2018 West Oxfordshire District Council election
{{Short description|2018 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2018}}
The 2018 West Oxfordshire District Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Elections were held for 17 of the 49 seats on the council. Five seats changed hands. The Conservative Party lost five seats, the Liberal Democrats gained three and the Labour Party gained two. The Conservatives remained in overall control of the council with a reduced total of 34 seats.{{cite news |url= http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/16204481.LOCAL_ELECTIONS___Difficult__night_as_Conservatives_lose_seats_in_West_Oxfordshire/ |last=Rust |first=Stuart |title=Tories lose five seats on West Oxfordshire District Council |newspaper=Oxford Mail |publisher=Newsquest |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=4 May 2018}} The Liberal Democrats remained the largest opposition group with eight seats. The Labour Party remained the third largest party with six seats.{{cite book |url=http://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/1736586/West-Oxfordshire-District-council-election-results-2011-2018.pdf |chapter=West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results – Thursday, 3rd May 2018 |title=West Oxfordshire District Council Election Results 2011–2018 |publisher=West Oxfordshire District Council |pages=2–3 |access-date=4 May 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225924/http://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/1736586/West-Oxfordshire-District-council-election-results-2011-2018.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Ward results
=Ascott and Shipton=
{{Election box begin |title=Ascott and Shipton 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Jake Ryan Acock
|votes = 457 |percentage = 52.8 |change = +43.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Tom Simcox
|votes = 337 |percentage = 38.9 |change = -23.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Sian Priscilla Florence O'Neill
|votes = 57 |percentage = 6.6 |change = -8.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Celia Jocelyn Kerslake
|votes = 15 |percentage = 1.7 |change = -10.9}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 866
|percentage = 51.15%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 120 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Bampton and Clanfield=
{{Election box begin |title=Bampton and Clanfield 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = James Francis Mills
|votes = 646 |percentage = 58.5 |change = -0.9 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dennis Thrale Walker
|votes = 214 |percentage = 19.4 |change = +11.0 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Trevor Ian License
|votes = 110 |percentage = 10.0 |change = +0.3 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pete Handley
|votes = 96 |percentage = 8.7 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Harriet Lorna Mary Kopinska
|votes = 38 |percentage = 3.4 |change = -6.2 }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,104
|percentage = 36.53%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 432 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Brize Norton and Shilton=
{{Election box begin |title=Brize Norton and Shilton 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alex Postan
|votes = 417 |percentage = 71.9 |change = +16.9 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gillian Elizabeth Workman
|votes = 94 |percentage = 16.2 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Stephen Parkinson
|votes = 69 |percentage = 11.9 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 580
|percentage = 37.46%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 323 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Burford=
{{Election box begin |title=Burford 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Derek Albert Cotterill
|votes = 503 |percentage = 75.0 |change = +1.7 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Anne Mortimer
|votes = 113 |percentage = 16.8 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Lawrence Ferrero
|votes = 55 |percentage = 8.2 |change = +2.3 }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 671
|percentage = 44.55%
|change =
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 390 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Carterton North East=
{{Election box begin |title=Carterton North East 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Martin Dominic McBride
|votes = 500 |percentage = 65.4 |change = +5.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Calvert Charles Stuart McGibbon
|votes = 167 |percentage = 21.8 |change = +7.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Derek George Laud
|votes = 98 |percentage = 12.8 |change = +6.8}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 765
|percentage = 19.67%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 333 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Carterton North West=
{{Election box begin |title=Carterton North West 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Maxine Judith Crosland
|votes = 626 |percentage = 68.9 |change = +8.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = David John Wesson
|votes = 189 |percentage = 20.8 |change = +8.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Ivan Aguado Melet
|votes = 94 |percentage = 10.3 |change = +5.0}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 909
|percentage = 24.13%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 437 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Carterton South=
{{Election box begin |title=Carterton South 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Nick Leverton
|votes = 572 |percentage = 69.7 |change = +8.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Benjamin Lawrence Lines
|votes = 111 |percentage = 13.5 |change = +7.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon David Adderley
|votes = 109 |percentage = 13.3 |change = +1.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andy King
|votes = 29 |percentage = 3.5 |change = -2.1}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 821
|percentage = 23.39%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 461 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Chipping Norton=
{{Election box begin |title=Chipping Norton 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Laetisia Catherine Carter
|votes = 1,116 |percentage = 59.0 |change = +10.8 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Gary Elwyn Jones
|votes = 490 |percentage = 25.9 |change = -15.1 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Juliet Elizabeth Anson Byrne
|votes = 284 |percentage = 15.0 |change = +12.2 }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,890
|percentage = 37.72%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 626 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Ducklington=
{{Election box begin |title=Ducklington 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ben Woodruff
|votes = 375 |percentage = 62.0 |change = +11.4 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = John Charles Cole
|votes = 119 |percentage = 19.7 |change = N/A }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Richard John Kelsall
|votes = 111 |percentage = 18.3 |change = +0.4 }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 605
|percentage = 35.35%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 256 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Eynsham and Cassington=
{{Election box begin |title=Eynsham and Cassington 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Carl Martin Rylett
|votes = 1,062 |percentage = 49.4 |change = +29.4 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Abdul Mubin
|votes = 604 |percentage = 28.1 |change = -10.4 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Elsa Louise Dawson
|votes = 383 |percentage = 17.8 |change = -9.8 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Helen Gavin
|votes = 102 |percentage = 4.7 |change = -9.2 }}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,151
|percentage = 44.61%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 458 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Freeland and Hanborough=
{{Election box begin |title=Freeland and Hanborough 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Merilyn Elizabeth Davies
|votes = 741 |percentage = 45.6 |change = +33.4}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Alaa Hassan Al-Yousuf
|votes = 602 |percentage = 37.1 |change = -10.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Colin Graham Dingwall
|votes = 570 |percentage = 35.1 |change = -12.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andrew Philip Lesnik
|votes = 442 |percentage = 27.2 |change = +15.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Stuart Brooks
|votes = 370 |percentage = 22.8 |change = N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Andrew Wright
|votes = 123 |percentage = 7.6 |change = -4.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Andy Crick
|votes = 122 |percentage = 7.5 |change = -9.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Chris Tatton
|votes = 95 |percentage = 5.8 |change = -11.5}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,624
|percentage = 47.68%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 139 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=The Bartons=
{{Election box begin |title=The Bartons 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dave Jackson
|votes = 423 |percentage = 53.0 |change = +37.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jonny Rosemont
|votes = 342 |percentage = 42.9 |change = -19.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Aaron James Michael Miles
|votes = 33 |percentage = 4.1 |change = N/A}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 798
|percentage = 52.11%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 81 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Witney East=
{{Election box begin |title=Witney East 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Rosalind Moya Bolger
|votes = 869 |percentage = 44.1 |change = -3.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ron Spurs
|votes = 859 |percentage = 43.6 |change = -0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Gabriel William Jonathan Schenk
|votes = 130 |percentage = 6.6 |change = +4.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Stuart Sutherland McDonald
|votes = 111 |percentage = 5.6 |change = +0.5}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,969
|percentage = 33.96%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 10 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Witney South=
{{Election box begin |title=Witney South 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Anthony David Harvey
|votes = 666 |percentage = 42.9 |change = -6.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Owen Gregory Blase Collins
|votes = 640 |percentage = 41.2 |change = +7.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Carol Rae Cather
|votes = 134 |percentage = 8.6 |change = -0.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christopher John Blount
|votes = 113 |percentage = 7.3 |change = -1.2}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,553
|percentage = 32.50%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 26 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
=Woodstock and Bladon=
{{Election box begin |title=Woodstock and Bladon 2018}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Julian Craig Cooper
|votes = 604 |percentage = 42.0 |change = -0.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Betsy Glasgow
|votes = 403 |percentage = 28.0 |change = -13.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sharone Parnes
|votes = 154 |percentage = 10.7 |change = N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|candidate = Mathew Oliver William Parkinson
|votes = 152 |percentage = 10.6 |change = +4.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Dave Baldwin
|votes = 125 |percentage = 8.7 |change = -0.5}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,438
|percentage = 43.77%
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 201 |percentage = |change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|swing = }}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{United Kingdom local elections, 2018}}
{{Oxfordshire elections}}