# 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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 40
* Liberal Democrats 7
* Labour 1
* Independent 1

## Background

After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to six for the Liberal Democrats, two Independents and one Labour 16 seats were contested in 2010, with the council election taking place at the same time as the 2010 general election.
The Conservatives stood a full 16 candidates, while the Liberal Democrats had 13, Labour had eight, Greens 4 and there was one Independent candidate.

## Election result

The Conservatives won 14 of the 16 seats contested to have 40 councillors. The Liberal Democrats gained a seat after winning the other two seats contested, while both Labour and an Independent were left with one seat. 10 of the 11 councillors who stood again were re-elected and overall turnout at the election was 72.45%.
West Oxfordshire local election result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 87.5 | 59.1 | 21,617 | +2.6% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 12.5 | 26.6 | 9,704 | +4.1% |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 3,763 | +2.4% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | 1,029 | -5.7% |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.2 | 436 | -2.3% |

## Ward results

Ascott and Shipton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hilary Hibbert-Biles | 969 | 77.1 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | John Gittings | 288 | 22.9 | +11.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 681 | 54.2 | −13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,257 | 78.0 | +27.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Bampton and Clanfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Martin Barrett | 1,682 | 76.0 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brenda Churchill | 532 | 24.0 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,150 | 51.9 | −14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,214 | 75.5 | +30.3 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Brize Norton and Shilton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Verena Hunt | 691 | 61.3 | −15.0 |
| | Independent | Shane Rae | 436 | 38.7 | +20.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 22.6 | −35.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,127 | 73.5 | +30.5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Cotterill | 826 | 76.7 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Lilly | 173 | 16.1 | +1.2 |
| | Labour | David Heyes | 78 | 7.2 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 653 | 60.6 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,077 | 73.6 | +23.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton North East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Howard | 1,655 | 66.7 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Biggs | 825 | 33.3 | +33.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 830 | 33.5 | −14.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,480 | 64.2 | +46.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maxine Crossland | 1,560 | 70.3 | −4.5 |
| | Labour | David Wesson | 344 | 15.5 | +15.5 |
| | Green | Anthony Barrett | 314 | 14.2 | +14.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,216 | 54.8 | +5.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,218 | 71.0 | +38.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Carterton South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Windell Walcott | 1,642 | 78.0 | +28.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amanda Epps | 464 | 22.0 | −28.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,178 | 56.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,106 | 68.3 | +34.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chipping Norton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anne Roy-Barker | 1,673 | 47.3 | −2.1 |
| | Labour | Georgina Burrows | 1,394 | 39.4 | +8.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tatton | 467 | 13.2 | +13.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 7.9 | −11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,534 | 71.5 | +30.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Ducklington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Hayward | 795 | 62.2 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | June Tayler | 294 | 23.0 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Christopher Johnson | 189 | 14.8 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 39.2 | −14.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,278 | 77.0 | +35.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Eynsham and Cassington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lawrence Poole | 1,955 | 56.7 | +11.0 |
| | Conservative | Mark Walker | 1,492 | 43.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 463 | 13.4 | +13.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,447 | 75.4 | +34.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Freeland and Hanborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Dingwall | 1,300 | 49.8 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Baggaley | 1,013 | 38.8 | −4.6 |
| | Labour | Robert Evans | 169 | 6.5 | −0.2 |
| | Green | Harriet Marshall | 126 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 287 | 11.0 | +4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,608 | 76.9 | +32.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Good | 1,457 | 57.2 | −1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Maher | 1,088 | 42.8 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 369 | 14.5 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,545 | 78.0 | +28.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
The Bartons :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | William Goffe | 823 | 70.8 | −9.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Geoffrey Walton | 339 | 29.2 | +29.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 484 | 41.7 | −19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,162 | 74.4 | +36.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | James Mills | 2,246 | 55.5 | −8.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Balaam | 762 | 18.8 | +18.8 |
| | Labour | Duncan Enright | 760 | 18.8 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Paul Creighton | 278 | 6.9 | −4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,484 | 36.7 | −9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,046 | 70.5 | +38.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Witney South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Anthony Harvey | 1,733 | 55.4 | −3.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Slamin | 544 | 17.4 | +17.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew Coles | 541 | 17.3 | +17.3 |
| | Green | Sandra Simpson | 311 | 9.9 | −2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,189 | 38.0 | +3.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,129 | 67.6 | +36.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Woodstock and Bladon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Cooper | 1,248 | 53.8 | +5.3 |
| | Conservative | Jill Dunsmore | 1,073 | 46.2 | −5.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 175 | 7.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,321 | 75.0 | +31.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |