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Chapter 40  Oxfordshire

There were no elections this year in Oxford, which holds elections by halves every two years.

40.1  Cherwell

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Adderbury, Banbury Calthorpe, Banbury Neithrop, Bloxham and Bodicote, Caversfield, Deddington, Fringford, Kirtlington, Launton, Otmoor, Sibford or Wroxton.

Ambrosden and Chesterton

Andrew Fulljames  C  517
Ralph Rookwood  LD  185

The Astons and Heyfords

Richard Makepeace  LD  718
Terence Miall  C  684

Banbury Easington

Nigel Morris  C  870
David Bullock  Lab  340
Gordon Gerry  Ind  306
Daphne Nash  LD  223
Michael Cull-Dodd  Grn  79

Banbury Grimsbury and Castle

Stephen Back  C  704
Gordon Ross  Lab  684

Banbury Hardwick

Nicholas Turner  C  504
Andrew Coles  Lab  331

Banbury Ruscote

Janet Justice  Lab  676
Keith Strangwood  C  652

Bicester East

John Hanna  Lab  542
Anthony Kempton  C  498
Olatunde Afilaka  LD  124

Bicester North

Eamonn Gilmore  C  564
Wendy Spencer  Lab  273
Stephen Creed  LD  146

Bicester South

Rose Stratford  C  405
Nicholas Cotter  LD  387
Nicholas Cherry  Lab  159

Bicester Town

Diana Edwards  C  564
John Broad  Lab  341
Neil Walton  LD  173

Bicester West

Leslie Sibley  Lab  774
Russell Hurle  C  690
Lorraine Read  LD  181
James Starkey  National Front  142

Cropredy

Rosemarie Higham  C  704
Peter Davis  LD  204

Hook Norton

Derrick Gasson  C  597
Martin Squires  LD  172

Kidlington North

John Wyse  LD  786
Susan Goodgame  C  408
Catharine Arakelian  Lab  245

Kidlington South

John Stansby  Lab  669
Devena Rae  LD  602
Barry Carter  C  507

Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton

Paul Evans  LD  818
Maurice Billington  C  589
Nicholas Goodwin  Grn  76

Consolidated Results — Cherwell

Conservative      9,457  47.7%  9 councillors
Labour            5,034  25.4%  4 councillors
Liberal Democrat  4,719  23.8%  3 councillors
Independent         306   1.5%
Green Party         155   0.8%
National Front      142   0.7%

40.2  South Oxfordshire

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

HRG = Henley Residents Group

Aston Rowant

Dorothy Brown  C  530
Christopher Savory  LD  105
Timothy Newell  Lab  76

Benson (2)

Susan Cooper  LD  862
Felix Bloomfield  C  791
Paul Booker  LD  787
Patrick Loughran  C  554

Berinsfield (2)

John Cotton  C  825
Philip Cross  C  764
Marc Hiles  LD  585
Carole Heath-Whyte  LD  490
Kenneth Hall  Lab  325
Michael Hall  Lab  229

Brightwell

Mary Greene  C  521
Jane Fishwick  LD  395

Chalgrove

David Turner  LD  510
Ann Pritchard  C  284
Paul Collins  Lab  47

Chiltern Woods

Julian Thomson  C  438
Felicity Chancellor  LD  212

Chinnor (2)

Linda Cameron  C  688
Patricia Haywood  Ind  523
David Heaven  C  513
Martin Wright  Ind  509
Eric Stanley  Ind  227
Julie Marfleet  Lab  180
Peter Cockayne  LD  151

Cholsey and Wallingford South (2)

Patricia Dawe  C  727
Andrea Leadsom  C  682
Janet Morgan  LD  671
Josephine Clyde  LD  628

Crowmarsh

Mark Jennings  C  402
John Griffin  LD  346

Didcot All Saints (2)

John Flood  C  552
Sara Davidson  Ind  438
Alan Thompson  C  419
Mark Fysh  Lab  391
Shirley Brown  Lab  381
Emma Beszant  LD  204

Didcot Ladygrove (3)

William Service  C  509
Colin Daukes  C  498
Marcus Harris  C  478
Jennifer Parry  LD  473
Andrew Jones  LD  468
Nicholas Hards  Lab  435
Anthony Worgan  LD  420
Philippa Giaretta  Lab  409
William Atkinson  Lab  402

Didcot Northbourne (2)

Michael McNulty  Lab  416
David Giaretta  Lab  388
Roger Jeffreys  C  265
Roger Hawlor  C  261
Miranda Jennings  LD  172

Didcot Park (2)

Margaret Davies  Lab  665
Eleanor Hards  Lab  630
Marie Flood  C  480
Lyndon Elias  C  442
Lee Thacker  LD  197
David Brooks-Saxl  Grn  169

Forest Hill and Holton

Patricia Purse  LD  585
John Walsh  C  295

Garsington

Ann Tomline  LD  471
Michael Belcher  C  309

Goring (2)

Elizabeth Ducker  C  1,222
Pearl Slatter  C  1,117
Alice Harrison  LD  640
Caroline Wardle  LD  590
James Norman  Grn  309

Great Milton

John Nowell-Smith  LD  419
Frank Nixey  C  333
Malcolm Newdick  Lab  92
Alistair Morris  Grn  58

Hagbourne

Patrick Greene  C  662
Jancis Smith  LD  203
Jeremy Goff  Lab  103

Henley North (2)

Kenneth Arlett  HRG  779
Gillian Zakss  HRG  710
Nigel Spencer-Jones  C  621
Bruce Harrison  C  563
Aidan Carlisle  Grn  142
Peter Pinfield  LD  142

Henley South (2)

Terry Buckett  HRG  895
Barry Wood  HRG  645
Alan Rooke  C  439
Anthony Lane  C  417
Noel Snell  LD  339
Susan Miles  Grn  145

Sandford

John Stimson  LD  275
Rolien Tremain  C  208
William Atkinson  Lab  66
David Scott  Grn  51

Shiplake (2)

Edward Rudge  C  973
Malcolm Leonard  C  945
Emily Cooper  LD  339
David Curl  LD  287

Sonning Common (2)

Donald Naish  C  983
Henry Kemp  C  908
Mary Martyn-Johns  LD  399
Peter Wardle  LD  335

Thame North (2)

David Bretherton  LD  526
Patrick Welply  C  471
Jeneva Paul  LD  418
Nicholas Carter  C  416
Euan Aitken  Lab  222
Christopher Chandler  Lab  201

Thame South (2)

Ann Midwinter  Ind  825
David Dodds  C  642
Mary Stiles  Lab  566
Ana Choudhury  C  460

Wallingford North (2)

Denis Strange  Ind  978
Nigel Moor  C  607
Norah Laurie  LD  581
John Cohan  C  363

Watlington (2)

Ian Mann  C  835
David Sloan  C  803
Jane Fleming  LD  741
Barbara Snell  LD  617

Wheatley (2)

Roger Bell  LD  674
Sarah Gray  LD  638
John Hamer  C  566
Diana Ludlow  C  487
Matthew Andrews  Lab  184
Daniel Ferrett  Lab  155

Woodcote

Christopher Quinton  C  553
Robin Peirce  LD  398

Consolidated Results — South Oxfordshire

Conservative           16,701  44.4%  27 councillors
Liberal Democrat       11,615  30.9%   9 councillors
Labour                  3,768  10.0%   4 councillors
Independents            2,998   7.9%   4 councillors
Henley Residents Group  1,674   4.4%   4 councillors
Green Party               874   2.3%

40.3  Vale of White Horse

Whole council up for election on new ward boundaries.

Abingdon Abbey and Barton (2)

Julie Mayhew-Archer  LD  651
Anthony de Vere  LD  617
Robert Burrage  C  310
Michael How  C  283
Leslie Clyne  Lab  123

Abingdon Caldecott (2)

Paul Bizzell  LD  347
Mary de Vere  LD  344
Jonathan Godwin  C  193
Charles Parry  C  182
David Banner  Lab  139
Benjamin Woodham  Lab  137

Abingdon Dunmore (2)

Janet Morgan  LD  705
Peter Jones  C  666
Alexander Lovatt  C  659
Mark Richmond  LD  637
Clive Rowden  Lab  149

Abingdon Fitzharris (2)

Richard Gibson  LD  576
Monica Lovatt  C  552
David Calvert  C  543
Jeanette Halliday  LD  531
Marjorie McLellan  Lab  124
Barbara Wynn  Lab  122
Dorothy Giacomin  Grn  95

Abingdon Northcourt (2)

James Halliday  LD  681
Laurel Symons  LD  674
David Bowsher  C  353
Shaun Salter  C  337
Denise Watt  Lab  181
Alan Downe  Lab  171

Abingdon Ock Meadow (2)

Charles Badcock  C  599
Peter Green  LD  596
Samantha Bowring  LD  557
Andrew McLernan  C  532
Catherine Dallal  Lab  109
Brian Jeffries  Lab  96

Abingdon Peachcroft (2)

Alison Rooke  LD  688
Rosalind Smith  LD  680
Victoria Jenkins  C  407
Brian Wade  C  405
Robert Nichols  Lab  107

Appleton and Cumnor (3)

Derek Rawson  LD  1,013
Harry Dickinson  LD  886
John Woodford  LD  828
John Allen-Stevens  C  585
Stephan Pritchard  C  563
James Barraclough  C  495
Anne-Marie Heslop  Grn  270
James Hutton  Lab  219

Blewbury and Upton

Richard Farrell  LD  489
Kenneth Howard  C  201
Christopher Lakeland  Lab  75

Craven

Yvonne Constance  C  522
John Tamplin  LD  138
James Douglas  Lab  91

Drayton

Grahame Ash  LD  340
Rosemary Packer  C  168

Faringdon and The Coxwells (3)

Matthew Barber  C  891
Alison Thomson  C  852
Roger Cox  C  799
Jennifer Braithwaite  LD  719
Genevieve Webb  LD  650
Hilary Taylor  LD  592
Mohammed Yaqub  Lab  390
Stephen Leniec  Lab  360
Michael Ilott  Lab  350

Greendown

Andrew Crawford  LD  441
Anthony Hayward  C  273
Stuart Taylor  Lab  106

Grove (3)

David Phillips  C  787
Pamela Westwood  C  735
Virginia Stock  C  716
Zoe Patrick  LD  698
Susan Marchant  LD  596
Rosalind Hicks-Greene  LD  566
William Ackers  Lab  176
Roland Bashford  Lab  174
Pamela Thompson  Lab  135

Hanneys

Terence Cox  C  489
Paul Rollings  LD  201
Margaret Ward  Lab  51

Harwell (2)

Margaret Turner  C  765
Richard Stone  C  698
Angela Lawrence  LD  234
Helen Walter  Lab  221
David Allinson  LD  213

Hendreds (2)

Terence Fraser  LD  464
John Dunsdon  Ind  425
Bogdan Nedelkoff  LD  406
Michael Murray  C  374

Kennington and South Hinksey (2)

Jerry Patterson  LD  770
Sylvia Patterson  LD  765
Gareth Jennings  C  480
Denis Standen  C  426
Stephanie Brown  Lab  118

Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor

Melinda Tilley  C  383
Catherine Chater  LD  157
John Matthews  Lab  53

Longworth

Elsa Boyce  C  480
Josephine Gaberscik  LD  117
Geoffrey Beer  Lab  73

Marcham and Shippon

Jane Hanna  LD  447
Cyril Rudge  C  320

North Hinksey and Wytham (2)

Briony Newport  LD  753
David Quinlan  LD  615
Eric Batts  C  473
Ann Dykes  C  453
Robert Cowley  Grn  198

Radley

Robin Johnston  LD  487
Jennifer Standen  C  240
Lisa Smyth  Lab  49
Dominique Henderson  Grn  42

Shrivenham (2)

Peter Saunders  C  632
Claire Saunders  C  621
Bjorn Watson  LD  470
John Howson  LD  357

Stanford

Robert Sharp  C  367
Peter Gill  Lab  225
Anthea Beszant  LD  67

Sunningwell and Wootton (2)

Tessa Ward  LD  816
Christopher Wise  LD  725
Guy Rogers  C  376
Robert Porter  C  354
Cedric Edmonds-Brown  Lab  102

Sutton Courtenay and Appleford

Gervase Duffield  C  308
Edward Crask  Lab  192
Patrick Wallace  LD  134

Wantage Charlton (3)

Amanda Harland  C  800
James Moley  LD  727
Edwin Goldsmith  C  670
Carol Tomlinson  C  657
Jean Kent  LD  595
Peter Kent  LD  593
Francis Kelly  Lab  229
Michael Langston  Lab  226
Kevin Harris  Grn  205

Wantage Segsbury (2)

Jennifer Hannaby  LD  468
Joyce Hutchinson  LD  395
John Humphries  C  261
Adam Dodwell  C  247
Jean Nunn-Price  Lab  240
Stephen Quinton  Lab  195

Consolidated Results — Vale of White Horse

Liberal Democrat  14,394  44.4%  29 councillors
Conservative      13,255  40.9%  21 councillors
Labour             3,542  10.9%
Green Party          810   2.5%
Independent          425   1.3%   1 councillor

40.4  West Oxfordshire

One-third of council up for election. No elections this year in Ascott and Shipton, The Bartons, Brize Norton and Shilton, Burford, Chadlington and Churchill, Ducklington, Freeland and Hanborough, Milton-under-Wychwood, North Leigh, Standlake, Ashton and Stanton Harcourt or Woodstock and Bladon.

Alvescot and Filkins

Harry Watts  C  430
Peter Madden  LD  364
Duncan Enright  Lab  77

Bampton and Clanfield

Mary Neale  C  384
Anna Fairhurst  LD  107
Xanthe Bevis  Grn  40

Carterton North East

Mark Booty  C  576
Nicholas Locke  LD  503

Carterton North West

Keith Stone  C  235
Christopher Tatton  LD  98

Carterton South

Warwick Robinson  C  714
Malcolm West  LD  384

Charlbury and Finstock

David Rossiter  LD  838
Frances Pike  C  498
Jill Jones  Grn  114

Chipping Norton

Evelyn Coles  Lab  744
Carolyn Hazeel  C  631
Katharine Southey  LD  223

Eynsham and Cassington

Peter Handley  C  458
Paul Wesson  Ind  288
William Tunbridge  Lab  98

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield

Charles Cottrell-Dormer  Ind  782
Elizabeth Leffman  LD  184
Susan Turnbull  Grn  152

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone

Rodney Rose  C  660
Amanda Epps  LD  217
Georgina Burrows  Lab  206

Stonesfield and Tackley

Michael James Breakell  LD  735
Nick Potter  Ind  386
Tracy Dighton-Brown  Grn  60

Witney Central

Harriet Ryley  Ind  351
Andrew Creery  C  335
Richard Kelsall  Lab  290
Paul Slamin  LD  154
Paul Creighton  Grn  37

Witney East

David Nicholson  LD  571
Robert Barton  C  366
Mark Albert  Lab  118
Christopher Marchant  Grn  66

Witney North

Serena Martin  LD  439
Roger Curry  C  405
Richard Dossett-Davies  Grn  208

Witney South

David McFarlane  C  408
Thomas Titherington  Ind  334
Phillip Edney  Lab  224
James Robertshaw  UKIP  145
Olive Minett  LD  139
Stephen Mohammad  Grn  66

Witney West

Alvin Adams  C  300
Ian Lucas  Ind  179
David Wesson  Lab  103
Geoffrey Branner  LD  91
Colette Jones  Grn  45

Consolidated Results — West Oxfordshire

Conservative         6,400  38.6%  9 councillors
Liberal Democrat     5,047  30.5%  4 councillors
Independents         2,320  14.0%  2 councillors
Labour               1,860  11.2%  1 councillor
Green Party            788   4.8%
UK Independence Party  145   0.9%

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