# 2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Conservative 44
* Liberal Democrats 4
* Labour 1

## Background

After the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to seven for the Liberal Democrats and one each for Labour and an Independent. 16 seats were contested in 2011, with three Conservative cabinet members, Mark Booty, Richard Langridge and Warwick Robinson, defending seats, as well as the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews.
A total of 55 candidates stood for election, with 19 for the five seats in Witney alone. Both the Conservatives and the Green Party put up a full slate of 16 candidates, while Labour had 11 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 10 and there were two independents.

## Election result

The Conservatives increased their control of the council, gaining four seats to have 44 councillors. Three of the Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four seats on the council, with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election. The other Liberal Democrat defeats came in Carterton South were Peter Madden lost his seat to Conservative Michael Brennan and in Charlbury and Finstock, where Michael Breakell had stepped down as a councillor at the election.
The fourth Conservative gain came in Stonesfield and Tackley where Charles Cottrell-Dormer won the seat as a Conservative, after having previously represented the ward as an independent. Meanwhile, Labour remained with one seat after Eve Coles held Chipping Norton for the party and Duncan Enright came second in Witney East with 1,006 votes, compared to 1,131 for Conservative Sian Davies. Overall 11 of the 13 sitting councillors who stood again were re-elected and average turnout at the election was 45.9%.
West Oxfordshire local election result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 15 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 93.8 | 55.0 | 14,365 | -4.1% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 17.4 | 4,532 | +7.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 | 3,499 | +10.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 11.0 | 2,880 | -15.6% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3.2 | 843 | +2.0% |

## Ward results

Alvescot and Filkins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Ross McFarlane | 565 | 73.9 |
| | Green | Alma Tumilowicz | 200 | 26.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 365 | 47.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 765 | 52.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Bampton and Clanfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Booty | 1,053 | 71.8 | −4.2 |
| | Green | Maurice Fantato | 413 | 28.2 | +28.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 640 | 43.7 | −8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,466 | 51.1 | −24.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Norman MacRae | 799 | 66.6 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Biggs | 226 | 18.8 | −14.5 |
| | Green | Fredrick Cousins | 174 | 14.5 | +14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573 | 47.8 | +14.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,199 | 32.0 | −32.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Handley | 928 | 72.6 | +2.3 |
| | Green | Rosanna Taylor | 351 | 27.4 | +13.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 577 | 45.1 | −9.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,279 | 40.9 | −30.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Brennan | 893 | 69.3 | −8.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Madden | 184 | 14.3 | −7.7 |
| | Labour | William Tumbridge | 129 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| | Green | John-Patrick Stacey | 83 | 6.4 | +6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 709 | 55.0 | −0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,289 | 40.9 | −27.4 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Charlbury and Finstock :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hywel Davies | 716 | 40.8 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Leffman | 677 | 38.5 | −19.5 |
| | Labour | Lesley Algar | 199 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Green | Celia Kerslake | 165 | 9.4 | +9.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,757 | 59.3 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Chipping Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Evelyn Coles | 881 | 36.6 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | David Lydiat | 833 | 34.7 | −12.6 |
| | Independent | Susan Bartholomew | 537 | 22.3 | +22.3 |
| | Green | Catherine Hickman | 94 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Epps | 59 | 2.5 | −10.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 48 | 1.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,404 | 52.0 | −19.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Eynsham and Cassington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Kelland | 872 | 37.9 | −5.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Andrews | 831 | 36.1 | −20.6 |
| | Labour | Merilyn Davies | 399 | 17.4 | +17.4 |
| | Green | Susan MacDonald | 197 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 1.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,299 | 50.6 | −24.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Warwick Robinson | 1,009 | 66.6 |
| | Labour | Frances Ashworth | 197 | 13.0 |
| | Green | Andrew Wright | 160 | 10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gillian Workman | 149 | 9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 812 | 53.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,515 | 49.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Kingham, Rollright and Enstone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Andrew Beaney | 1,088 | 68.7 |
| | Labour | Charles Watson | 279 | 17.6 |
| | Green | Kevin Hickman | 217 | 13.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 809 | 51.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,584 | 51.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Stonesfield and Tackley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Cottrell-Dormer | 1,077 | 61.2 | −8.3 |
| | Green | Susan Turnbull | 423 | 24.0 | −6.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Baggaley | 259 | 14.7 | +14.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 654 | 37.2 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,759 | 56.0 | +15.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Witney Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Dorward | 813 | 51.1 | −11.7 |
| | Labour | Andrew Coles | 572 | 36.0 | +13.7 |
| | Green | Jonathan Strode | 205 | 12.9 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 241 | 15.2 | −25.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,590 | 41.4 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sian Davies | 1,131 | 44.6 | −10.9 |
| | Labour | Duncan Enright | 1,006 | 39.6 | +20.8 |
| | Green | Kate Griffin | 241 | 9.5 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rose Beadle | 160 | 6.3 | −12.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 125 | 4.9 | −31.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,538 | 44.4 | −26.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Langridge | 798 | 53.8 | −0.3 |
| | Green | Brigitte Hickman | 261 | 17.6 | −11.0 |
| | Labour | Alfred Fullah | 214 | 14.4 | +14.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Smith | 210 | 14.2 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 537 | 36.2 | +10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,483 | 47.5 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alvin Adams | 922 | 48.1 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Michael Enright | 398 | 20.8 | +3.5 |
| | Independent | James Robertshaw | 306 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
| | Green | Andrew King | 166 | 8.7 | −1.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Olive Minett | 125 | 6.5 | −10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | 27.3 | −10.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,917 | 41.1 | −26.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Harry Eaglestone | 868 | 68.1 | −7.2 |
| | Labour | David Wesson | 258 | 20.2 | +5.6 |
| | Green | Paul Creighton | 149 | 11.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 47.8 | −12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,275 | 40.6 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |