# 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. 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 | 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 | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,620 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,771 | 78.8 |

### Abingdon North

Abingdon North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,219 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,268 | 80.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Abingdon South

Abingdon South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 559 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,551 | 75.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Bampton

Bampton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 612 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,877 | 79.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Banbury Easington

Banbury Easington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 332 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,021 | 77.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Banbury Grimsbury

Banbury Grimsbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 528 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,413 | 66.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Hardwick :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 515 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,648 | 69.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Banbury Neithrop

Banbury Neithrop :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 325 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,892 | 70.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Banbury Ruscote

Banbury Ruscote :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,595 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,713 | 68.3 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | |

### Benson

Benson :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 298 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,200 | 77.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bicester North

Bicester North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 872 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,316 | 75.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bicester South

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

### Blackbird Leys

Blackbird Leys :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,596 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,041 | 62.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Bloxham

Bloxham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,633 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,866 | 80.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Burford

Burford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,016 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,545 | 79.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Carterton

Carterton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,027 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,259 | 68.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Chalgrove

Chalgrove :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,134 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,654 | 77.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Charlbury

Charlbury :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 334 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,105 | 83.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Chinnor

Chinnor :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 896 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,451 | 78.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Chipping Norton

Chipping Norton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 456 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,171 | 76.7 |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | |

### Cumnor

Cumnor :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 182 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,796 | 80.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Deddington

Deddington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,409 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,596 | 80.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Didcot Manor

Didcot Manor :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 141 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,313 | 76.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Didcot Mereland

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

### Dorchester

Dorchester :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 303 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,409 | 75.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Drayton

Drayton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 869 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,614 | 80.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Eynsham

Eynsham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,083 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,482 | 80.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Faringdon

Faringdon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,006 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,381 | 76.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Goring

Goring :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,874 | 81.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Grove

Grove :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 322 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,325 | 77.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hanborough

Hanborough :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 108 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,734 | 82.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Headington

Headington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 530 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,282 | 64.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Henley North

Henley North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 652 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,436 | 71.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Henley South

Henley South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,192 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,647 | 76.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Hinksey

Hinksey :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 908 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,251 | 78.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Hormer

Hormer :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 786 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,586 | 79.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Iffley

Iffley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 599 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,251 | 74.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Kidlington North

Kidlington North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,599 | 75.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Kidlington South

Kidlington South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 168 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,152 | 78.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Littlemore

Littlemore :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,156 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,338 | 66.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Marcham

Marcham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 421 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,121 | 77.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Moreton

Moreton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 305 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,913 | 80.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### New Marston

New Marston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 928 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,413 | 72.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Old Marston

Old Marston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 796 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,830 | 77.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Oxford Central

Oxford Central :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 893 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,577 | 70.9 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |

### Oxford Cherwell

Oxford Cherwell :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,714 | 73.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Oxford East

Oxford East :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 731 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,893 | 67.1 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Oxford North

Oxford North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,172 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,085 | 72.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Oxford South

Oxford South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 451 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,323 | 69.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Oxford West

Oxford West :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 258 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,040 | 69.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Ploughley

Ploughley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,547 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,033 | 75.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Quarry

Quarry :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 420 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,318 | 69.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Shrivenham

Shrivenham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 446 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,263 | 77.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Sonning Common

Sonning Common :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,146 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,582 | 79.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Clements

St Clements :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 342 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,013 | 69.4 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | |

### Temple Cowley

Temple Cowley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 968 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,513 | 66.8 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Thame

Thame :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 577 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,162 | 77.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wallingford

Wallingford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,066 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,796 | 77.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Wantage

Wantage :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 896 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,665 | 77.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Wantage Rural

Wantage Rural :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 200 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,458 | 79.9 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Watlington

Watlington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 79 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,501 | 77.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Wheatley

Wheatley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 986 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,368 | 76.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Witney North

Witney North :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 195 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,999 | 80.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Witney South

Witney South :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 874 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,350 | 76.4 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Wolvercote

Wolvercote :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 733 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,203 | 78.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |

### Wood Farm

Wood Farm :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,185 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,673 | 68.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Woodstock

Woodstock :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 91 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,185 | 82.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |

### Wroxton

Wroxton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,560 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,859 | 81.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wychwood

Wychwood :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,244 | 81.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Yarnton & Otmoor

Yarnton & Otmoor :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 299 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,892 | 79.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |