A third of the seats on Cherwell District Council were up for election yesterday, Thursday May 5.
Here are the results.
Labour now hold 10 seats (+1), the Liberal Democrats seven (+4) and the Green Party two (+1). John Broad won his seat again to ensure there remain four independent members.
Find the full list of the councillors elected below:
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote
1. David Richard Hingley (Lib Dems) – 1,801 votes (elected)
2. Tony Mepham (Conservative) – 902 votes
3. Sian Frances Tohill-Martin (Labour) – 305 votes
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
1. Ian Andrew Harwood (Conservative) – 1,320 votes (elected)
2. Isabel Amelia Creed (Labour) – 1,207 votes
3. Robert Pattenden (Lib Dems) – 301 votes
Banbury Cross and Neithrop
1. Chuk Okele (Labour) – 1,103 votes (elected)
2. Fiaz Ahmed (Conservative) – 769 votes
3. Ash Haeger (Lib Dems) – 300 votes
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
1. Rebecca Louise Crompton (Labour) – 1,158 votes (elected)
2. Ben Rikki Davenport Dalton (Conservative) – 556 votes
3. Karl Michael Kazimierz (Green) – 176 votes
4. David Thomas Yeomans (Lib Dems) – 159 votes
Banbury Hardwick
1. Andrew Stephen Crichton (Labour) – 798 votes (elected)
2. Tony Ilott (Conservative) – 717 votes
3. Alison Nuttall (Green) – 182 votes
4. Andrew John Raisbeck (Lib Dems) – 150 votes
Banbury Ruscote
1. Amanda Jane Watkins (Labour) – 922 votes (elected)
2. Jayne Claire Stangwood (Conservative) – 562 votes
3. Steve Buckwell (Lib Dems) – 172 votes
Bicester East
1. Donna Lynn Ford (Conservative) – 947 votes (elected)
2. Damien Maguire (Green) – 544 votes
3. Samuel Akbur (Labour) – 483 votes
Bicester North and Caversfield
1. Nick Mawer (Conservative) – 797 votes (elected)
2. Bais Arjunsingh (Labour) – 546 votes
3. Simon Harold Lytton (Lib Dems) – 386 votes
4. Amanda Jane Maguire (Green) – 218 votes
Bicester South and Ambrosden
1. Christopher John Pruden (Lib Dems) – 1,732 votes (elected)
2. Sundeep Bhupendar Singh (Conservative) – 982 votes
3. Sian Roscoe (Labour) – 412 votes
Bicester West
1. John Leslie Broad (Independent) – 1,092 votes (elected)
2. Sam James Holland (Conservative) – 615 votes
3. Steven Uttley (Labour) – 382 votes
Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton
1. Phil Chapman (Conservative) – 1,396 votes (elected)
2. Xenia Octavia Asphodel Huntley (Lib Dems) – 707 votes
3. Anne Felicia Cullen (Labour) – 701 votes
Deddington
1. Eddie Reeves (Conservative) – 1,416 votes (elected)
2. Annette Murphy (Labour) – 690 votes
3. James Henry Dean Hartley (Lib Dems) – 640 votes
4. Aaron James Bliss (Green) – 339 votes
Fringford and Heyfords
1. Barry Victor Wood (Conservative) – 1,066 votes (elected)
2. Dillie Keane (Lib Dems) – 508 votes
3. Sylvia Howells (Labour) – 474 votes
4. Jenny Tamblyn (Green) – 460 votes
Kidlington East
1. Fiona Valerie Mawson (Green) – 1,322 votes (elected)
2. Nigel Jason Simpson (Conservative) – 1,070 votes
3. Sarah Louise Stephenson-Hunter (Labour) – 432 votes
Kidlington West
1. Jean Conway (Lib Dems) – 1,465 votes (elected)
2. Helen Jane Kingsley (Conservative) – 1,005 votes
3. Chidi Uche (Labour) – 325 votes
Launton and Otmoor*
1. Gemma Louise Coton (Lib Dems) – 1,477 votes (elected, four-year term)
2. Angus Vaughan Patrick (Lib Dems) – 1,322 votes (elected, one-year term)
3. David Leonard Hughes (Conservative) – 1,091 votes
4. Steve Jackson (Conservative) – 958 votes
5. Joanne Howells (Labour) – 267 votes
6. Naomi Karslake (Labour) – 229 votes
*Two councillors elected following resignation. The councillor with the most votes won the longest term.
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