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South Oxfordshire District Council, a non-metropolitan district council in Oxfordshire, England is elected every four years.

Following the boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors were elected from 29 wards.[1] As a result of The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014, the number of councillors/wards reduced to 36/21 from the 2015 local elections.[2]

Council elections

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Election results

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Overall control Conservative Lib Dem Labour Green HRG Independent
2023 Liberal Democrat 1 21 3 8 3 -
2019 NOC 10 12 3 5 3 3
2015 Conservative 33 1 1 - 1 -
2011 Conservative 33 4 4 - 2 5
2007 Conservative 38 6 1 - 1 2
2003 Conservative 27 9 4 - 4 4

Results maps

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  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map

By-election results

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1995-1999

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Didcot South By-Election 14 November 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 567 49.7
Liberal Democrats 319 28.0
Conservative 254 22.3
Majority 248 21.7
Turnout 1,140 24.5
Labour hold Swing
Kidmore End By-Election 6 February 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 409 62.0
Liberal Democrats 215 32.6
Labour 36 5.4
Majority 194 29.4
Turnout 660
Conservative hold Swing
Horspath By-Election 9 December 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 452 80.0 +14.0
Conservative 113 20.0 +20.0
Majority 339 60.0
Turnout 565 53.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1999-2003

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Cholsey By-Election 16 March 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 652 55.5 +1.2
Conservative 524 44.6 −1.2
Majority 128 10.9
Turnout 1,176 38.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Henley By-Election 22 February 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 827 49.8 +12.7
Independent 585 35.2 +8.5
Independent 249 15.0 +15.0
Majority 242 14.6
Turnout 1,661 19.2
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 11 October 2001[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 676 52.1 +2.0
Conservative 310 23.9 −4.9
Liberal Democrats 270 20.8 +8.2
Green 42 3.2 −5.2
Majority 366 28.2
Turnout 1,298
Labour hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 1 November 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 561 50.4 +15.7
Liberal Democrats 253 31.7 −0.9
Labour 200 18.0 −2.2
Majority 208 18.7
Turnout 1,014 36.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Watlington By-Election 10 October 2002[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Crossman 441 61.1 +23.8
Liberal Democrats 281 38.9 −23.8
Majority 160 22.2
Turnout 722 32.2
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2003-2007

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Sonning Common By-Election 23 September 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Harrison 591 70.6 −0.5
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle 177 21.1 −7.8
Labour Mary Stiles 69 8.2 +8.2
Majority 414 49.5
Turnout 837 19.6
Conservative hold Swing
Shiplake By-Election 5 May 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Jones 1,649 63.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Wardle 535 20.7
Labour Janet Matthews 397 15.4
Majority 1,114 43.2
Turnout 2,581
Conservative hold Swing
Wallingford North By-Election 27 October 2005[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Imran Lokhan 479 51.5 +23.5
Liberal Democrats Alec Hayton 374 40.7 +13.9
Green Melanie Belgrove Jones 72 7.8 +7.8
Majority 100 10.8
Turnout 920 22.0
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Watlington By-Election 23 March 2006[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Angela Paterson 737 72.9 +19.9
Liberal Democrats Bernard Moseley 274 27.1 −19.9
Majority 463 45.8
Turnout 1,011 24.8
Conservative hold Swing

2007-2011

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Thame North By-Election 30 October 2008[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Welply 423 50.5 +8.3
Liberal Democrats Jeannette Matelot 287 34.3 −9.5
Labour May Stiles 127 15.2 +1.3
Majority 136 16.2
Turnout 837 18.9
Conservative hold Swing
Chiltern Woods By-Election 19 March 2009[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Nimmo-Smith 382 79.4 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Julian Allison 99 20.6 +5.2
Majority 283 58.8
Turnout 481 25.9
Conservative hold Swing
Henley South By-Election 11 February 2010[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Elizabeth Hodgkin 642 52.5 +0.6
Conservative David Silvester 472 38.6 +10.5
Liberal Democrats George Levy 110 9.0 +0.2
Majority 170 13.9
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Crowmarsh By-Election 3 June 2010[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Griffin 327 55.9 +10.1
Conservative Kristina Crabbe 258 44.1 −10.1
Majority 69 11.8
Turnout 585 32.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2011-2015

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Chinnor By-Election 10 May 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lynn Lloyd 591 48.3 −1.4
Independent Martin Wright 449 36.7 +36.7
Labour Simon Stone 184 15.0 −0.4
Majority 142 11.6
Turnout 1,224
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot All Saints By-Election 25 October 2012[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Denise MacDonald 436 47.0 +4.3
Conservative Jane Murphy 340 36.7 −5.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Jones 151 16.3 +1.4
Majority 96 10.4
Turnout 927
Labour hold Swing

2015-2019

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Sandford and the Wittenhams By-Election 8 October 2015[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Lawson 290 42.8 −4.3
Liberal Democrats Simon Thompson 249 36.7 +16.3
Labour Jim Merritt 89 13.1 −3.7
Green Sam Casey-Rerhaye 50 7.4 −8.3
Majority 41 6.0
Turnout 678
Conservative hold Swing
Sonning Common By-Election 22 October 2015[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Hall 635 66.0 +5.6
Labour David Winchester 200 20.8 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper 127 13.2 +2.5
Majority 435 45.2
Turnout 962
Conservative hold Swing
Didcot South By-Election 13 July 2017[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mocky Khan 631 43.6 +12.6
Conservative Jackie Billington 528 36.5 +4.1
Liberal Democrats Veronika Williams 127 20.0 +3.7
Majority 103 7.1
Turnout 1,448
Labour hold Swing
Didcot West By-Election 13 July 2017[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Snowdon 429 43.2 +3.4
Labour Denise Macdonald 393 39.5 +12.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Smith 172 17.3 +1.3
Majority 36 3.6
Turnout 994
Conservative hold Swing
Haseley Brook By-Election 19 October 2017[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Caroline Newton N/A N/A N/A
Conservative hold Swing
Benson and Crowmarsh By-Election 7 June 2018[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper 1,048 57.4 +27.2
Conservative Domenic Papa 658 36.0 −10.6
Labour William Sorenson 121 6.6 −4.0
Majority 390 21.3
Turnout 1,827
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

2019-2023

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Didcot North East By-Election 6 May 2021[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrea Warren 1,113 40.7 +21.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Giesberg 953 34.8 +9.6
Labour Nick Hards 670 24.5 +8.0
Majority 160 5.8
Turnout 2,736
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Forest Hill and Holton By-Election 6 May 2021[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder 907 64.3 +8.1
Conservative John Walsh 503 35.7 +1.7
Majority 404 28.7
Turnout 1,410
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2023-2027

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Cholsey By-Election 5 December 2024[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Crispin Topping 949 62.2
Conservative Alan Thompson 362 23.7
SDP Kym Pomlett 116 7.6
Labour Jim Broadbent 71 4.7
Independent Karen Shoobridge 28 1.8
Majority 587 38.5
Turnout 1,526
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Past local elections results". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
  2. ^ "The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 - Schedule". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1977. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ^ The Berkshire and Oxfordshire (Areas) (Amendment) Order 1977
  5. ^ The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  6. ^ The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1985
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991 [permanent dead link‍]. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991 Archived 25 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  11. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 Archived 13 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  12. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The South Oxfordshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2014 [permanent dead link‍]. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  13. ^ "Big gains for Labour in council byelections". guardian.co.uk. 12 October 2001. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  14. ^ "Tories take Watlington". guardian.co.uk. 11 October 2002. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  15. ^ "Lib Dems falter in local byelections". guardian.co.uk. 28 October 2005. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  16. ^ "BNP suffers defeat in Bradford byelection". guardian.co.uk. 24 March 2006. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  17. ^ "Thame By-Election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  18. ^ "Chiltern Woods By-election". South Oxfordshire District Council. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  19. ^ "I did this for Terry". Henley Standard. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  20. ^ "Clean sweep for Lib Dems in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  21. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chinnor Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  23. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot All Saints Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  24. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Sonning Common Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot West Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Haseley Brook Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  28. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Benson and Crowmarsh Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  29. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Didcot North East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Forest Hill and Holton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  31. ^ "Election of a District Councillor for Cholsey Ward on 5 December 2024" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
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