Oxford City Council election, 2010

Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010.^[1] As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards was up for election.

Labour gained 2 seats (Barton and Sandhills ward from the Liberal Democrats and Northfield Brook ward from the Independent Working Class Association), the Liberal Democrats also gained two seats (Carfax and St Clement's ward, both from the Green Party). As a result of this election, Labour gained control of the city council, with 25 out of 48 seats.

A general election was held on the same day, which accounts for the higher turnout (61.7%).

Election results

Oxford Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	13	2	0	+2	54.2	34.5	23,716	−0.1
	Liberal Democrat	9	2	1	+1	37.5	30.6	21,038	+7.8
	Green	2	0	2	−2	8.3	14.0	9,637	−2.9
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	19.6	13,490	−0.6
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	136	N/A
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	671	−0.6

Note: one Independent is standing in 2010, compared with three in 2008 and two in 2006. No candidates representing the Independent Working Class Association are standing in this election. No UKIP candidates were standing in 2008.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Political group leaders and senior politicians for the Oxford City Council (outgoing council at the election in 2010). From left to right: Jonathan Gittos candidate for the Conservatives, Councillor Stephen Brown leader of the political group of Liberal Democrats, Councillor John Tanner senior member of the Labour group, Councillor Craig Simmons leader of the Green group.

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	23	12	11	13	25
	Liberal Democrats	16	8	8	9	17
	Green	7	3	4	2	5
	Independent Working Class	2	1	1	0	1
	Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
Total		48	24	24	24	48

Results by ward

Map of the Oxford wards

Note: Gains and holds of wards are noted with respect to the 2006 council election (or a by-election of the same seat). Percentage changes are given with respect to the 2008 council election (or the latest by-election).

Turnout figures are the sum of the votes for each candidate only and do not yet include rejected ballots. These numbers will be included in the sum when available.

Barton and Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Van Coulter	1,239	42.7	+8.7
	Liberal Democrat	Barry Crossman	815	28.1	−6.2
	Conservative	Timothy Hamer	661	22.8	−3.6
	Green	Raymond Hitchins	188	6.5	+1.2
Turnout			2,903
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Blackbird Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rae Humberstone	1,510	69.5	+15.2
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mills	299	13.8	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Wheeler	270	12.4	+10.7
	Green	Jackie Chandler-Oatts	93	4.3	+1.9
Turnout			2,172
	Labour hold		Swing

Carfax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Brett	985	37.6	+1.9
	Green	Vincent Larochelle	565	21.6	+1.8
	Labour	Joe Ottaway	535	20.4	+3.1
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	535	20.4	−6.7
Turnout			2,620
	Liberal Democrat gain from Green		Swing

Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe McManners	1,168	47.6	+5.9
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Bonney	629	25.6	+9.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Asbridge	469	19.1	+6.9
	Green	Julian Faultless	187	7.6	+4.3
Turnout			2,453
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shah Khan	1,264	45.9	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat	Qasim Aziz	601	21.8	+6.2
	Conservative	Judith Harley	506	18.4	+1.0
	Green	Clare Valerie	385	14.0	+1.5
Turnout			2,756
	Labour hold		Swing

Note that Shah Khan won the Cowley seat in the 2006 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to Labour in 2007. So when comparing to the 2006 elections, Labour gain from Liberal Democrats.

Cowley Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mohammed Abbasi	1,124	39.8	−11.6
	Conservative	Clara Bantry White	816	28.9	+20.2
	Liberal Democrat	Shah Nawaz	467	16.5	−13.2
	Green	John Kentish	415	14.7	+4.5
Turnout			2,822
	Labour hold		Swing

Headington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Rundle	1,297	44.6	+9.2
	Labour	Jane Darke	761	26.2	+9.5
	Conservative	Paul Hernandez	572	19.7	−14.7
	Green	Jill Haas	275	9.5	−4.0
Turnout			2,905
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Headington Hill and Northway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mohammed Altaf-Khan	1,054	41.7	+15.3
	Labour	Jamila Azad	733	29.0	−9.3
	Conservative	Siddo Deva	521	20.6	−10.4
	Green	Chris Brewer	218	8.6	+4.3
Turnout			2,526
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Note: ±% figures are calculated with respect to the results of the by-election of 26 March 2009.

Hinksey Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Price	1,530	48.9	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Pinfold	681	21.8	+10.7
	Conservative	Simon Mort	501	16.0	+2.7
	Green	Chip Sherwood	417	13.3	−10.1
Turnout			3,129
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mark Mills	1,073	38.9	−1.5
	Green	Sophie Lewis	621	22.5	+7.0
	Conservative	Frances Kennett	583	21.2	−2.9
	Labour	Alistair Strathern	478	17.4	−2.6
Turnout			2,755
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Note: ±% figures are calculated with respect to the results of the by-election of 12 June 2008.

Iffley Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Williams	1,094	37.2	−21.4
	Labour	Mike Rowley	889	30.3	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Doug Hale	667	22.7	N/A
	Conservative	Carolyn Ten Holter	288	9.8	−1.1
Turnout			2,938
	Green hold		Swing

Jericho and Osney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susanna Pressel	1,793	53.0	−0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Hilliard	769	22.7	+5.1
	Conservative	Bill Wilson	513	15.2	+2.5
	Green	Kaihsu Tai	311	9.2	−7.3
Turnout			3,386
	Labour hold		Swing

Littlemore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,299	47.8	−2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Dorian Hancock	641	23.6	+12.8
	Conservative	Yvonne Lowe	585	21.5	−3.3
	Green	Jenny Nicholson	191	7.0	−6.7
Turnout			2,716
	Labour hold		Swing

Lye Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan	1,320	44.9	−15.1
	Liberal Democrat	Faisal Aziz	697	23.7	+14.8
	Conservative	Allen Mills	647	22.0	+1.1
	Green	Anna Pickering	275	9.4	−0.8
Turnout			2,939
	Labour hold		Swing

Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Clarkson	1,292	38.9	+4.4
	Independent	Mick Haines	671	20.2	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Farida Anwar	622	18.7	−6.9
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	468	14.1	−0.1
	Green	Alistair Morris	272	8.2	+3.1
Turnout			3,325
	Labour hold		Swing

North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Armitage	1,303	44.6	+7.4
	Conservative	Mark Hanson	715	24.5	−5.8
	Labour	Michael Boyd	489	16.7	+1.9
	Green	Peter Furtado	413	14.1	−3.6
Turnout			2,920
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Northfield Brook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Scott Seamons	1,264
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Morlin	503
	Conservative	Robin Lomax	419
	Green	Alyson Duckmanton	140
Turnout			2,326
	Labour gain from Independent Working Class		Swing

Quarry and Risinghurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dee Sinclair	1,276
	Liberal Democrat	Gavin Baylis	938
	Conservative	Tia Macgregor	733
	Green	Sue Tibbles	207
	UKIP	Julia Gasper	136
Turnout			3,290
	Labour hold		Swing

Rose Hill and Iffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Antonia Bance	1,356	50.3
	Liberal Democrat	John Wilde	619	23.0
	Conservative	Moznu Miah	438	16.2
	Green	Rachel Bottley	284	10.5
Turnout			2,697
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Jones	898
	Green	Mary-Jane Sareva	884
	Labour	Sabir Mirza	762
	Conservative	Neil Prestidge	500
Turnout			3,044
	Liberal Democrat gain from Green		Swing

St. Margaret's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jim Campbell	1,390	49.0	+15.6
	Conservative	Vernon Porter	727	25.6	−1.3
	Green	Hafiz Ladell	384	13.5	−14.3
	Labour	James Fry	335	11.8	−0.2
Turnout			2,836
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St. Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Dick Wolff	824
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Sloman	745
	Labour	Pat Kennedy	631
	Conservative	George Saliagopoulos	342
Turnout			2,542
	Green hold		Swing

Summertown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Fooks	1,613
	Conservative	Laura Goodchild	904
	Green	Ann Duncan	498
	Labour	Tom Watts	321
Turnout			3,336
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Wolvercote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Goddard	1,412	42.0
	Conservative	Jonathan Gittos	1,149	34.3
	Green	Oliver Tickell	444	13.3
	Labour	Michael Taylor	347	10.4
Turnout			3,352
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Party Share of Vote Map

References

1. http://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/OxfordCityCouncilElectionResults06May2010.pdf