Oxford City Council election, 2016

The elections for Oxford City Council took place on 5 May 2016.^[1] This is on the same day as other local elections. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.

The highest turnout was 53.9% for Iffley Fields, and the lowest 18.6% for Northfield Brook.

Results^[2]

Oxford Local Election Result 2016
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	18	2	0	+2	75	47	17965	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat	4	0	0	0	16.7	18.1	6932	-0.9
	Green	1	0	2	-2	4.2	16.9	6477	-3.4
	Independent	1	0	0	0	4.2	4.4	1700	+3.3
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	4838	-3.2
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	-0.1
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	57	+0.1
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	235	-1.6

Note: two UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with six in 2014 and three in 2012. Three independent candidates were standing, compared with four in 2014 and one in 2012. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the Oxford City Council election, 2014.

Total number of seats on the Council after the election:

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	33	17	16	18	35
	Liberal Democrats	8	4	4	4	8
	Green	6	3	3	1	4
	Independent	1	0	1	1	1
Total		48	24	24	24	48

Results by ward

Map of the Oxford Wards

Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the Oxford City Council election, 2012, the last time these 24 seats were elected.

Barton and Sandhills

+6.8


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Mike Rowley	704	49.7	-17
	Independent	Chaka Artwell	237	16.7	+16.7
	Conservative	Timothy Stephen Hamer	174	12.3	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Lesley Mallinder	123	8.7	+1
	UKIP	Frances Baxter	96	6.8	+6.8
	Green	Ray Hitchens	82	5.8	-4.9
Turnout			1416	28.7	+6.16
	Labour hold

Blackbird Leys


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Kay Smith	687	73	-12.4
	UKIP	Joseph Lawes	139	14.8	+14.8
	Conservative	Vanessa Elizabeth Bhagwandin	48	5.1	-1.2
	Green	Matthew Ledbury	31	3.3	-1.3
	TUSC	Greg Collier	20	2.1	+2.1
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Andrew Blakey	16	1.7	-2
Turnout			941	23.1	+2.29
	Labour hold

Carfax


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Hollingsworth	447	42	+9.6
	Green	Kate Prendergast	276	25.9	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Harry Samuels	217	20.4	-2.9
	Conservative	Alex Curtis	111	10.4	-7.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Mad Hatter	13	1.2	+1.2
Turnout			1064	37.4	+17.13
	Labour hold

Churchill


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Lygo	761	67.9	-3.1
	Conservative	John Allan Selway	144	12.9	3.1
	Green	Kevin Nicholas McGlynn	130	11.6	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Charles Coggins	85	7.6	+0.5
Turnout			1120	27	+5.38
	Labour hold

Cowley


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Henwood	883	56	+4.4
	Green	Hazel Frances Dawe	420	26.6	+3.8
	Conservative	Gary William Dixon	210	13.3	-2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Claire Elizabeth Murray	64	4.1	-5.3
Turnout			1577	35.4	+8.56
	Labour hold

Cowley Marsh


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sajjad Malik	932	54.8	+4.7
	Green	Steve Dawe	307	18	-17.1
	Independent	Judith Anne Harley	252	14.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Brett	112	6.6	+1
	Conservative	Liam Hatch	99	5.8	-3.4
Turnout			1702	38.5	+10.73
	Labour hold

Headington


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Elaine Wilkinson	1100	59.7	+6
	Labour	Marco Pontecorvi	437	23.7	-6.8
	Conservative	Anthony Ian Gearing	172	9.3	-0.4
	Green	Ann Alice Duncan	134	7.3	+1.2
Turnout			1843	44.7	+3.35
	Liberal Democrat hold

Headington Hill and Northway


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nigel Chapman	776	51.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Mark Bhagwandin	452	30.1	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat	Maria Bourbon	160	10.7	+1.7
	Green	Oliver James Fairey	112	7.5	-5.2
Turnout			1500	42.4	+17.16
	Labour hold

Hinksey Park


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marie Tidball	1273	67.5	+7.5
	Green	Ben Carter	273	14.5	-7.4
	Conservative	Siddo Deva	199	10.6	-0.8
	Liberal Democrat	Nicholas John Harding	140	7.4	+0.7
Turnout			1885	45.5	+13.16
	Labour hold

Holywell


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dan Iley-Williamson	451	40.9	+18.3
	Liberal Democrat	Andy McKay	283	25.6	+3.8
	Green	Fiona Kelly Joines	265	24	-15.5
	Conservative	George Walker	105	9.5	-6.6
Turnout			1104	43.7	+21.88
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+16.9

Iffley Fields


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen John Curran	1015	47.5	+3.6
	Green	Elise Danielle Benjamin	961	45	-4.5
	Conservative	Simon James Bazley	94	4.4	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Patrick Bergamin	66	3.1	-0.1
Turnout			2136	53.9	+11.41
	Labour gain from Green		Swing	+4.05

Jericho and Osney


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Cook	1007	52.6	-1.8
	Green	Lois Knight Muddiman	508	26.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Conor McKenzie	217	11.3	+1.6
	Conservative	Jason John Richard Fiddaman	183	9.6	-4.3
Turnout			1915	43.2	+12.67
	Labour hold

Littlemore


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Stuart Tanner	830	59.5	+0.1
	Conservative	Daniel Stafford	284	20.4	+2.9
	Green	Lucy Irene Fitchett Ayrton	205	14.7	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Charles James Bidwell	75	5.4	-6.5
Turnout			1394	30	+5.56
	Labour hold

Lye Valley


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Pat Kennedy	924	65.2	+2.4
	Conservative	Johnson Mackline Kyeswa	216	15.2	+1.2
	Green	Tim Peter Pizey	177	12.5	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mandy Machado	101	7.1	-0.3
Turnout			1418	29.4	+6.54
	Labour hold

Marston


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mick Haines	1140	48.7	+2.9
	Labour	Nick Walker	826	35.3	+2.1
	Green	Miranda Shaw	112	4.8	-1.6
	Conservative	Tim Patmore	112	4.8	-5.4
	Independent	Charlie Haynes	78	3.3	+3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Alasdair James Murray	71	3	-1.4
Turnout			2339	51.8	+11.39
	Independent hold

North


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Fry	796	51.3	+17.9
	Liberal Democrat	Louis Joseph Simborowski Gill	403	26	+3.2
	Conservative	Robert Vernon Porter	179	11.5	-7.3
	Green	Claire Margaret El Mouden	174	11.2	-13.7
Turnout			1552	46.1	+11.28
	Labour hold

Northfield Brook


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sian Taylor	573	70.1	-3.5
	Conservative	Pat Jones	89	10.9	+2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin	66	8.1	-0.8
	Green	Robert James Henry Paynter	52	6.4	-3.1
	TUSC	James Daniel Paul Morbin	37	4.5	+4.5
Turnout			817	18.6	+1.09
	Labour hold

Quarry and Risinghurst


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chewe Edgar Munkonge	1003	44.7	-4.8
	Liberal Democrat	Roz Smith	863	38.4	+14.4
	Conservative	Bill Clare	230	10.2	-7.9
	Green	Liz Taylor	149	6.6	+2.2
Turnout			2245	47.8	+11.24
	Labour hold

Rose Hill and Iffley


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Owen Turner	1187	69.3	+7.4
	Conservative	Lilian Julia Sherwood	233	13.6	+3.6
	Green	Janet Mary Wallis Hall	202	11.8	-1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Ruvi Ziegler	90	5.3	-9.9
Turnout			1712	37.3	+5.72
	Labour hold

St Clement's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamila Begum Azad	726	50.3	+7.5
	Green	Tim Eden	413	28.6	-7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Roderick Jones	183	12.7	+5.6
	Conservative	Dan Gee	122	8.4	-3.5
Turnout			1444	37	+10.71
	Labour hold

St Margaret's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Landell Mills	592	37.8	+3.3
	Labour	Catrin Roberts	396	25.3	+10.9
	Conservative	Penelope Anne Lenon	338	21.6	-4.1
	Green	Al Wilson	240	15.3	-10.2
Turnout			1566	46.3	+14.41
	Liberal Democrat hold

St Mary's


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Craig Simmons	739	52.2	+4.2
	Labour	Mohammed Azad	547	38.6	-3.7
	Conservative	Dominic Heaney	71	5	-1.3
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Tait	59	4.2	+0.9
Turnout			1416	41.5	+13.62
	Green hold

Summertown


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Gant	902	44.5	+2.6
	Labour	Jane Marilyn Stockton	546	26.9	+13.2
	Conservative	Graham Stanton Jones	350	17.2	-3.9
	Green	Larry Sanders	231	11.4	-11.9
Turnout			2029	44.7	+8.36
	Liberal Democrat hold

Wolvercote


Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Angie Goff	944	45.2	+11.3
	Conservative	Rosie Hilliard	623	29.8	-0.4
	Green	Sarah Janet Edwards	284	13.6	-12
	Labour	Hugh Michael Tappin	238	11.4	+1.1
Turnout			2089	47.5	+5.59
	Liberal Democrat hold

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
↑ "Election Results - 5 May 2016". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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