Oxfordshire County Council elections

Oxfordshire County Council is elected every four years.

Election results

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats[a]	Labour	Green[b]	Reform	HRG	Independent	Council control after election
1973[1]	37	3	21	–	–	–	9		Conservative
1977[c][1]	61	2	3				3		Conservative
1981[1]	36	10[d]	19	0			4		Conservative
1985[e][1]	31	18	20	0			1		No overall control
1989[1]	33	13	23	0			1		No overall control
1993[1]	25	20	24	1			0		No overall control
1997[1]	27	19	22	2			0		No overall control
2001[1]	25	19	24	2			0		No overall control
2005[f][1]	43	17	9	5		0	0		Conservative
2009[1]	52	10	9	2		–	1		Conservative
2013[g][5]	31	11	15	2		0	4		No overall control
2017[6]	31	13	14	0		1	4		No overall control
2021[7]	21	21	16	3		1	1		No overall control
2025[h]	10	36	12	7	1	1	2[i]		Liberal Democrats

County result maps

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  2005 results map
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  2009 results map
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  2013 results map
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  2017 results map
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  2021 results map
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  2025 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Wolvercote By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,085	47.4	+4.9
	Conservative		582	25.4	+0.4
	Labour		352	15.4	−5.7
	Green		270	11.8	+0.4
Majority			503	22.0
Turnout			2,289
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Temple Cowley By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		537	42.5	−9.0
	Labour		520	41.1	+5.8
	Conservative		124	9.8	+1.3
	Green		83	6.6	+1.9
Majority			17	1.4
Turnout			1,264	22.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

West By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		630	40.0	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats		597	37.9	+8.1
	Green		198	12.6	−7.6
	Conservative		127	8.1	−1.2
	Independent		22	1.4	+1.4
Majority			33	2.1
Turnout			1,574	26.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		348	48.0	+27.0
	Labour		314	43.9	−20.1
	Liberal Democrats		58	8.1	−6.9
Majority			29	4.1
Turnout			715	12.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Sonning Common By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		731	47.0	+19.8
	Conservative		651	41.9	−10.3
	Labour		172	11.1	−4.1
Majority			80	5.1
Turnout			1,554	26.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2001-2005

Wolvercote By-Election 2 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		1,063	40.4	+9.7
	Green		769	29.2	−5.2
	Conservative		530	20.1	+0.0
	Labour		271	10.3	−3.7
Majority			294	11.2
Turnout			2,633	47.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Deddington By-Election 3 October 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,172	59.6	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats		588	30.0	−7.0
	Labour		205	10.4	+10.4
Majority			584	29.6
Turnout			1,965	25.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wolvercote By-Election 27 November 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		732	39.6	+8.9
	Green		693	37.5	+3.1
	Conservative		327	17.7	−3.1
	Labour		95	5.1	−8.9
Majority			39	2.1
Turnout			1,847	31.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Dorchester By-Election 19 February 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,070
	Labour		152
	Green		87
Majority
Turnout				29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley South By-Election 19 February 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		920	54.9	−5.1
	Resident		405	24.2	+24.2
	Liberal Democrats		118	7.0	−19.7
	Independent		103	6.1	+6.1
	Green		66	3.9	−3.5
	Labour		63	3.8	−2.1
Majority			515	30.7
Turnout			1,675	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hanborough By-Election 10 June 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin James	1,657	52.9	+19.0
	Conservative	Ian Hudspeth	1,476	47.1	+1.1
Majority			181	5.8
Turnout			3,133	53.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2005-2009

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle By-Election 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole Bonner	880	51.5	+14.4
	Labour	Royston Mold	488	28.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Choudry Anjum	340	19.9	−2.2
Majority			392	22.9
Turnout			1,708	24.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eynsham By-Election 4 May 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Mathew	1,652	53.0	+17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Brooks	1,034	33.2	−11.1
	Green	Xanthe Bevis	254	8.2	+1.2
	Labour	Richard Kelsall	176	5.6	−8.0
Majority			618	19.8
Turnout			3,116	43.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Carterton South West By-Election 21 June 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Handley	934	67.5	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Madden	348	25.1	−2.1
	Labour	David Wesson	102	7.4	−10.6
Majority			586	42.4
Turnout			1,384
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grove and Wantage By-Election 13 February 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Hannaby	1,901	46.7	+11.1
	Conservative	Bill Melotti	1,786	43.9	+11.0
	Labour	Jean Nunn-Price	382	9.4	−14.3
Majority			115	2.8
Turnout			4,069
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wallingford By-Election 13 March 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynda Atkins	867	65.6	+65.6
	Conservative	Patricia Dawe	386	29.2	−4.6
	Labour	Charles Gill	69	5.2	−8.2
Majority			481	36.4
Turnout			1,322	19.7
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kidlington and Yarnton By-Election 1 May 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	2,921	52.2	+13.7
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	1,681	30.0	−1.4
	Labour	Chris Robins	675	12.1	−11.0
	Green	Janet Warren	321	5.7	−1.3
Majority			1,240	22.2
Turnout			5,598	39.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

2009-2013

Watlington By-Election 19 April 2012^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Newton	865	62.2	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hancock	259	18.6	+3.6
	Labour	James Merritt	157	11.3	+6.7
	UKIP	Jonathan Kent	110	7.9	+7.9
Majority			606	43.6
Turnout			1,391
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,606	64.6	+24.4
	Conservative	Judith Harley	384	15.4	−7.3
	Green	Paul Skinner	330	13.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tait	167	6.7	−8.2
Majority			1,222	49.1
Turnout			2,487
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowley and Littlemore By-Election 12 July 2012^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,606	64.6	+24.4
	Conservative	Judith Harley	384	15.4	−7.3
	Green	Paul Skinner	330	13.3	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tait	167	6.7	−8.2
Majority			1,222	49.1
Turnout			2,487
	Labour hold		Swing

2013-2017

Chalgrove and Watlington By-Election 27 March 2014^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Harrod	871	41.8	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Cooper	629	30.2	+12.4
	UKIP	Craig Laird	311	14.9	+14.9
	Labour	Paul Collins	159	7.6	−5.0
	Green	Colin Tudge	116	5.6	−6.3
Majority			242	11.6
Turnout			2,086
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leys By-Election 27 November 2014^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steve Curran	879	70.4	−11.1
	UKIP	Dave Slater	168	13.5	+13.5
	Conservative	Samuel Burgess	88	7.0	−0.6
	Green	Ann Duncan	57	4.6	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mallinder	30	2.4	−1.1
	TUSC	James Morbin	27	2.2	+2.2
Majority			711	56.9
Turnout			1,249
	Labour hold		Swing

Witney West and Bampton By-Election 7 May 2015^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Mills	3,465	59.0	+10.2
	Labour	Calvert McGibbon	800	13.6	−0.3
	UKIP	Jim Stanley	678	11.5	−13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	472	8.0	+2.5
	Green	Nick Owen	462	7.9	+1.0
Majority			2,665	45.3
Turnout			5,877
	Conservative hold		Swing

2017-2021

Iffley Fields and St Mary’s By-Election 18 October 2018^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Damian Haywood	1,162	48.6	+1.7
	Green	Arthur Wiliams	1,087	45.4	+4.7
	Conservative	Paul Sims	100	4.2	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Josie Procter	43	1.8	−5.0
Majority			75	3.1
Turnout			2,392	33
	Labour hold		Swing

Grove and Wantage By-Election 15 November 2018^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Hanna	1,925	47.9	+4.5
	Conservative	Benjamin Mabbett	1,447	36.0	+0.7
	Labour	David Gernon	459	11.4	−2.0
	Green	Kevin Harris	185	4.6	−3.3
Majority			478	11.9
Turnout			4,016	27.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatley By-Election 29 November 2018^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Bearder	1,380	61.0	+15.8
	Conservative	John Walsh	705	31.2	−11.7
	Labour	Michael Nixon	178	7.9	−4.0
Majority			675	29.8
Turnout			2,263	31.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wallingford By-Election 28 November 2019^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Pete Sudbury	998	40.9	+29.9
	Conservative	Adrian Lloyd	755	31.0	+6.9
	Independent	Elaine Hornsby	483	19.8	+19.8
	Labour	George Kneeshaw	202	8.3	−4.2
Majority			243	10.0
Turnout			2,438	30
	Green gain from Independent		Swing

2021-2025

Rose Hill and Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trish Elphinstone	1,169	43.9	−8.4
	Independent	Michael Evans	1,046	39.3	+39.3
	Conservative	Timothy Patmore	227	8.5	−9.1
	Green	David Thomas	120	4.5	−8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Jupp	75	2.8	−2.6
	TUSC	Callum Joyce	23	0.9	+0.9
Majority			123	4.6
Turnout			2,268	34
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton Courtenay and Marcham By-Election 20 June 2024^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stevens	702	36.6	−12.1
	Conservative	James Plumb	656	34.2	−5.7
	Green	Aidan Reilly	375	19.6	+19.6
	Labour	Jim Broadbent	183	9.6	−1.7
Majority			46	2.4
Turnout			1,916	34
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes

1. Liberal Party, 1973–1981; SDP–Liberal Alliance, 1985.
2. Ecology Party, 1981–1985; Green Party (UK), 1989.
3. Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one.^[2]
4. 9 Liberal, 1 SDP
5. Boundary changes increased the number of seats by one.
6. Boundary changes increased the number of seats by four.^[3]
7. Boundary changes reduced the number of seats by eleven.^[4]
8. Boundary changes increased the number of seats by six.^[8]
9. Including 1 Oxford Independent Alliance