Cherwell District Council elections

One third of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last comprehensive boundary changes in 2016, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Cherwell District Council election
• 1976 Cherwell District Council election
• 1979 Cherwell District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1980 Cherwell District Council election
• 1982 Cherwell District Council election
• 1983 Cherwell District Council election
• 1984 Cherwell District Council election
• 1986 Cherwell District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3]
• 1987 Cherwell District Council election
• 1988 Cherwell District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1990 Cherwell District Council election
• 1991 Cherwell District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• 1992 Cherwell District Council election
• 1994 Cherwell District Council election
• 1995 Cherwell District Council election
• 1996 Cherwell District Council election
• 1998 Cherwell District Council election
• 1999 Cherwell District Council election
• 2000 Cherwell District Council election
• 2002 Cherwell District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by two)^[6][7]
• 2003 Cherwell District Council election
• 2004 Cherwell District Council election
• 2006 Cherwell District Council election
• 2007 Cherwell District Council election
• 2008 Cherwell District Council election
• 2010 Cherwell District Council election
• 2011 Cherwell District Council election
• 2012 Cherwell District Council election
• 2014 Cherwell District Council election
• 2015 Cherwell District Council election
• 2016 Cherwell District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]
• 2018 Cherwell District Council election
• 2019 Cherwell District Council election
• 2021 Cherwell District Council election
• 2022 Cherwell District Council election
• 2023 Cherwell District Council election
• 2024 Cherwell District Council election

Results maps

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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2023 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Gosford and Watereaton By-Election 28 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		170	32.0
	Conservative		169	31.8
	Independent		100	18.8
	Labour		91	17.1
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			530	50.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Kidlington South East By-Election 22 January 1998^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	455	38.4	−1.1
	Labour	John Stansby	450	38.0	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyse	280	23.6	+8.9
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,185	27.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

1998-2002

Hardwick By-Election 23 July 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		382	51.9	+24.3
	Labour		306	41.6	−22.0
	Liberal Democrats		48	6.5	−2.4
Majority			76	10.3
Turnout			736
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Heyford By-Election 17 September 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		290	36.3	−24.2
	Independent		263	32.8	+32.8
	Conservative		247	30.9	−8.6
Majority			27	3.5
Turnout			800	47.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Calthorpe By-Election 27 September 2001^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		422	58.4	−2.1
	Labour		183	25.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats		117	16.2	+3.5
Majority			239	33.1
Turnout			722	14.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002-2006

Yarnton, Gorsford and Water Eaton By-Election 17 March 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	784	59.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	423	32.3	−11.1
	Labour	Catherine Arakelian	103	7.9	−1.5
Majority			361	27.5
Turnout			1,310	31.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

2006-2010

Kirtlington By-Election 31 July 2008^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Holland	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kidlington North By-Election 4 June 2009^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Williamson	828	49.2	−1.0
	Conservative	Trevor Elford	690	41.0	+2.2
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	165	9.8	−1.2
Majority			138	8.2
Turnout			1,683	40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2010-2014

Kidlington North By-Election 22 July 2010^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alaric Rose	526	42.2	−11.4
	Conservative	Eddie Stevens	419	33.6	−12.8
	Labour	Catherine Arakelian	216	17.3	+17.3
	UKIP	David Fairweather	86	6.9	+6.9
Majority			107	8.6
Turnout			1,247
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bicester North By-Election 29 September 2011^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Magee	443	65.9	+7.0
	Labour	Kevin Walsh	130	19.3	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Innes	99	14.7	−1.3
Majority			313	46.6
Turnout			672
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote By-Election 15 November 2012^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Ross	611	56.7	−4.8
	Conservative	Pat Tompson	349	32.4	+0.3
	UKIP	David Burton	117	10.9	+10.9
Majority			262	24.3
Turnout			1,077
	Labour hold		Swing

Hook Norton By-Election 2 May 2013^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Jelf	511	66.6	+8.1
	Labour	Perran Moon	155	20.2	−11.1
	Green	Colin Clark	101	13.2	+13.2
Majority			356	46.4
Turnout			767
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote By-Election 26 September 2013^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Cherry	758	58.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Pat Tompson	323	25.1	−7.0
	UKIP	Christian Miller	206	16.0	+16.0
Majority			435	33.8
Turnout			1,287
	Labour hold		Swing

2014-2016

Banbury Grimsbury and Castle By-Election 1 October 2015^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaida Hussain	781	45.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Tony Mepham	661	38.1	+3.1
	UKIP	Linda Wren	150	8.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ashworth	73	4.2	−1.3
	Green	Christopher Manley	72	4.1	−3.8
Majority			120	6.9
Turnout			1,737
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

2016-2022

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote By-Election 22 September 2016^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew McHugh	1,015	57.4	+8.5
	Labour	Sue Christie	286	16.2	−0.2
	Green	Naomi Kanetsuka	278	15.7	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Thomas	189	10.7	−2.8
Majority			729	41.2
Turnout			1,768
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "The Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2015", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2015/1, retrieved 24 April 2023
2. The District of Cherwell (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
3. The Cherwell and West Oxfordshire (Areas) Order 1985
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire (County Boundaries) Order 1988. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. "Cherwell". BBC Online. Retrieved 3 August 2008.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Cherwell (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Labour loses control of council". Oxford Mail. 23 January 1998. Retrieved 19 October 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
9. "Lib Dem boost in byelection". guardian.co.uk. 28 September 2001. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
10. "District Council By-Election". Cherwell District Council. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
11. "Kidlington by election result - 4 June 2009". Cherwell District Council. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Kidlington North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bicester North Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Banbury Ruscote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
15. "Local Elections Archive Project — Hook Norton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Banbury Ruscote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Banbury Grimsbury and Castle Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2022.

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Cherwell District Council