# 2011 Cherwell District Council election

The 2011 Cherwell District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of Cherwell 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.
In all 16 seats were contested, out of 50 on the council. The Conservative party remained in overall control with 43 seats, a net loss of just one seat. There was one Conservative gain, the Bicester South ward taken by Lynn Pratt from Liberal Democrat leader Nick Cotter, but Labour gained two seats from Conservative, with Patrick Cartledge regaining the Banbury Ruscote seat which he had lost to the Conservatives in 2008, and Andrew Beere taking Banbury Grimsbury and Castle by 15 votes, also from the Conservatives. Labour increased their council seats from two to four, whereas the loss of the Bicester South ward by the Liberal Democrat party left them with three councillors, and so were replaced by Labour as official opposition on the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 43
* Labour 4
* Liberal Democrat 3

## Election result

Cherwell Local Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 12 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 51.0 | 14962 |
| Labour | 3 | 2 | | +2 | 29.2 | 8565 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | | 1 | -1 | | |
| Green | 0 | | | 0 | | |
| Independent | 0 | | | 0 | | |
| Labour Co-op | 0 | | | 0 | | |

## Ward results

Ambrosden and Chesterton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew John Fulljames | 718 | 73.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Willett | 257 | 26.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 461 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 975 | 43.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Banbury Easington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nigel John Morris | 1353 | 51.1 |
| | Labour Co-op | Surinder Dhesi | 875 | 33.1 |
| | Green | Katherine Jane Chandler | 247 | 9.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy Murray | 172 | 6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 478 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2647 | 44.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Banbury Grimsbury and Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Andrew Gerald Beere | 969 | 40.9 |
| | Conservative | Chris Smithson | 954 | 40.3 |
| | Green | Andrew John Haywood | 230 | 9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kenneth William Ashworth | 214 | 9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2367 | 31.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Banbury Hardwick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Nicholas Patrick Turner | 1035 | 51.5 |
| | Labour | Sean Lee Woodcock | 636 | 31.6 |
| | Green | Stephen Christopher Hartley | 197 | 9.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Creed | 142 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 399 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2010 | 33.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Banbury Ruscote :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Patrick Samuel Cartledge | 1058 | 54.4 |
| | Conservative | Keith Strangwood | 762 | 39.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Burns | 125 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1945 | 34.9 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | |
Bicester East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Rose Thirza Jane Stratford | 972 | 60.3 |
| | Labour | John Hanna | 641 | 39.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 331 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1613 | 39.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bicester North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Carol Stewart | 1013 | 58.9 |
| | Labour | Kevin Lawrence Walsh | 432 | 25.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Alexander Innes | 275 | 16.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 581 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1720 | 37.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bicester South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Lynn Mary Pratt | 677 | 43.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Cotter | 550 | 35.6 |
| | Labour | Neil Ridges Payne | 234 | 15.1 |
| | Green | Graham Allan Newell | 86 | 5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1547 | 41.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |
Bicester Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Diana May Edwards | 852 | 60.5 |
| | Labour | John Leslie Broad | 557 | 39.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 295 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1409 | 38.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bicester West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Les Sibley | 1286 | 56.4 |
| | Conservative | James Ferris Porter | 994 | 43.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 292 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2280 | 43.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |
Cropredy :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ken Atack | 748 | 60.0 |
| | Independent | Ray Barron-Woolfold | 255 | 20.5 |
| | Labour | Derek John Evans | 163 | 13.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Johnson | 80 | 6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 493 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1246 | 55.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hook Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Victoria Louise Irvine | 686 | 58.5 |
| | Labour | Perran Henry Rupert Moon | 367 | 31.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Davis | 119 | 10.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1172 | 56.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kidlington North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alaric David Hammond Rose | 771 | 39.7 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Rhodes | 757 | 38.9 |
| | Labour | Trevor Alan Blake | 295 | 15.2 |
| | Green | Alastair Theodore White | 121 | 6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1944 | 48.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Kidlington South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Neil Prestidge | 1236 | 41.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan William Graham | 861 | 28.7 |
| | Labour | David James | 691 | 23.0 |
| | Green | Janet Malvine Warren | 212 | 7.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 375 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3000 | 48.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
The Astons and Heyfords :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Mike Kerford-Byrnes | 1103 | 62.2 |
| | Green | Mary Rachel Franklin | 348 | 19.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liz Yardley | 322 | 18.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 755 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1773 | 46.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael John Gibbard | 1102 | 65.6 |
| | Labour | Andrew Hornsby-Smith | 361 | 21.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Wilson-Higgins | 217 | 12.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 741 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1680 | 46.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |