1997 Oxfordshire County Council election

The 1997 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] All 70 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions which returned one county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.

Division Results

• Denotes sitting councillor

Abingdon Central

Abingdon Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Mayhew-Archer*	4,022	51.8
	Conservative	John Lightfoot	2,402	30.9
	Labour	Richard Thomas	1,124	14.5
	Green	Celia Warman	223	2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Majority			1,620
Turnout			7,771	78.8

Abingdon North

Abingdon North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Morgan*	3,293	52.5
	Conservative	Mary Lovatt	2,074	33.1
	Labour	Roberta Nichols	901	14.4
Majority			1,219
Turnout			6,268	80.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Abingdon South

Abingdon South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Fawcett	1,978	43.5
	Conservative	Greta Drake	1,419	31.2
	Labour	Rosemary Banner	1,154	25.4
Majority			559
Turnout			4,551	75.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bampton

Bampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Hayward	2,990	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Smith	2,378	34.6
	Labour	Kenneth Rees	1,509	21.9
Majority			612
Turnout			6,877	79.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Easington

Banbury Easington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kieron Mallon	1,984	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Nash*	1,652	32.9
	Labour	Royston Mold	1,385	27.6
Majority			332
Turnout			5,021	77.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Banbury Grimsbury

Banbury Grimsbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandra Mold*	2,042	46.3
	Conservative	Richard Tompkins	1,514	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Linzey-Jones	857	19.4
Majority			528
Turnout			4,413	66.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Hardwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Humphries*	1,738	47.6
	Conservative	Elsie Milne	1,223	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Burch	687	18.8
Majority			515
Turnout			3,648	69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Neithrop

Banbury Neithrop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret Ferriman*	1,607	41.3
	Conservative	Gary Wills	1,282	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Fisher	1,003	25.8
Majority			325
Turnout			3,892	70.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Banbury Ruscote

Banbury Ruscote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	John Steer*	2,375	64.0
	Conservative	Christopher Wardell	780	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Burns	558	15.0
Majority			1,595
Turnout			3,713	68.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Benson

Benson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Crabbe	1,842	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Cooper	1,544	36.8
	Labour	James Merritt	814	19.4
Majority			298
Turnout			4,200	77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester North

Bicester North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Spencer*	4,369	42.4
	Labour	Leslie Sibley	3,497	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Yardley	2,082	20.2
	Independent Labour	Hector Cassidy	368	3.6
Majority			872
Turnout			10,316	75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bicester South

Bicester South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Shouler*	1,251	40.3
	Labour	Michael Simpson	968	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bearder	882	28.4
Majority			283
Turnout			3,101	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Atherton Stockford*	2,982	73.8
	Conservative	Paul Hernandez	484	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Keen	386	9.6
	Green	Patricia Dickson	189	4.7
Majority			2,596
Turnout			4,041	62.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Bloxham

Bloxham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Mitchell*	2,752	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Galloway	1,119	23.0
	Labour	James Plester	995	20.4
Majority			1,633
Turnout			4,866	80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Burford

Burford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Seale	2,317	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Duniplace	1,333	29.3
	Labour	Alison Bettle	895	19.7
Majority			1,016
Turnout			4,545	79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carterton

Carterton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Deirdre Bulley*	2,531	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Madden	1,504	28.6
	Labour	William Stevenson	1,224	23.3
Majority			1,027
Turnout			5,259	68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chalgrove

Chalgrove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Turner*	2,529	54.3
	Conservative	Patricia Pritchard	1,395	30.0
	Labour	Sherwin Smith	730	15.7
Majority			1,134
Turnout			4,654	77.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlbury

Charlbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Hodgson*	2,076	40.7
	Conservative	Robin Pacey	1,742	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Epps	1,287	25.2
Majority			334
Turnout			5,105	83.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Chinnor

Chinnor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ann Davis*	2,265	50.9
	Labour	Ozanna Duffy	1,369	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark McCartney	817	18.4
Majority			896
Turnout			4,451	78.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Evans	1,864	44.7
	Conservative	Judith Schroeder	1,408	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Walton	678	16.3
	Green	Susan Chaple-Perrie	221	5.3
Majority			456
Turnout			4,171	76.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Cumnor

Cumnor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Hook*	2,557	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Woodford	2,375	41.0
	Labour	Brian Capaloff	864	14.9
Majority			182
Turnout			5,796	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Deddington

Deddington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Norman Matthews*	2,898	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davis	1,489	26.6
	Labour	Gerard Sullivan	1,209	21.6
Majority			1,409
Turnout			5,596	80.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Didcot Manor

Didcot Manor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Joslin*	2,884	39.4
	Conservative	John Flood	2,643	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Worgan	1,786	24.4
Majority			141
Turnout			7,313	76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Didcot Mereland

Didcot Mereland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neville Harris	1,808	50.5
	Conservative	Marie Flood	886	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jones	884	24.7
Majority			922
Turnout			3,578	68.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Dorchester

Dorchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Tudor Hughes	1,624	36.8
	Labour	Malcolm Newdick	1,321	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Stimson	1,254	28.4
	Green	David Scott	210	4.8
Majority			303
Turnout			4,409	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton

Drayton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Margaret MacKenzie*	2,174	47.1
	Conservative	Amanda Harland	1,305	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bosley	1,135	24.6
Majority			869
Turnout			4,614	80.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Eynsham

Eynsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wyatt*	2,647	48.3
	Conservative	Maureen Curry	1,564	28.5
	Labour	Michael Shelton	1,271	23.2
Majority			1,083
Turnout			5,482	80.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Faringdon

Faringdon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Heathcoat	2,657	49.4
	Labour	Alan Hickmore	1,651	30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sadler	1,073	19.9
Majority			1,006
Turnout			5,381	76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Goring

Goring

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Farrow	2,180	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Morgan*	2,147	44.1
	Labour	Claire Wadey	547	11.2
Majority			33
Turnout			4,874	81.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Grove

Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marchant	1,913	44.2
	Conservative	Alfred Wolage	1,591	36.8
	Labour	Robert Sumner	821	19.0
Majority			322
Turnout			4,325	77.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hanborough

Hanborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Dawes	1,967	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin James	1,859	39.3
	Labour	Michael Enright	908	19.2
Majority			108
Turnout			4,734	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headington

Headington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sylvia Tompkins*	1,814	42.4
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	1,284	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Lawton Smith	982	22.9
	Green	Karen Gadsby	202	4.7
Majority			530
Turnout			4,282	64.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Henley North

Henley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Sanders	1,751	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mulcahy	1,099	32.0
	Labour	Eva Barnes	586	17.1
Majority			652
Turnout			3,436	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley South

Henley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Ratcliffe Law	2,510	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Cleasby	1,318	28.4
	Labour	Julie Wymer	819	17.6
Majority			1,192
Turnout			4,647	76.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hinksey

Hinksey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Godden*	2,707	48.8
	Conservative	Ann Dykes	1,799	32.4
	Labour	Richard Peirce	559	15.5
	Green	Anne-Marie Heslop	186	3.4
Majority			908
Turnout			5,251	78.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hormer

Hormer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Johnston*	1,950	54.4
	Conservative	Stephen Rathbone	1,264	35.2
	Labour	Gordon Richards	372	10.4
Majority			786
Turnout			3,586	79.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Iffley

Iffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Suppiah Segaran	1,820	42.8
	Conservative	James French	1,221	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Yeoward	655	15.4
	Green	Wendy Manley	555	13.1
Majority			599
Turnout			4,251	74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Kidlington North

Kidlington North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Dempsey	1,530	33.3
	Labour	Vanessa Thomas*	1,511	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyse	1,360	29.6
	Green	Jane Carey	198	4.3
Majority			19
Turnout			4,599	75.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Kidlington South

Kidlington South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Green*	1,607	38.7
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	1,439	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Parsley	1,027	24.7
	Green	Richard Child	79	1.9
Majority			168
Turnout			4,152	78.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Littlemore

Littlemore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Olive Stedman	1,868	56.0
	Conservative	Andrew Allison	712	21.3
	Liberal Democrats	Vicky Potter	533	16.0
	Green	Joanna Lavender	225	6.7
Majority			1,156
Turnout			3,338	66.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Marcham

Marcham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marjorie Evans	1,861	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Killick	1,440	34.9
	Labour	Thomas Long	820	19.9
Majority			421
Turnout			4,121	77.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Moreton

Moreton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Morgan*	2,133	43.4
	Conservative	Patrick Greene	1,828	37.2
	Labour	Nicholas Hards	952	19.4
Majority			305
Turnout			4,913	80.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

New Marston

New Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Richardson*	1,743	51.1
	Conservative	David Ruffels	815	23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Gombrich	584	17.1
	Green	Robin Cotton	271	7.9
Majority			928
Turnout			3,413	72.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Marston

Old Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nils Bartlett*	1,817	47.4
	Conservative	Margaret Whelan	1,021	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Edwards	835	21.8
	Green	Gregory Muttitt	157	4.1
Majority			796
Turnout			3,830	77.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford Central

Oxford Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sushila Dhall*	1,943	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Cockayne	1,056	23.1
	Conservative	Benjamin Holland	801	17.5
	Labour	Harini Iyengar	777	17.0
Majority			893
Turnout			4,577	70.9
	Green hold		Swing

Oxford Cherwell

Oxford Cherwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Snow	1,341	36.1
	Conservative	Janet Todd*	1,258	33.9
	Labour	Valeria Bartleet	853	23.0
	Green	Mary Zajicek	262	7.1
Majority			83
Turnout			3,714	73.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Oxford East

Oxford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Langridge	1,687	43.3
	Green	Elise Benjamin	956	24.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pieter-Paul Barker	671	17.2
	Conservative	John Lord	579	14.9
Majority			731
Turnout			3,893	67.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford North

Oxford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dermot Roaf*	1,953	47.8
	Labour	Parichehre Mosteshar-Gharai	781	19.1
	Conservative	Kenneth Bickers	726	17.8
	Green	Lilia Patterson	558	13.7
	Local Government Reform	John Rose	67	1.6
Majority			1,172
Turnout			4,085	72.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Oxford South

Oxford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Karmali	1,649	38.1
	Green	Deborah Glass	1,198	27.7
	Conservative	Robert Porter	763	17.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Rundle	713	16.5
Majority			451
Turnout			4,323	69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Oxford West

Oxford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fiona Campbell	1,337	33.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Wynne	1,079	26.7
	Green	Patrick Lingwood	825	20.4
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	799	19.8
Majority			258
Turnout			4,040	69.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Ploughley

Ploughley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Fulljames*	3,176	52.6
	Labour	John Hunter	1,629	27.0
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Prowse	1,228	20.4
Majority			1,547
Turnout			6,033	75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quarry

Quarry

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Godden	1,838	42.6
	Labour	Martin Broderick	1,418	32.8
	Conservative	Georgina Shomroni	883	20.4
	Green	Ylva Powlett	179	4.1
Majority			420
Turnout			4,318	69.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Shrivenham

Shrivenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anda Fitzgerald-O'Connor	2,236	42.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Lambert*	1,790	34.0
	Labour	Marjorie Sandels	1,237	23.5
Majority			446
Turnout			5,263	77.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Sonning Common

Sonning Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Robertson*	2,391	52.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Peirce	1,245	27.2
	Labour	Andrew Beere	697	15.2
	Green	Aidan Carlisle	249	5.4
Majority			1,146
Turnout			4,582	79.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Clements

St Clements

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Craig Simmons	1,972	39.3
	Labour	Biddy Hudson	1,630	32.5
	Conservative	David Timson	744	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Voyce	667	13.3
Majority			342
Turnout			5,013	69.4
	Green hold		Swing

Temple Cowley

Temple Cowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Elizabeth Clements	1,800	51.2
	Conservative	Eric Lewis-Leaning	832	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Cooper	655	18.6
	Green	Mary Kelsey	226	6.4
Majority			968
Turnout			3,513	66.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Thame

Thame

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Ludlow	2,478	40.2
	Labour	John Beech	1,901	30.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gleeson	1,783	28.9
Majority			577
Turnout			6,162	77.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wallingford

Wallingford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	William Bradshaw*	2,520	52.5
	Conservative	Nigel Moor	1,454	30.3
	Labour	Frederick Johns	822	17.1
Majority			1,066
Turnout			4,796	77.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wantage

Wantage

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Moley	2,504	44.2
	Labour	Jean Nunn-Price	1,608	28.4
	Conservative	Charles Langton	1,553	27.4
Majority			896
Turnout			5,665	77.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wantage Rural

Wantage Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Lamont	1,867	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Southern*	1,667	37.4
	Labour	David Green	924	20.7
Majority			200
Turnout			4,458	79.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Watlington

Watlington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Horton	1,958	43.5
	Conservative	David Sloan	1,879	41.7
	Labour	Clare Merritt	664	14.8
Majority			79
Turnout			4,501	77.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wheatley

Wheatley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Anne Purse*	2,683	50.0
	Conservative	Peter Audley-Miller	1,697	31.6
	Labour	Michael Ormston	859	16.0
	Green	Mark Lynas	129	2.4
Majority			986
Turnout			5,368	76.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Witney North

Witney North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Churchill*	1,555	38.9
	Conservative	David Robertson	1,360	34.0
	Labour	John Ryall	1,084	27.1
Majority			195
Turnout			3,999	80.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Witney South

Witney South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Cooper	2,589	48.4
	Conservative	Anthony Harvey	1,715	32.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Willis	1,046	19.6
Majority			874
Turnout			5,350	76.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Wolvercote

Wolvercote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Baker	1,785	42.5
	Conservative	Simon Mort	1,052	25.0
	Labour	Sarah Escritt	885	21.1
	Green	Richard Jones	481	11.4
Majority			733
Turnout			4,203	78.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wood Farm

Wood Farm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Buckley*	1,972	53.7
	Conservative	Philip Jones	787	21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hinnels	574	15.6
	Liberal	Roger Jenking	187	5.1
	Green	Simon Hunt	153	4.2
Majority			1,185
Turnout			3,673	68.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Woodstock

Woodstock

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Nicholson	1,572	37.6
	Conservative	Louise Chapman	1,481	35.4
	Labour	Roderick Greatbatch	993	23.7
	Green	Bevis Cotton	139	3.3
Majority			91
Turnout			4,185	82.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wroxton

Wroxton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reynolds	2,710	55.8
	Labour	Elizabeth Gatliff	1,150	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kaye	999	20.6
Majority			1,560
Turnout			4,859	81.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wychwood

Wychwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney Rose	1,736	40.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Lilly	1,675	39.6
	Labour	Frances Ashworth	833	18.7
Majority			51
Turnout			4,244	81.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yarnton & Otmoor

Yarnton & Otmoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Wood	1,969	40.2
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Lawrence	1,670	34.1
	Labour	Andrew Corner	997	20.4
	Green	Clifford Duffield	256	5.2
Majority			299
Turnout			4,892	79.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

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