Labour candidate Val Smith has won Blackbird Leys from Lee Coles of the Independent Working Class Association.
Councillor Smith had previously left the city council voluntarily to focus her attentions on her seat on the county council where she felt she could have a greater influence.
She is the wife of Oxford East MP Andrew Smith who was formerly a cabinet member and is a close ally of Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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