Vale of White Horse District Council elections

Vale of White Horse District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 2011
Conservative	2011 - present

Council elections

• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1973
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1976
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1983 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1995
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 1999
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries)^[6][7]
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 2007
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 2011
• Vale of White Horse District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[8]

By-election results

1995-1999

Grove By-Election 12 March 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		611	45.0	+1.5
	Conservative		570	41.9	+6.9
	Labour		178	13.1	-8.4
Majority			41	3.1
Turnout			1,359	24.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1999-2003

Sunningwell and Wootton By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		558	64.8	+2.0
	Conservative		303	35.2	-2.0
Majority			255	29.6
Turnout			861	31.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Caldecott By-Election 15 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		692	46.7	-1.2
	Conservative		621	41.9	+5.7
	Labour		170	11.5	-4.4
Majority			71	4.8
Turnout			1,483	25.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Grove By-Election 21 March 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		733	49.8	+9.5
	Liberal Democrat		532	36.1	-9.4
	Independent		207	14.1	+14.1
Majority			201	13.7
Turnout			1,472	24.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cumnor By-Election 26 September 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		826	57.6	+7.1
	Conservative		608	42.4	+4.9
Majority			218	15.2
Turnout			1,434	28
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Wantage Charlton By-Election 4 November 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Verdin	844	47.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Henry Richardson	720	40.4	-0.4
	Labour		216	12.1	+0.4
Majority			124	7.0
Turnout			1,780	33.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Drayton By-Election 13 October 2005[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Webber	343	55.2	-11.7
	Conservative	Michael Murray	215	34.6	+1.5
	Labour	William Akers	63	10.1	+10.1
Majority			128	20.6
Turnout			621	35.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kennington & South Hinksey By-Election 6 April 2006[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Bernard Auton	771	57.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Gareth Jennings	577	42.8	+7.7
Majority			194	14.4
Turnout			1,348	39.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2007-2011

Wantage Charlton By-Election 13 March 2008[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan	760	45.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrat	Lorraine Todd	731	43.8	-3.8
	Labour	Ed Mitchell	177	10.6	+0.2
Majority			29	1.8
Turnout			1,668
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Abingdon Dunmore By-Election 22 October 2009[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Bricknell	796	52.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Monica Lovatt	602	39.8	-1.4
	Green	Richard Bullock	71	4.7	+4.7
	Labour	Bobbie Nichols	43	2.8	-3.5
Majority			194	12.8
Turnout			1,512
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

1. "Vale of White Horse". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
2. The District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. The Oxfordshire and Wiltshire (Areas) Order 1980
4. The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Vale of White Horse (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Vale of White Horse (Electoral Changes) Order 2014. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. "Tories boosted in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-10-14. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
10. "Lib Dems and Labour make byelection gains". guardian.co.uk. 2006-04-07. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
11. "Wantage by-election results". Vale of White Horse District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
12. "Abingdon Dunmore By-Election Results". Vale of White Horse District Council. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-10-23.

• By-election results

External links

• Vale of White Horse District Council