2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of South Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 36 seats to South Oxfordshire District Council
19 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader David Rouane Robin Bennett Stefan Gawrysiak
Party Liberal Democrats Green Henley Residents Group
Last election 12 seats, 27.8% 5 seats, 13.8% 3 seats, 4.9%
Seats before 13 5 3
Seats won 21 8 3
Seat change Increase 9 Increase 3 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Leader Mocky Khan Jane Murphy Elizabeth Gillespie
Party Labour Conservative South Oxfordshire Residents' Team
Last election 3 seats, 10.4% 10 seats, 29.3% 3 seats, 12.3%
Seats before 3 10 2
Seats won 3 1 0
Seat change Steady Decrease 9 Decrease 3
Council control before election


No overall control

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrat majority
Liberal Democrat

The Liberal Democrats won a majority of seats.

Summary

Election result

The Liberal Democrats gained control (from No Overall Control) at this election.[2] The Conservatives lost all except one seat at this election,[3] with the Lib Dems and Green Party making gains. Labour and the Henley Residents Group retained three seats each.[4]

2023 South Oxfordshire District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 24 21 Increase9
  Green 12 8 Increase3
  Labour 10 3 Steady
  Henley Residents Group 3 3 Steady
  Conservative 36 1 Decrease9
  Independent 3 - Decrease3
  Reform UK 2 - -
  SDP 2 - -

Ward results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by South Oxfordshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[5]

* = sitting councillor in this ward prior to election

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Benson & Crowmarsh (2 seats)[3][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Cooper* 1,589 34.2
Green Andrea Powell* 1,534 33.2
Conservative Felix Bloomfield 799 17.2
Conservative Gary Flux 719 15.5

Berinsfield
Berinsfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Robin Bennett* 761 80.0
Conservative Bob Dhillon 190 20.0

Chalgrove
Chalgrove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Turner* 929 86.3
Conservative Jit Patel 147 13.7

Chinnor
Chinnor (2 seats)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Sadler 1,354 28.9
Green Ali Gordon-Creed 1,334 28.5
Conservative Louise Heathcote 1,082 23.0
Conservative James Endean-Mills 919 19.6

Cholsey
Cholsey (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne-Marie Simpson* 1,634 28.9
Liberal Democrats Ben Manning 1,387 24.7
Independent Sue Roberts 912 16.2
Conservative Jane Murphy* 808 14.4
Conservative Paul Jackson 697 12.4
SDP Kyn Pomlett 188 3.4

Didcot North East
Didcot North East (3 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Rouane* 1,471 19.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Tinsley 1,237 16.5
Liberal Democrats Zia Mohammed 1,213 16.1
Conservative Andrea Warren* 739 9.8
Conservative Alan Thompson* 731 9.7
Conservative Annah Francisco 665 8.8
Labour Craig Wilson 548 7.3
Labour George Ryall 493 6.6
Labour Phil Wheeler 425 5.7

Didcot South
Didcot South (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Mocky Khan* 1,237 49.8
Labour Co-op Denise Macdonald 1,056 42.5
Labour Co-op Axel Macdonald* 926 37.3
Conservative Anthony Dearlove 765 30.8
Green Sarah Nohre 702 28.2
Liberal Democrats Jim Loder 635 25.6
Conservative Tom Wiltshire 611 24.6
Conservative Thomas Skuse 590 23.7
Liberal Democrats Hugh Macdonald 500 20.1
SDP Owen Edwards 327 13.2
Reform UK Peter Shields 106 4.3

Didcot West
Didcot West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Snowdon* 791 21.7
Liberal Democrats Tony Worgan 630 17.3
Green Adam Grindey 577 15.8
Conservative Lee Marsden 574 15.7
Labour James Broadbent 566 15.5
Labour Nick Hards 509 14.0

Forest Hill and Holton
Forest Hill & Holton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Greg Flynn
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder*

Garsington and Horspath
Garsington & Horspath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Ardern
Green James Meyer-Bejdl
Independent Sue Lawson
Independent Adrian Townsend
Labour Stuart Macbeth
Liberal Democrats Sam James-Lawrie

Goring
Goring
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Bulmer
Liberal Democrats Maggie Filipova-Rivers*

Haseley Brook
Haseley Brook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Newman
Liberal Democrats Georgina Heritage

Henley-on-Thames
Henley-on-Thames (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Henley Residents Group Stefan Gawrysiak* 1,934 21.6
Henley Residents Group Ken Arlett* 1,652 18.5
Henley Residents Group Kellie Hinton* 1,557 17.4
Conservative Lorraine Hillier 1,014 11.3
Conservative Dave Adkins 793 8.9
Green Helen Fraser 730 8.2
Conservative Hugh Legh 664 7.4
Liberal Democrats John Powell 612 6.8

Kidmore End and Whitchurch
Kidmore End & Whitchurch
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Peter Dragonetti* 717
Conservative Jim Donahue 430

Dragonetti had previously stood as an Independent, but was re-elected to the seat this time as a Green Party councillor.[4]

Sandford and the Wittenhams
Sandford & the Wittenhams
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Edwin Samu
Green Sam Casey-Rerhaye*

Sonning Common
Sonning Common (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Bartholomew*
Conservative Bruce Harrison
Liberal Democrats Mike Giles
Liberal Democrats Leigh Rawlins*

Rawlins was elected in 2019 as an Independent

Thame
Thame (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Dodds
Conservative William Hall
Conservative Dylan Thomas
Labour Steven Hartridge
Liberal Democrats Pieter-Paul Barker*
Liberal Democrats David Bretherton*
Liberal Democrats Kate Gregory*

Wallingford
Wallingford (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green James Barlow 2,032 42.6
Liberal Democrats Katharine Keats-Rohan 1,762 37.0
Conservative Adrian Lloyd 609 12.8
Conservative Chidinma Okolo 363 7.6

Watlington
Watlington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Petano-Heathcote
Liberal Democrats Freddie van Mierlo

Wheatley
Wheatley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lizzie Tully
Liberal Democrats Alexandrine Kantor*

Woodcote and Rotherfield
Woodcote & Rotherfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julian Kingsbury
Conservative Pauline Vahey
Green James Norman
Green Jo Robb*
Reform UK David Carpin

References
  1. "Notice of election" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. "Elections 2023 - South Oxfordshire election result". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. Tait, Albert (5 May 2023). "South Ox and Vale election results: Full breakdown". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. "Local elections 2023: Conservatives suffer losses throughout South Oxfordshire". Henley Standard. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). South Oxfordshire District Council. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  6. "Election Results - Wards". South Oxfordshire District Council. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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