2022 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2022 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One-third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party lost control of the council to no overall control.

Results summary[edit]

2022 West Oxfordshire District Council election[1]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	4	5	25.0	19	23	46.9	7,964	37.4	-4.7
	Liberal Democrats	8	4	50.0	6	14	28.6	7,681	36.0	+12.0
	Labour	3		18.8	5	8	16.3	4,105	19.3	-2.9
	Green	1	1	6.3	1	2	4.1	1,367	6.4	-4.6
	Independent	0		0.0	2	2	4.1	164	0.8	+0.3
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	39	0.2	New

The votes were counted at the Windrush Leisure Centre in Witney. The turnout was given as 39 percent.^[2] Following these election results the Conservatives lost control of West Oxfordshire after being in charge for 22 years. The deputy leader of the council lost his seat.^[3]

Ward results[edit]

Ascott and Shipton[edit]

Ascott and Shipton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Cooper	368	42.0	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Sumner	364	41.5	-11.3
	Labour Co-op	Sue Richards	145	16.5	+9.9
Majority			4	0.5
Turnout			881	51.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	7.2

Bampton and Clanfield[edit]

Bampton and Clanfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alaric Smith	647	46.7	+20.2
	Conservative	Rupert Dent	606	43.7	-19.0
	Labour	Nathaniel Miles	71	5.1	-5.7
	Green	Alma Tumilowicz	62	4.5	N/A
Majority			41	3.0
Turnout			1,389	42.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	19.6

Brize Norton and Shilton[edit]

Burford[edit]

Burford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hugo Ashton	511	66.3	+49.5
	Conservative	Craig Brown	202	26.2	-48.8
	Labour	George Richmond	58	7.5	-0.7
Majority			309	40.1
Turnout			774	48.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	49.2

Carterton North East[edit]

Carterton North East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin McBride	428	44.6	-15.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Melvin	423	44.1	+33.2
	Green	Anthony Barrett	108	11.3	-4.7
Majority			5	0.5
Turnout			968	23.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	24.2

Carterton North West[edit]

Carterton North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie King	460	38.4	+27.0
	Conservative	Kim Wood	455	38.0	-1.9
	Independent	Pete Handley	164	13.7	-23.5
	Labour Co-op	Dave Wesson	79	6.6	-4.9
	Heritage	David Cox	39	3.3	N/A
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,199	30.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	14.5

Carterton South[edit]

Carterton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Leverton	586	65.0	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Roell	316	35.0	+21.5
Majority			270	30.0
Turnout			909	26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.2

Chipping Norton[edit]

Chipping Norton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rizvana Poole	1,237	61.0	+6.2
	Conservative	Emma Leeming	607	29.9	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ivan Aguado	185	9.1	+3.9
Majority			630	31.1
Turnout			2,055	37.1
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	2.2

Ducklington[edit]

Ducklington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Woodruff	344	48.0	-14.0
	Labour	Rachel Crouch	285	39.7	+21.4
	Green	Carol Cather	88	12.3	N/A
Majority			59	8.3
Turnout			725	36.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.7

Eynsham and Cassington[edit]

Eynsham and Cassington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carl Rylett	1,324	63.1	+7.7
	Conservative	Terrel Mollel	460	21.9	-9.3
	Labour	Lucy Wallis	178	8.5	+0.9
	Green	Celia Kerslake	135	6.4	+0.6
Majority			864	41.2
Turnout			2,105	41.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.5

Freeland and Hanborough[edit]

Freeland and Hanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lidia Arciszewska	872	50.7	+22.8
	Conservative	Merilyn Davies	741	43.1	-8.6
	Green	Timothy Eden	107	6.2	-0.7
Majority			131	7.6
Turnout			1,724	43.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	15.7

Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt[edit]

Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Maynard	1,019	58.0	+23.9
	Conservative	Sean Grace	739	42.0	-14.3
Majority			280	16.0
Turnout			1,767	48.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	19.1

The Bartons[edit]

The Bartons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Jackson	543	74.4	+21.4
	Conservative	Richard Jackson	160	21.9	-21.0
	Green	Frances Mortimer	27	3.7	N/A
Majority			383	52.5
Turnout			731	47.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	21.2

Witney East[edit]

Witney East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ruth Smith	1,020	47.5	-0.3
	Conservative	Toby Morris	773	36.0	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Bailey	190	8.8	+4.0
	Green	Harriet Kopinska	164	7.6	-4.4
Majority			247	11.5
Turnout			2,162	38.2
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	0.5

Witney South[edit]

Witney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Brooker	790	46.1	+11.4
	Conservative	David Harvey	721	42.1	-2.9
	Green	Sandra Simpson	203	11.8	+2.9
Majority			69	4.0
Turnout			1,722	35.9
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	7.2

Losing Conservative candidate, David Harvey, had been the district councillor for 24 years and was the deputy leader of the council.^[3]

Woodstock and Bladon[edit]

Woodstock and Bladon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Cooper	827	51.3	+1.3
	Conservative	Sharone Parnes	453	28.1	-5.5
	Labour	Veronica Oakeshott	242	15.0	+7.3
	Green	Barry Wheatley	90	5.6	-3.1
Majority			374	23.2
Turnout			1,618	46.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	3.4

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