Oxfordshire County Council election, 2009

4 June 2009



Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	Labour

The County of Oxfordshire within England

Party before election

Conservative

Elected Party

Conservative

An election to Oxfordshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2009, having been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 73 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one, two or three county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 June 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

Summary

The election saw the Conservative Party increase their majority on the council by an extra 8 seats, the party won two thirds of the seats in the council. The Liberal Democrats remained the councils official opposition despite losing 5 seats. Labour gained a seat and the greens lost 3seats, reducing their representation down to 2 councillors. One independent lost his seat, the other was re-elected.

Results

Oxfordshire County Council election, 2009
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	51	8	0	+8	70	42.81%
	Liberal Democrat	10	0	5	-5	13.5	23.87%
	Labour	9	1	0	+1	12.2	15.09%
	Green	2	0	3	-3	2.7	13.87%
	Independent	1	0	1	-1	1.35	3.96%

References

↑ "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
↑ "I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

OCC Elections 2009 - Thursday, 4 June 2009

Council elections in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

Cherwell District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

Oxford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

South Oxfordshire District Council	Wallingford District Council 1973 South Oxfordshire District Council 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Vale of White Horse District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

(2008 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2009 (→ 2010)

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See also: European Parliament election Bold indicates a new unitary authority. Stoke-on-Trent cancelled mayoral election after abolishing mayoral system.

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