34.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 6 -5 16,169 38.4% -9.3
Liberal Democrats 5 +4 11,120 26.4% +11.3
Labour Party 4 +1 10,434 24.8% +2.0
Green Party 1 +1 3,241 7.7% -2.0
Independent 1 +0 1,092 2.6% -2.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 06/05/2021. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 17
Conservative and Unionist Party 17
Labour Party 17
Liberal Democrats 14
Green Party 7
Independent 1

A party standing a full slate could field 17 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Richard Hingley Elected 1,801 59.9% +29.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Mepham 902 30.0% -21.9
Labour Party Sian Tohill-Martin 305 10.1% -7.8
Majority899
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors7,499
Ballots cast3,008

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Banbury Calthorpe & Easington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Harwood Elected 1,320 46.7% -9.2
Labour Party Isabel Creed 1,207 42.7% +19.2
Liberal Democrats Rob Pattenden 301 10.6% +4.3
Majority113
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors8,634
Ballots cast2,828

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Banbury Cross & Neithrop

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chuk Okeke Elected 1,103 50.8% +5.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Fiaz Ahmed 769 35.4% -2.8
Liberal Democrats Ash Haeger 300 13.8% +9.1
Majority334
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,422
Ballots cast2,172

Labour Party hold

Banbury Grimsbury & Hightown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Rebecca Biegel Elected 1,158 56.5% +8.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Rikki Davenport Dalton 556 27.1% -8.1
Green Party Karl Michael Kazimierz Kwiatkowski 176 8.6% -2.1
Liberal Democrats David Thomas Yeomans 159 7.8% +1.9
Majority602
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors7,407
Ballots cast2,049

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Banbury Hardwick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andrew Crichton Elected 798 43.2% +9.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Tony Ilott 717 38.8% -8.7
Green Party Alison Nuttall 182 9.9% +3.4
Liberal Democrats Andrew Raisbeck 150 8.1% +4.9
Majority81
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors7,407
Ballots cast1,847

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Banbury Ruscote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Amanda Jane Watkins Elected 922 55.7% +4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jayne Claire Strangwood 562 33.9% -2.9
Liberal Democrats Stephen Buckwell 172 10.4% +6.1
Majority360
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors7,036
Ballots cast1,656

Labour Party hold

Bicester East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Donna Ford Elected 947 48.0% -1.0
Green Party Damien Maguire 544 27.6% +4.4
Labour Party Samuel Akbur 483 24.5% +5.3
Majority403
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors6,335
Ballots cast1,974

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bicester North & Caversfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Nicholas Edward Mawer Elected 797 40.9% -11.8
Labour Party Arjun Bais 546 28.0% +7.4
Liberal Democrats Simon Harold Lytton 386 19.8% +7.6
Green Party Amanda Maguire 218 11.2% -3.2
Majority251
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors6,510
Ballots cast1,947

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Bicester South & Ambrosden

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Pruden Elected 1,732 55.4% +14.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Sundeep Singh 982 31.4% -11.5
Labour Party Sian Gillian Roscoe 412 13.2% -2.9
Majority750
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors9,413
Ballots cast3,126

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Bicester West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent John Leslie Broad Elected 1,092 52.3% -11.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Holland 615 29.4% +10.0
Labour Party Steven John Uttley 382 18.3% +5.3
Majority477
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors6,613
Ballots cast2,089

Independent hold

Cropredy, Sibfords & Wroxton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Chapman Elected 1,396 49.8% -15.6
Liberal Democrats Xenia Octavia Asphodel Huntley 707 25.2% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Anne Cullen 701 25.0% +4.9
Majority689
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors6,953
Ballots cast2,804

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Deddington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Eddie Fraser Reeves Elected 1,416 45.9% -11.7
Labour Party Annette Murphy 690 22.4% +1.3
Liberal Democrats James Henry Dean Hartley 640 20.7% -0.6
Green Party Aaron Bliss 339 11.0% —
Majority726
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors7,443
Ballots cast3,085

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Fringford & Heyfords

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Victor Wood Elected 1,066 42.5% -17.6
Liberal Democrats Dillie Keane 508 20.3% —
Labour Party Sylvia Mavis Howells 474 18.9% +3.3
Green Party Jenny Tamblyn 460 18.3% -6.0
Majority558
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors7,076
Ballots cast2,508

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kidlington East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Fiona Valerie Mawson Elected 1,322 46.8% +12.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Simpson 1,070 37.9% -12.6
Labour Party Sarah Louise Stephenson-Hunter 432 15.3% +0.4
Majority252
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors7,038
Ballots cast2,824

Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Kidlington West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jean Conway Elected 1,465 52.4% +2.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Jane Kingsley 1,005 36.0% -2.5
Labour Party Chidi Uche 325 11.6% +0.3
Majority460
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors6,988
Ballots cast2,795

Liberal Democrats hold

Launton & Otmoor 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gemma Louise Coton Elected 1,477 55.3% +19.4
Liberal Democrats Angus Vaughan Patrick Elected 1,322 49.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Leonard Hughes 1,091 40.8% -8.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Jackson 958 35.9% —
Labour Party Joanne Clare Howells 267 10.0% -4.3
Labour Party Naomi Celia Karslake 229 8.6% —
Majority231
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors6,387
Ballots cast (estimated)2,672

Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain

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