West Oxfordshire District Council election, 2012

Map of the results of the 2012 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2012.

The 2012 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 41
• Labour 4
• Liberal Democrats 4^[2]

Background

After the last election in 2011 the Conservatives controlled the council with 44 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats had four seats and Labour had one seat.^[3] 17 seats were contested in 2011, with the Conservative party having a full 17 candidates, while Labour had 13, the Liberal Democrats 10 and the Green party had nine candidates.^[4]

Election result

The Conservatives lost three seats to Labour, but remained in control of the council with 41 councillors.^[5] The three Labour gains came in the wards of Chipping Norton, Witney Central and Witney East, taking the party to four seats on the council.^[5][6] This was level with the Liberal Democrats, who remained on four seats, but Liberal Democrat Elizabeth Poskitt did defeat the new Conservative leader of Oxfordshire County Council, Ian Hudspeth, in Woodstock and Bladon by 65 votes.^[7] The three Labour gains came in wards with no Liberal Democrat or Green candidates, while the Liberal Democrat gain came in a ward with no Labour or Green candidates, although the parties denied there had been any arrangement.^[7][8] Overall eight of the 11 councillors who stood were re-elected, while average turnout at the election was 34.77%.^[4]

Ward results

By-elections between 2012 and 2014

Carterton South

A by-election was held in Carterton South on 2 May 2013 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Joe Walcott.^[9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lynn Little with a majority of 369 votes over Labour candidate Dave Wesson.^[9]

Witney East

A by-election was held in Witney East on 2 May 2013 after the resignation of Conservative councillor Sian Davies.^[9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Jeanette Baker with a majority of 152 votes over Labour candidate Alfred Fullah.^[9]

Chipping Norton

A by-election was held in Chipping Norton on 7 November 2013 after the death of Labour councillor Rob Evans.^[10] The seat was held for Labour by Geoff Saul with a majority of 310 votes over Conservative candidate Joe Johnson.^[10]

References

Council elections in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Cherwell District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Oxford City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
South Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Vale of White Horse District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
West Oxfordshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
See also: Wards Boundary changes

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