# 2016 Oxford City Council election

The elections for Oxford City Council took place on 5 May 2016. This was on the same day as other local elections. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.
Overall turnout was 39.2%. The highest turnout was 53.9% for Iffley Fields, and the lowest 18.6% for Northfield Brook.

## Results

Oxford Local Election Result 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Labour | 18 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 75 | 47.0 | 17965 | +5.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 6932 | -0.7 |
| Green | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 4.2 | 16.9 | 6477 | -3.2 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 1707 | +3.4 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 4838 | -3.1 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 235 | -2.3 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 57 | +0.1 |
| Monster Raving Loony | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 13 | -0.07 |
Note: two UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with six in 2014 and three in 2012. Three independent candidates were standing, compared with four in 2014 and one in 2012. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2014 Oxford City Council election.
Total number of seats on the council after the election:
| Party | Party | Previous council | Staying councillors | Seats up for election | Election result | New council |
| | Labour | 33 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 35 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| | Green | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 48 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 48 |

## Results by ward
### Barton and Sandhills

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| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour Co-op | Michael Derek Rowley | 704 | 49.7 | −1.1 |
| | Independent | Chaka Artwell | 237 | 16.7 | +16.7 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Stephen Hamer | 174 | 12.3 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Lesley Mallinder | 123 | 8.7 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Frances Baxter | 96 | 6.8 | −12.5 |
| | Green | Raymond Leslie Hitchens | 82 | 5.8 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1416 | 28.7 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Blackbird Leys

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Linda Kay Smith | 687 | 73 | +5.7 |
| | UKIP | Joseph Lawes | 139 | 14.8 | −5.7 |
| | Conservative | Vanessa Elizabeth Bhagwandin | 48 | 5.1 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Matthew Ledbury | 31 | 3.3 | −1.2 |
| | TUSC | Gregory Gordon William Collier | 20 | 2.1 | +2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Andrew Blakey | 16 | 1.7 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 941 | 23.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Carfax

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alexander J. Hollingsworth | 447 | 42.0 | +13.4 |
| | Green | Katherine Ellen Prendergast | 276 | 25.9 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Henry Nicholas John Samuels | 217 | 20.4 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Alexander James Curtis | 111 | 10.4 | −9.7 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Alasdair Iain de Voil (Mad Hatter) | 13 | 1.2 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1064 | 37.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Churchill

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Lygo | 761 | 67.9 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | John Allan Selway | 144 | 12.9 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Kevin Nicholas McGlynn | 130 | 11.6 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Coggins | 85 | 7.6 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1120 | 27 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Cowley

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Henwood | 883 | 56.0 | +15.5 |
| | Green | Hazel Frances Dawe | 420 | 26.6 | +10.1 |
| | Conservative | Gary William Dixon | 210 | 13.3 | +1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Elizabeth Murray | 64 | 4.1 | −4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1577 | 35.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Cowley Marsh

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sajjad-Hussain Malik | 932 | 54.8 | +8.9 |
| | Green | Steven Mark Dawe | 307 | 18.0 | −6.1 |
| | Independent | Judith Anne Harley | 252 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Antony Edwin St John Brett | 112 | 6.6 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Liam Hatch | 99 | 5.8 | −16.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1702 | 38.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Headington

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Elaine Wilkinson | 1100 | 59.7 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Marco Pontecorvi | 437 | 23.7 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Ian Gearing | 172 | 9.3 | −3.2 |
| | Green | Ann Alice Duncan | 134 | 7.3 | −2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1843 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Headington Hill and Northway

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Chapman | 776 | 51.7 | +3.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Bhagwandin | 452 | 30.1 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Maria Pereira Cabral de Azevedo e Bourbon | 160 | 10.7 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Oliver James Fairey | 112 | 7.5 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1500 | 42.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Hinksey Park

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Marie Tidball | 1273 | 67.5 | +7.3 |
| | Green | Benjamin Raphael Carter | 273 | 14.5 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Siddharth Deva | 199 | 10.6 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas John Harding | 140 | 7.4 | +1.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1885 | 45.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Holywell

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Daniel P. Iley-Williamson | 451 | 40.9 | +16.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andy McKay | 283 | 25.6 | +14.0 |
| | Green | Fiona Kelly Joines | 265 | 24.0 | −21.1 |
| | Conservative | George Walker | 105 | 9.5 | −9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1104 | 43.7 | |
| | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Swing | +18.7 | |

### Iffley Fields

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen John Curran | 1015 | 47.5 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Elise Danielle Benjamin | 961 | 45.0 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative | Simon James Bazley | 94 | 4.4 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Patrick Bergamin | 66 | 3.1 | −1.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2136 | 53.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Green | Labour gain from Green | Swing | +0.9 | |

### Jericho and Osney

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Colin Cook | 1007 | 52.6 | −7.8 |
| | Green | Lois Knight Muddiman | 508 | 26.5 | +8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Conor McKenzie | 217 | 11.3 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative | Jason John Richard Fiddaman | 183 | 9.6 | −0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1915 | 43.2 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Littlemore

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Stuart Tanner | 830 | 59.5 | −5.9 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Stafford | 284 | 20.4 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Lucy Irene Fitchett Ayrton | 205 | 14.7 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charles James Bidwell | 75 | 5.4 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1394 | 30 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Lye Valley

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Patricia Kennedy | 924 | 65.2 | −13.4 |
| | Conservative | Johnson Mackline Kyeswa | 216 | 15.2 | −3.5 |
| | Green | Tim Peter Pizey | 177 | 12.5 | −9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mandy Machado | 101 | 7.1 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1418 | 29.4 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Marston

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Michael Christopher Haines | 1140 | 48.7 | +48.7 |
| | Labour | Nicholas P. Walker | 826 | 35.3 | −18.3 |
| | Green | Miranda Shaw | 112 | 4.8 | −8.0 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Douglas Patmore | 112 | 4.8 | −10.2 |
| | Independent | Charles Michael Haynes | 78 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alasdair James Murray | 71 | 3.0 | −5.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2339 | 51.8 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold | Independent hold |

### North

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | James Fry | 796 | 51.3 | +16.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Louis Joseph Simborowski Gill | 403 | 26.0 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Vernon Porter | 179 | 11.5 | −3.8 |
| | Green | Claire Margaret El Mouden | 174 | 11.2 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1552 | 46.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Northfield Brook

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sian Taylor | 573 | 70.1 | −1.5 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Gwendoline Mary Jones | 89 | 10.9 | −0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin | 66 | 8.1 | +2.5 |
| | Green | Robert James Henry Paynter | 52 | 6.4 | +4.9 |
| | TUSC | James Daniel Paul Morbin | 37 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 817 | 18.6 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Quarry and Risinghurst

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chewe Edgar Munkonge | 1003 | 44.7 | +1.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalind Claire Rogers | 863 | 38.4 | +13.0 |
| | Conservative | William Geoffrey Clare | 230 | 10.2 | −9.0 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Leonora Taylor | 149 | 6.6 | −5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2245 | 47.8 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Rose Hill and Iffley

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Edward Owen Turner | 1187 | 69.3 | +19.6 |
| | Conservative | Lilian Julia Sherwood | 233 | 13.6 | +5.6 |
| | Green | Janet Mary Wallis Hall | 202 | 11.8 | −2.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruven Ziegler | 90 | 5.3 | −7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1712 | 37.3 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Clement's

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Jamila Begum Azad | 726 | 50.3 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Timothy John Robert Eden | 413 | 28.6 | −2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Roderick Jones | 183 | 12.7 | +4.0 |
| | Conservative | Charles Edward Daniel Gee | 122 | 8.4 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1444 | 37 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### St Margaret's

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Landell Mills | 592 | 37.8 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Catrin Roberts | 396 | 25.3 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Anne Lenon | 338 | 21.6 | −0.9 |
| | Green | Alastair James Johnnie Wilson | 240 | 15.3 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1566 | 46.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### St Mary's

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Craig Simmons | 739 | 52.2 | +3.2 |
| | Labour | Mohammed Azad | 547 | 38.6 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Dominic Heaney | 71 | 5.0 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Harker Tait | 59 | 4.2 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1416 | 41.5 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Summertown

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Gant | 902 | 44.5 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Jane Marilyn Stockton | 546 | 26.9 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | Graham Stanton Jones | 350 | 17.2 | −4.6 |
| | Green | Larry Sanders | 231 | 11.4 | −9.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2029 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

### Wolvercote

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Goff | 944 | 45.2 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Newton Hilliard | 623 | 29.8 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Sarah Janet Edwards | 284 | 13.6 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Hugh Michael Tappin | 238 | 11.4 | −0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2089 | 47.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
Source: "Election of City Councillors for the Wards of Summary of Results", Oxfordshire County Council, 28 June 2016.