South Oxfordshire District Council elections

South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors have been elected from 29 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to 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 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

• Wallingford District Council election, 1973
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1976
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1979 (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[3][4]
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1991 (Some new ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[7][8][9]
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1995
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 1999
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[10][11]
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 2007
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 2011
• South Oxfordshire District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[12]

By-election results

1995-1999

Didcot South By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		567	49.7
	Liberal Democrat		319	28.0
	Conservative		254	22.3
Majority			248	21.7
Turnout			1,140	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidmore End By-Election 6 February 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		409	62.0
	Liberal Democrat		215	32.6
	Labour		36	5.4
Majority			194	29.4
Turnout			660
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horspath By-Election 9 December 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		452	80.0	+14.0
	Conservative		113	20.0	+20.0
Majority			339	60.0
Turnout			565	53.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1999-2003

Cholsey By-Election 16 March 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		652	55.5	+1.2
	Conservative		524	44.6	-1.2
Majority			128	10.9
Turnout			1,176	38.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Henley By-Election 22 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		827	49.8	+12.7
	Independent		585	35.2	+8.5
	Independent		249	15.0	+15.0
Majority			242	14.6
Turnout			1,661	19.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didcot South By-Election 11 October 2001[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		676	52.1	+2.0
	Conservative		310	23.9	-4.9
	Liberal Democrat		270	20.8	+8.2
	Green		42	3.2	-5.2
Majority			366	28.2
Turnout			1,298
	Labour hold		Swing

Sonning Common By-Election 1 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		561	50.4	+15.7
	Liberal Democrat		253	31.7	-0.9
	Labour		200	18.0	-2.2
Majority			208	18.7
Turnout			1,014	36.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Watlington By-Election 10 October 2002[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Crossman	441	61.1	+23.8
	Liberal Democrat		281	38.9	-23.8
Majority			160	22.2
Turnout			722	32.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2003-2007

Sonning Common By-Election 23 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Harrison	591	70.6	-0.5
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Wardle	177	21.1	-7.8
	Labour	Mary Stiles	69	8.2	+8.2
Majority			414	49.5
Turnout			837	19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Shiplake By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Jones	1,649	63.9
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Wardle	535	20.7
	Labour	Janet Matthews	397	15.4
Majority			1,114	43.2
Turnout			2,581
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wallingford North By-Election 27 October 2005[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Imran Lokhan	479	51.5	+23.5
	Liberal Democrat	Alec Hayton	374	40.7	+13.9
	Green	Melanie Belgrove Jones	72	7.8	+7.8
Majority			100	10.8
Turnout			920	22.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Watlington By-Election 23 March 2006[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Paterson	737	72.9	+19.9
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Moseley	274	27.1	-19.9
Majority			463	45.8
Turnout			1,011	24.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Thame North By-Election 30 October 2008[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Welply	423	50.5	+8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Jeannette Matelot	287	34.3	-9.5
	Labour	May Stiles	127	15.2	+1.3
Majority			136	16.2
Turnout			837	18.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chiltern Woods By-Election 19 March 2009[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Nimmo-Smith	382	79.4	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Julian Allison	99	20.6	+5.2
Majority			283	58.8
Turnout			481	25.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley South By-Election 11 February 2010[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Residents	Elizabeth Hodgkin	642	52.5	+0.6
	Conservative	David Silvester	472	38.6	+10.5
	Liberal Democrat	George Levy	110	9.0	+0.2
Majority			170	13.9
Turnout			1,224
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crowmarsh By-Election 3 June 2010[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Griffin	327	55.9	+10.1
	Conservative	Kristina Crabbe	258	44.1	-10.1
Majority			69	11.8
Turnout			585	32.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on April 20, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-29.
2. "South Oxfordshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
4. The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) (Amendment) Order 1977
5. The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
6. The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
10. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
11. legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
12. legislation.gov.uk - The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
13. "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2001-10-12. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
14. "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 2002-10-11. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
15. "Lib Dems falter in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
16. "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk. 2006-03-24. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
17. "Thame By-Election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on February 16, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
18. "Chiltern Woods By-election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
19. "I did this for Terry". Henley Standard. 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
20. "Clean sweep for Lib Dems in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 2010-06-04. Retrieved 2010-06-04.

• By-election results

External links

• South Oxfordshire District Council