Cherwell District Council elections

One third of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last comprehensive boundary changes in 2016, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.^[1]

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Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Green^[b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (45 seats)
1973	16	16	0	–	13		No overall control
1976	26	10	0	0	9		Conservative
New ward boundaries (52 seats)^[3]
1979	34	12	2	0	4		Conservative
1980	31	16	2	0	3		Conservative
1982	30	15	4	0	3		Conservative
1983	32	16	3	0	1		Conservative
1984	35	12	4	0	1		Conservative
1986^[4]	32	13	6	0	1		Conservative
1987	33	12	7	0	0		Conservative
1988^[5]	32	14	2	0	4		Conservative
1990	32	17	2	0	1		Conservative
1991^[6]	28	18	3	0	3		Conservative
1992	32	15	3	0	2		Conservative
1994	31	16	4	0	1		Conservative
1995	23	22	7	0	0		No overall control
1996	16	28	8	0	0		Labour
1998	17	24	7	0	4		No overall control
1999	26	19	5	0	2		No overall control
2000	33	13	4	0	2		Conservative
New ward boundaries (52 seats)^[7]^[8]
2002	37	11	2	0	0		Conservative
2003	34	12	4	0	0		Conservative
2004	36	10	4	0	0		Conservative
2006	38	8	4	0	0		Conservative
2007	42	4	4	0	0		Conservative
2008	44	2	4	0	0		Conservative
2010	44	2	4	0	0		Conservative
2011	43	4	3	0	0		Conservative
2012	41	6	3	0	0		Conservative
2014	40	7	2	0	1		Conservative
2015	41	7	1	0	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)^[1]
2016	38	8	0	0	2		Conservative
2018	37	9	1	0	1		Conservative
2019	32	9	3	1	3		Conservative
2021	32	9	3	1	3		Conservative
2022	25	10	7	2	4		Conservative
2023	20	12	10	3	3		No overall control
2024	11	13	17	4	3		No overall control
2026

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	170	32.0
	Conservative	169	31.8
	Independent	100	18.8
	Labour	91	17.1
Majority		1	0.2
Turnout		530	50.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	455	38.4	−1.1
	Labour	John Stansby	450	38.0	−7.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyse	280	23.6	+8.9
Majority			5	0.4
Turnout			1,185	27.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	382	51.9	+24.3
	Labour	306	41.6	−22.0
	Liberal Democrats	48	6.5	−2.4
Majority		76	10.3
Turnout		736
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	290	36.3	−24.2
	Independent	263	32.8	+32.8
	Conservative	247	30.9	−8.6
Majority		27	3.5
Turnout		800	47.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Cherwell District Council elections

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

1994-1998

1998-2002

2002-2006

2006-2010

2010-2014

2014-2018

2022-2026

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Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	422	58.4	−2.1
	Labour	183	25.3	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats	117	16.2	+3.5
Majority		239	33.1
Turnout		722	14.0
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Gibbard	784	59.8	+12.6
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Wilson-Higgins	423	32.3	−11.1
	Labour	Catherine Arakelian	103	7.9	−1.5
Majority			361	27.5
Turnout			1,310	31.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Holland	unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Williamson	828	49.2	−1.0
	Conservative	Trevor Elford	690	41.0	+2.2
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	165	9.8	−1.2
Majority			138	8.2
Turnout			1,683	40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alaric Rose	526	42.2	−11.4
	Conservative	Eddie Stevens	419	33.6	−12.8
	Labour	Catherine Arakelian	216	17.3	+17.3
	UKIP	David Fairweather	86	6.9	+6.9
Majority			107	8.6
Turnout			1,247
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melanie Magee	443	65.9	+7.0
	Labour	Kevin Walsh	130	19.3	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	John Innes	99	14.7	−1.3
Majority			313	46.6
Turnout			672
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Ross	611	56.7	−4.8
	Conservative	Pat Tompson	349	32.4	+0.3
	UKIP	David Burton	117	10.9	+10.9
Majority			262	24.3
Turnout			1,077
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Jelf	511	66.6	+8.1
	Labour	Perran Moon	155	20.2	−11.1
	Green	Colin Clark	101	13.2	+13.2
Majority			356	46.4
Turnout			767
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Cherry	758	58.9	−2.6
	Conservative	Pat Tompson	323	25.1	−7.0
	UKIP	Christian Miller	206	16.0	+16.0
Majority			435	33.8
Turnout			1,287
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaida Hussain	781	45.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Tony Mepham	661	38.1	+3.1
	UKIP	Linda Wren	150	8.6	−6.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ashworth	73	4.2	−1.3
	Green	Christopher Manley	72	4.1	−3.8
Majority			120	6.9
Turnout			1,737
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote By-Election 22 September 2016^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew McHugh	1,015	57.4	+8.5
	Labour	Sue Christie	286	16.2	−0.2
	Green	Naomi Kanetsuka	278	15.7	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Thomas	189	10.7	−2.8
Majority			729	41.2
Turnout			1,768
	Conservative hold		Swing

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown By-Election 1 May 2025^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry Elugwu	639	32.8	−11.9
	Conservative	Paul Sargent	600	30.8	+10.3
	Independent	Cassi Bellingham	289	14.8	+2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Parker-Manuel	216	11.1	−2.4
	Green	Karl Kwiatkowski	207	10.6	+1.3
Majority			39	2.0
Turnout			1,951
	Labour hold		Swing

Deddington By-Election 1 May 2025^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe McLernon	1,560	46.9	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Mylne	916	27.6	+15.0
	Labour	Helen Oldfield	478	14.4	−18.8
	Green	Aaron Bliss	370	11.1	+0.7
Majority			644	19.4
Turnout			3,324
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiaz Ahmed	729	33.3	+9.0
	Labour	Andrew Eaton	690	31.5	−16.9
	Independent	Simon Garrett	412	18.8	+7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Thomas	358	16.4	+10.1
Majority			39	1.8
Turnout			2,189
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing