West Oxfordshire council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 18 wards · 18 seats contested

Most seats
10
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
18
across 18 wards
Turnout
44.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 10 +2 12,004 42.1% +3.0
Liberal Democrats 4 +1 6,851 24.0% -0.3
Labour and Co-operative Party 3 -1 6,328 22.2% -0.8
Green Party 1 +1 3,132 11.0% +2.0
Independent 0 -1 143 0.5% -3.5
Reform UK 0 +0 27 0.1% —
The Burning Pink Party 0 +0 15 0.1% —

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 18
Conservative and Unionist Party 18
Labour Party 17
Green Party 16
Liberal Democrats 16
Independent 2
Reform UK 1
The Burning Pink Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 18 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.

Bampton and Clanfield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rupert Jocelyn Dent Elected 803 64.4% +1.7
Green Party Alma Ann Tumilowicz 242 19.4% —
Labour Party Sarah Louise Clare Hayton 202 16.2% +5.4
Majority561
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors3,248
Ballots cast1,247

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Chadlington and Churchill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dean Temple Elected 328 45.2% -20.4
Liberal Democrats Nigel Simon Ridpath 235 32.4% +21.5
Green Party James Robert Styring 101 13.9% +0.8
Labour and Co-operative Party David Heyes 61 8.4% -1.9
Majority93
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors1,654
Ballots cast725

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Charlbury and Finstock

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Liz Leffman Elected 884 54.6% +9.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Caspar Morris 407 25.2% -5.3
Green Party Liz Reason 205 12.7% -3.2
Labour and Co-operative Party Sue Richards 122 7.5% -0.5
Majority477
Turnout54.0%
Registered electors3,075
Ballots cast1,618

Liberal Democrats hold

Chipping Norton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Geoff Saul Elected 1,201 54.7% +14.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Ruth Mojisola Obasa 616 28.1% -5.3
Green Party Malcolm Brown 263 12.0% —
Liberal Democrats Ivan Aguado Melet 113 5.2% -21.0
Majority585
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors5,596
Ballots cast2,194

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Eynsham and Cassington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andy Goodwin Elected 1,391 55.4% +2.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Sean Grace 783 31.2% +7.8
Labour Party Elsa Louise Dawson 191 7.6% -0.2
Green Party Ed Rolison 145 5.8% -10.1
Majority608
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors5,005
Ballots cast2,513

Liberal Democrats hold

Freeland and Hanborough

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alaa Hassan Al-Yousuf Elected 893 51.7% +12.4
Liberal Democrats Lidia Kamilla Arciszewska 482 27.9% +19.9
Labour Party Tommy Begley 182 10.5% -37.8
Green Party Angela Wilson 154 8.9% +0.9
The Burning Pink Party Dave Baldwin 15 0.9% —
Majority411
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors3,848
Ballots cast1,727

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Graham Dingwall Elected 801 55.1% +9.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Marsh 653 44.9% +12.3
Majority148
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors3,328
Ballots cast1,454

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Wilson Elected 725 54.2% +1.4
Labour Party Andrew Leslie Hornung 324 24.2% +10.8
Green Party Amy Long 163 12.2% -5.4
Liberal Democrats Mike Baggaley 124 9.3% -6.8
Majority401
Turnout42.0%
Registered electors3,278
Ballots cast1,337

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Milton-under-Wychwood

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeff Haine Elected 464 57.9% -10.4
Liberal Democrats Sophie Anna Kitching 173 21.6% +6.4
Labour and Co-operative Party Sian O'Neill 87 10.9% +1.3
Green Party Timothy John Robert Eden 75 9.4% +2.5
Majority291
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors1,786
Ballots cast801

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

North Leigh

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry St John Elected 460 59.3% -4.9
Labour Party Maureen Deirdre Eades 119 15.3% -6.0
Liberal Democrats Gilly Workman 112 14.4% +10.3
Green Party Julia Shay 85 11.0% +0.7
Majority341
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors1,764
Ballots cast776

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Lysette Nicholls Elected 983 56.3% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Marcus John Stevens Luckett 596 34.1% +16.2
Labour Party Mike Parker 167 9.6% -5.2
Majority387
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors3,595
Ballots cast1,746

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Stonesfield and Tackley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mathew Parkinson Elected 693 40.0% -5.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Anthony Jackson 668 38.6% +4.4
Green Party Frances Mortimer 232 13.4% +0.6
Labour Party Nell Davies-Small 138 8.0% +0.7
Majority25
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors3,505
Ballots cast1,731

Liberal Democrats hold

Witney Central

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Andrew Stanley Coles Elected 810 52.8% +5.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Craig Brown 526 34.3% -1.2
Green Party Harriet Kopinska 100 6.5% -3.3
Liberal Democrats Andy Bailey 69 4.5% -2.9
Reform UK Mark William Bezerra Speeks 27 1.8% —
Majority284
Turnout36.2%
Registered electors4,257
Ballots cast1,534

Labour Party hold

Witney East

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Duncan Shaw Thomas Enright Elected 1,167 47.8% -2.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rich Hikins 862 35.3% -0.2
Green Party Sandra Simpson 294 12.1% —
Liberal Democrats Christopher John Blount 117 4.8% -9.2
Majority305
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors5,765
Ballots cast2,439

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Witney North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Andrew Peter Prosser Elected 648 41.7% +28.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Toby Morris 487 31.3% +7.8
Labour and Co-operative Party Ruth Helen Smith 351 22.6% +1.3
Independent Pete Handley 68 4.4% -31.3
Majority161
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors3,110
Ballots cast1,554

Green Party gain from Independent

Witney South

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark David Johnson Elected 828 45.0% +7.5
Labour Party Mike Brooker 638 34.7% -6.2
Green Party Rae Cather 164 8.9% -5.7
Liberal Democrats Kate Southey 136 7.4% +0.3
Independent Adrian Henry-Wyatt 75 4.1% —
Majority190
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors4,956
Ballots cast1,840

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Labour Party

Witney West

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Doughty Elected 753 52.4% +6.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Stuart McCarroll 427 29.7% +11.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Daniel Whitten 154 10.7% -16.3
Green Party Penny Ponton 101 7.0% -1.7
Majority326
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors4,134
Ballots cast1,436

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Woodstock and Bladon

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Poskitt Elected 919 50.0% +8.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jo Lamb 617 33.6% +5.6
Green Party Barry Ivan Wheatley 160 8.7% -1.9
Labour Party Mark Lambert 141 7.7% -1.0
Majority302
Turnout53.0%
Registered electors3,490
Ballots cast1,837

Liberal Democrats hold

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