Vale of White Horse council election, 2023
Most seats
34
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
38
across 24 wards
Turnout
37.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | +3 | 34,321 | 54.6% | -3.7 |
| Green Party | 4 | +3 | 6,823 | 10.9% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 0 | -5 | 18,499 | 29.4% | -2.8 |
| Labour Party | 0 | +0 | 3,005 | 4.8% | -0.4 |
| Reform UK | 0 | +0 | 101 | 0.2% | — |
| Independent | 0 | +0 | 100 | 0.2% | -0.0 |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 38 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 38 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 34 | |
| Green Party | 15 | |
| Labour Party | 13 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Reform UK | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 38 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.
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Pighills Elected | 1,109 | 62.9% | -16.8 |
| Green Party | Cheryl Karen Briggs Elected | 948 | 53.8% | -16.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Vicky Jenkins | 389 | 22.1% | -3.2 |
| Labour Party | Stephen Edwin Dominic Webb | 299 | 17.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Vijay Singh Srao | 273 | 15.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Nathan David Charles Websdale | 215 | 12.2% | — |
| Majority | 559 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,764 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,762 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Green Party hold
Abingdon Caldecott 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Neil Fawcett Elected | 805 | 49.8% | -9.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew John Skinner Elected | 672 | 41.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alice Elizabeth Badcock | 522 | 32.3% | -1.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alexandra Elizabeth Green | 503 | 31.1% | — |
| Green Party | Aidan Reilly | 301 | 18.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Sayantani Mitra-Jones | 280 | 17.3% | +2.0 |
| Majority | 150 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,526 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,616 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Abingdon Dunmore 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Foulsham Elected | 1,216 | 64.7% | -3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Oliver Forder Elected | 1,131 | 60.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andrew Joseph Fredrick Packard | 506 | 26.9% | -2.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris McCarthy | 451 | 24.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Paul Anthony Burton | 281 | 15.0% | +6.3 |
| Majority | 625 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,716 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,879 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Abingdon Fitzharris 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Eric de la Harpe Elected | 894 | 48.6% | -14.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Rob Maddison Elected | 838 | 45.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chris Palmer | 520 | 28.2% | -6.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David James Pope | 493 | 26.8% | — |
| Green Party | Steven Rogers | 313 | 17.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Moira Drysdale Logie | 276 | 15.0% | +6.4 |
| Labour Party | Julian Charles Pierce | 168 | 9.1% | — |
| Majority | 318 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,787 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,841 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Abingdon Peachcroft 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael John Pighills Elected | 1,140 | 59.1% | -7.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Max Thompson Elected | 1,122 | 58.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Cavan Stephen Phillip Pirouet | 561 | 29.1% | -3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Warren Brooker | 551 | 28.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Edward Frederick James Shelton | 276 | 14.3% | — |
| Majority | 561 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,174 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,929 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Blewbury & Harwell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Hayleigh Gascoigne Elected | 1,813 | 69.3% | +3.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Debra Dewhurst Elected | 1,745 | 66.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Cath Convery | 743 | 28.4% | -2.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Joe Murphy | 612 | 23.4% | — |
| Reform UK | Peter Shields | 101 | 3.9% | — |
| Majority | 1,002 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,702 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,615 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Botley & Sunningwell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Emily Jane Smith Elected | 1,184 | 59.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Debby Hallett Elected | 1,155 | 58.5% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alexander Robert Horsfall-Turner | 327 | 16.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Nekisa Gholami-Babaahmady | 323 | 16.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elina Horsfall-Turner | 316 | 16.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Jamie Richard Spooner | 284 | 14.4% | — |
| Green Party | Katherine Elizabeth Phillips | 27 | 1.4% | — |
| Majority | 828 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,117 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,975 | |||
Cumnor 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Judy Roberts Elected | 1,333 | 69.0% | +1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Antony Scott Houghton Elected | 1,078 | 55.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Craig Robinson | 486 | 25.2% | -4.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mohinder Kainth | 437 | 22.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Erica Elizabeth Davis | 291 | 15.1% | +4.4 |
| Majority | 592 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,069 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,931 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Drayton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andy Cooke Elected | 690 | 72.7% | -1.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher Charles Campbell | 259 | 27.3% | +1.2 |
| Majority | 431 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,823 | |||
| Ballots cast | 949 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Faringdon 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bethia Jane Thomas Elected | 1,531 | 68.0% | +9.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Alexandra Edwards Elected | 1,390 | 61.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Famakin | 583 | 25.9% | -0.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Robin Myles Ruben Morrisen | 481 | 21.3% | — |
| Green Party | Adam Garth Swallow | 319 | 14.2% | +2.3 |
| Majority | 807 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,559 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,253 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Grove North 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ron Batstone Elected | 986 | 69.6% | +32.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Kiera Alexandra Bentley Elected | 906 | 63.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ben Mabbett | 471 | 33.2% | -11.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Craig Brown | 395 | 27.9% | — |
| Majority | 435 | |||
| Turnout | 28.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,155 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,417 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Hendreds
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Sarah James Elected | 735 | 67.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Janet Shelley | 350 | 31.9% | -25.1 |
| Majority | 385 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,682 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,096 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Kennington & Radley 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Diana Lugova Elected | 1,056 | 56.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | James Cox Elected | 899 | 47.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gareth Edward Jennings | 515 | 27.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Jeffrey Brown | 462 | 24.5% | — |
| Green Party | Charles James Alexander Couper | 282 | 15.0% | — |
| Green Party | Christopher Roy Henderson | 247 | 13.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Ruth Catherine Mayne | 170 | 9.0% | — |
| Majority | 384 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,240 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,886 | |||
Kingston Bagpuize
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jill Rayner Elected | 880 | 59.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dianna Rose Swale | 596 | 40.4% | — |
| Majority | 284 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,848 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,477 | |||
Marcham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Robert James Clegg Elected | 497 | 58.2% | -12.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Richard Plumb | 357 | 41.8% | +12.5 |
| Majority | 140 | |||
| Turnout | 34.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,536 | |||
| Ballots cast | 854 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Ridgeway
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Barrow Elected | 671 | 58.0% | +7.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gordon Lundie | 485 | 42.0% | -7.8 |
| Majority | 186 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,638 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,156 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Stanford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Jane Caul Elected | 546 | 44.2% | +24.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nathan Boyd | 536 | 43.4% | -4.6 |
| Green Party | James Anthony Hall Brooks | 153 | 12.4% | -5.7 |
| Majority | 10 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,032 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,235 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Steventon & the Hanneys
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sally Povolotsky Elected | 876 | 64.1% | +9.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Louise Brown | 485 | 35.5% | +3.1 |
| Majority | 391 | |||
| Turnout | 42.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,285 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,366 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Sutton Courtenay
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Richard John Webber Elected | 488 | 58.4% | -17.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Patrick Aloysius Atkinson | 233 | 27.9% | +3.8 |
| Green Party | Michel Arthur Grandjean | 113 | 13.5% | — |
| Majority | 255 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,563 | |||
| Ballots cast | 835 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Thames
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Stephen Philip Coleman Elected | 606 | 49.8% | -3.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Paul Swale | 427 | 35.1% | -11.8 |
| Independent | Jerry Avery | 100 | 8.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Daniel James Crouch | 83 | 6.8% | — |
| Majority | 179 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,758 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,216 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Wantage & Grove Brook 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jenny Hannaby Elected | 1,160 | 65.1% | -2.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Amos Duveen Elected | 976 | 54.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Clare Elizabeth Boyd | 446 | 25.0% | -7.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gabriella Turnbull | 418 | 23.4% | — |
| Green Party | Thomas Edmund Gaston | 360 | 20.2% | — |
| Majority | 530 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,763 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,783 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Wantage Charlton 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Crawford Elected | 1,291 | 67.1% | +3.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick O'Leary Elected | 1,205 | 62.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charlotte Emma Carolyn Dickson | 436 | 22.6% | -7.1 |
| Green Party | Darshana Patel | 388 | 20.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Charles St John Dickson | 380 | 19.7% | — |
| Majority | 769 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,986 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,925 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Watchfield & Shrivenham 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Katherine Foxhall Elected | 1,355 | 55.6% | — |
| Green Party | Viral Patel Elected | 1,170 | 48.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Paul Howell | 1,091 | 44.7% | -21.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Elaine Ware | 1,055 | 43.3% | — |
| Majority | 79 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 6,152 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,438 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Wootton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Val Shaw Elected | 432 | 45.4% | -16.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | George Edward Silvanus Robinson | 348 | 36.6% | -1.2 |
| Green Party | Anna Lucy Thomas | 112 | 11.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Chris Hall | 59 | 6.2% | — |
| Majority | 84 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,730 | |||
| Ballots cast | 951 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold