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West Oxfordshire 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

17 ward races
17 seats
10 elected below the proportional quota
58.8% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 17 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 17 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party8,25833.8%423.5%635.3%-2
Liberal Democrats7,41130.4%741.2%529.4%+2
Labour Party5,66423.2%423.5%423.5%0
Green Party2,65310.9%211.8%211.8%0
Reform UK2150.9%00.0%00.0%0
Independent1020.4%00.0%00.0%0
Heritage Party990.4%00.0%00.0%0
Total24,402100.0%17100.0%17100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Witney North · single-seat

Marginal winner 31.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +18.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,440

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Prosser, A.Green Party45131.3%Elected
2Coulson, M.Liberal Democrats39027.1%
3Temple, D.Conservative and Unionist Party24817.2%
4Langridge, R.Reform UK21514.9%
5Meadows, G.Labour Party1369.4%

Electorate 3,029 · Ballots cast 1,440 · EC ward code E05006650 · Back to ward index

Stonesfield and Tackley · single-seat

Marginal winner 33.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +16.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,555

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Earley, G.Green Party52333.6%Elected
2Epps, G.Liberal Democrats49732.0%
3Parnes, S.Conservative and Unionist Party39025.1%
4England, K.Labour Party1459.3%

Electorate 3,439 · Ballots cast 1,555 · EC ward code E05006646 · Back to ward index

Freeland And Hanborough · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,489

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Faulkner, R.Conservative and Unionist Party58739.4%Elected
2Stimpson, M.Liberal Democrats55837.5%
3Davies-Small, N.Labour Party15210.2%
4Newman, S.Independent1026.9%
5Eisenhandler, D.Green Party906.0%

Electorate 4,016 · Ballots cast 1,489 · EC ward code E05006640 · Back to ward index

Witney West · single-seat

Marginal winner 41.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +8.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,526

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Doughty, J.Conservative and Unionist Party63641.7%Elected
2Coulson, D.Liberal Democrats53334.9%
3Thorogood, S.Labour Party28118.4%
4Ponton, P.Green Party765.0%

Electorate 4,913 · Ballots cast 1,526 · EC ward code E05006652 · Back to ward index

Witney South · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,668

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1McCarroll, S.Labour Party70642.3%Elected
2Edwards-Hughes, D.Conservative and Unionist Party64938.9%
3Whitten, P.Liberal Democrats1156.9%
4Rolison, E.Green Party995.9%
5Cox, D.Heritage Party995.9%

Electorate 4,807 · Ballots cast 1,668 · EC ward code E05006651 · Back to ward index

Kingham Rollright and Enstone · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,105

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Wilson, A.Conservative and Unionist Party47543.0%Elected
2Baker, A.Green Party44840.5%
3Heyes, D.Labour Party18216.5%

Electorate 3,227 · Ballots cast 1,105 · EC ward code E05006642 · Back to ward index

Woodstock and Bladon · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,435

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Poskitt, E.Liberal Democrats61843.1%Elected
2Hudspeth, I.Conservative and Unionist Party48033.4%
3Parkinson, M.Labour Party25417.7%
4Wheatley, B.Green Party835.8%

Electorate 3,607 · Ballots cast 1,435 · EC ward code E05006653 · Back to ward index

Hailey Minster Lovell and Leafield · single-seat

Marginal winner 43.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +6.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,383

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Marsh, P.Liberal Democrats60643.8%Elected
2Eaglestone, P.Conservative and Unionist Party59543.0%
3Bailey, A.Labour Party1097.9%
4Styring, J.Green Party735.3%

Electorate 3,451 · Ballots cast 1,383 · EC ward code E05010783 · Back to ward index

Witney East · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,263

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Enright, D.Labour Party1,01945.0%Elected
2Robertshaw, J.Conservative and Unionist Party93241.2%
3Roell, S.Liberal Democrats1838.1%
4Marshall, H.Green Party1295.7%

Electorate 5,781 · Ballots cast 2,263 · EC ward code E05006649 · Back to ward index

Eynsham and Cassington · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,000

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Goodwin, A.Liberal Democrats99649.8%Elected
2Grace, S.Conservative and Unionist Party45522.8%
3Relph, N.Labour Party38919.4%
4Goodwin, N.Green Party1608.0%

Electorate 5,067 · Ballots cast 2,000 · EC ward code E05006639 · Back to ward index

Standlake Aston and Stanton Harcourt · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.3 pts Valid ballots 1,677

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cosier, S.Liberal Democrats86051.3%Elected
2Nicholls, L.Conservative and Unionist Party67240.1%
3Harley, M.Labour Party975.8%
4Tumilowixcz, A.Green Party482.9%

Electorate 3,744 · Ballots cast 1,677 · EC ward code E05006645 · Back to ward index

Witney Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.6 pts Valid ballots 1,520

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Coles, A.Labour Party80052.6%Elected
2Mubin, A.Conservative and Unionist Party51834.1%
3Martin, S.Liberal Democrats1097.2%
4Cather, R.Green Party936.1%

Electorate 4,399 · Ballots cast 1,520 · EC ward code E05006648 · Back to ward index

Milton-Under-Wychwood · single-seat

Marginal winner 52.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −2.9 pts Valid ballots 756

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Clements, A.Liberal Democrats40052.9%Elected
2Haine, J.Conservative and Unionist Party29238.6%
3O'Neill, S.Labour Party425.6%
4Eden, T.Green Party222.9%

Electorate 1,810 · Ballots cast 756 · EC ward code E05006643 · Back to ward index

North Leigh · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.1 pts Valid ballots 900

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Veasey, S.Conservative and Unionist Party48754.1%Elected
2Massie, H.Liberal Democrats30333.7%
3Kelsall, R.Labour Party738.1%
4Mortimer, F.Green Party374.1%

Electorate 1,856 · Ballots cast 900 · EC ward code E05006644 · Back to ward index

Chadlington and Churchill · single-seat

Marginal winner 56.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −6.3 pts Valid ballots 607

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Ridpath, N.Liberal Democrats34256.3%Elected
2Morris, C.Conservative and Unionist Party21034.6%
3Tomlin, C.Labour Party559.1%

Electorate 1,611 · Ballots cast 607 · EC ward code E05010781 · Back to ward index

Charlbury and Finstock · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.9 pts Valid ballots 1,332

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Leffman, L.Liberal Democrats78558.9%Elected
2Dore, G.Conservative and Unionist Party27020.3%
3Puttick, R.Labour Party15311.5%
4Gregory, F.Green Party1249.3%

Electorate 3,045 · Ballots cast 1,332 · EC ward code E05010782 · Back to ward index

Chipping Norton · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.3 pts Valid ballots 1,746

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Saul, G.Labour Party1,07161.3%Elected
2Burns, P.Conservative and Unionist Party36220.7%
3Long, A.Green Party19711.3%
4Aguado Melet, I.Liberal Democrats1166.6%

Electorate 5,698 · Ballots cast 1,746 · EC ward code E05006637 · Back to ward index