Cherwell District Council elections

One third of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 50 councillors have been elected from 28 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1995
No overall control	1995–1996
Labour	1996–1998
No overall control	1998–2000
Conservative	2000–present

Council elections

• Cherwell District Council election, 1973
• Cherwell District Council election, 1976
• Cherwell District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Cherwell District Council election, 1980
• Cherwell District Council election, 1982
• Cherwell District Council election, 1983
• Cherwell District Council election, 1984
• Cherwell District Council election, 1986 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Cherwell District Council election, 1987
• Cherwell District Council election, 1988 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Cherwell District Council election, 1990
• Cherwell District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
• Cherwell District Council election, 1992
• Cherwell District Council election, 1994
• Cherwell District Council election, 1995
• Cherwell District Council election, 1996
• Cherwell District Council election, 1998
• Cherwell District Council election, 1999
• Cherwell District Council election, 2000
• Cherwell District Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two)^[7][8]
• Cherwell District Council election, 2003
• Cherwell District Council election, 2004
• Cherwell District Council election, 2006
• Cherwell District Council election, 2007
• Cherwell District Council election, 2008
• Cherwell District Council election, 2010
• Cherwell District Council election, 2011
• Cherwell District Council election, 2012
• Cherwell District Council election, 2014
• Cherwell District Council election, 2015
• Cherwell District Council election, 2016 (New ward boundaries)^[9]

By-election results

1993-1997

Gosford and Watereaton By-Election 28 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		170	32.0
	Conservative		169	31.8
	Independent		100	18.8
	Labour		91	17.1
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			530	50.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

1997-2001

Kidlington South East By-Election 22 January 1998[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	455	38.4	-1.1
	Labour	John Stansby	450	38.0	-7.8
	Liberal Democrat	John Wyse	280	23.6	+8.9
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,185	27.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hardwick By-Election 23 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		382	51.9	+24.3
	Labour		306	41.6	-22.0
	Liberal Democrat		48	6.5	-2.4
Majority			76	10.3
Turnout			736
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heyford By-Election 17 September 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		290	36.3	-24.2
	Independent		263	32.8	+32.8
	Conservative		247	30.9	-8.6
Majority			27	3.5
Turnout			800	47.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2001-2005

Calthorpe By-Election 27 September 2001[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		422	58.4	-2.1
	Labour		183	25.3	-1.6
	Liberal Democrat		117	16.2	+3.5
Majority			239	33.1
Turnout			722	14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yarnton, Gorsford and Water Eaton By-Election 17 March 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	784	59.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrat	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	423	32.3	-11.1
	Labour	Catherine Arakelian	103	7.9	-1.5
Majority			361	27.5
Turnout			1,310	31.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2005-2009

Kirtlington By-Election 31 July 2008[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Holland	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

Kidlington North By-Election 4 June 2009[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Douglas Williamson	828	49.2	-1.0
	Conservative	Trevor Elford	690	41.0	+2.2
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	165	9.8	-1.2
Majority			138	8.2
Turnout			1,683	40.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. "Councillors, democracy and elections". Cherwell District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
2. "Cherwell". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
3. The District of Cherwell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. The Cherwell and West Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1985
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
7. "Cherwell". BBC Online. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
10. "Labour loses control of council". Oxford Mail. 1998-01-23. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
11. "Lib Dem boost in byelection". guardian.co.uk. 2001-09-28. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
12. "District Council By-Election". Cherwell District Council. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
13. "Kidlington by election result - 4 June 2009". Cherwell District Council. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

• By-election results

External links

• Cherwell District Council