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Local Election Results 2008

Oxford

One-half of council up for election.

IWCA = Independent Working Class Association

Other results for Oxford: 2002 2004 2006 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
By-elections for Oxford (may be incomplete): 21st October 2004 (Carfax) — 5th May 2005 (Blackbird Leys) — 21st July 2005 (Northfield Brook) — 8th December 2005 (Jericho & Osney) — 27th July 2006 (Hinksey Park) — 21st September 2006 (Lye Valley) — 12th June 2008 (Holywell) — 26th March 2009 (Headington Hill & Northway) — 21st October 2010 (Barton & Sandhills) — 2nd May 2013 (Churchill; Rose Hill & Iffley) — 19th September 2013 (North) — 17th July 2014 (Cowley) — 4th September 2014 (Carfax) — 18th September 2014 (Quarry & Risinghurst) — 27th November 2014 (Blackbird Leys; Northfield Brook) — 22nd October 2015 (Northfield Brook) — 4th May 2017 (Barton & Sandhills) — 19th July 2018 (Headington) — 6th December 2018 (Wolvercote) — 29th September 2022 (Hinksey Park) — 2nd March 2023 (Littlemore) — 18th July 2024 (Marston)
Results for Oxfordshire county council: 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021

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Consolidated results — Oxford 2008

Party Votes Percent Seats
Labour 11882 34.6% 12
Liberal Democrat 7857 22.8% 8
Conservative 6960 20.2% 0
Green Party 5824 16.9% 3
Independent Working Class Association 1329 3.9% 1
Independent 537 1.6% 0

Barton and Sandhills

Malcolm Murray LD 528 34.3%
Andrew Lomas Lab 524 34.0%
Timothy Hamer C 406 26.4%
Raymond Hitchins Grn 82 5.3%

Blackbird Leys [Lab gain from IWCA]

Valerie Smith Lab 647 54.3%
Lee Cole IWCA 417 35.0%
Gareth Jennings C 79 6.6%
Susan Tibbles Grn 28 2.4%
Ian Bearder LD 20 1.7%

Carfax

Stephen Brown LD 375 35.7%
Paul Sargent C 284 27.1%
Claudia Fitzherbert Grn 208 19.8%
Sarah Hutchinson Lab 182 17.3%

Churchill [Lab gain from IWCA]

Mark Lygo Lab 588 41.7%
Claire Kent IWCA 375 26.6%
Peter Bonney LD 227 16.1%
Gordon Bell C 172 12.2%
Eliza Hilton Grn 47 3.3%

Cowley

Bryan Keen Lab 692 48.2%
Judith Harley C 250 17.4%
Susan Gonzalez LD 224 15.6%
Alyson Duckmanton Grn 180 12.5%
Paul Garraway Ind 91 6.3%

Cowley Marsh [Lab gain from LD]

Sajjad-Hussain Malik Lab 773 51.4%
Antony Brett LD 447 29.7%
Lilian Sherwood Grn 153 10.2%
John Young C 131 8.7%

Headington

Ruth Wilkinson LD 564 35.4%
Andrew Clifford C 548 34.4%
Ivan Coulter Lab 266 16.7%
Jill Haas Grn 215 13.5%

Headington Hill and Northway

Maureen Christian Lab 485 36.3%
Marc Borja C 448 33.6%
Jonathan Coats LD 320 24.0%
Mary Livingstone Grn 82 6.1%

Hinksey Park

Oscar van Nooijen Lab 871 52.2%
Deborah Glass Woodin Grn 391 23.4%
Simon Mort C 222 13.3%
Joseph Chick LD 185 11.1%

Holywell [LD gain from Grn]

Nathan Pyle LD 481 45.4%
Alexander Stafford C 239 22.5%
Jon Sherwood Grn 196 18.5%
Kieran Hutchinson Dean Lab 144 13.6%

Iffley Fields

Elise Benjamin Grn 858 58.6%
Michael Rowley Lab 447 30.5%
Nicholas Carter C 159 10.9%

Jericho and Osney [Lab gain from LD]

Colin Cook Lab 907 53.2%
Adrian Rosser LD 301 17.6%
Sandhya Drew Grn 282 16.5%
Cameron Penny C 216 12.7%

Littlemore

John Tanner Lab 639 50.7%
Yvonne Lowe C 313 24.8%
Fiona Stevenson Grn 173 13.7%
Neil Fawcett LD 136 10.8%

Lye Valley

Robert Timbs Lab 741 60.0%
John Lowe C 258 20.9%
John Kentish Grn 126 10.2%
David White LD 110 8.9%

Marston [Lab gain from LD]

Beverley Hazell Lab 732 34.5%
Caroline van Zyl LD 544 25.6%
Michael Haines Ind 437 20.6%
Duncan Hatfield C 302 14.2%
Alistair Morris Grn 108 5.1%

North

Clark Brundin LD 463 37.2%
Frances Kennett C 378 30.3%
Merlyn Lyons Grn 221 17.7%
Suzanne Ledwith Lab 184 14.8%

Northfield Brook

Stuart Craft IWCA 537 45.3%
Richard Stevens Lab 471 39.7%
Patricia Jones C 78 6.6%
Rosemary Morlin LD 56 4.7%
Kate Prendergast Grn 44 3.7%

Quarry and Risinghurst [Lab gain from LD]

Laurence Baxter Lab 786 37.6%
Tia Macgregor C 622 29.8%
Rosalind Rogers LD 585 28.0%
Donald O'Neal Grn 86 4.1%
Pathmanathan Mylvaganam Ind 9 0.4%

Rose Hill and Iffley

Edward Turner Lab 751 54.8%
Siddharth Deva C 230 16.8%
Catherine Bearder LD 207 15.1%
Larry Sanders Grn 182 13.3%

St Clement's

Nuala Young Grn 558 48.6%
Altaf Hussain Lab 280 24.4%
Matthew Dieppe LD 158 13.8%
Elizabeth Mills C 152 13.2%

St Margaret's

Gwynneth Royce LD 469 33.4%
Christopher Goodall Grn 390 27.8%
Robert Porter C 378 26.9%
James Fry Lab 168 12.0%

St Mary's

Matthew Morton Grn 488 57.1%
David Green Lab 180 21.1%
Carolyn ten Holter C 99 11.6%
Julia Goddard LD 87 10.2%

Summertown

Dennis McCready LD 747 44.2%
Clara Bantry White C 424 25.1%
Sarah Pethybridge Grn 349 20.7%
Scott Seamons Lab 169 10.0%

Wolvercote

Michael Gotch LD 623 34.1%
Joanne Bowlt C 572 31.3%
Mary Franklin Grn 377 20.6%
Michael Taylor Lab 255 14.0%

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