Vale of White Horse District Council elections

Elections to the Vale of White Horse District Council, the local authority for the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, England take place every four years.

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green^[b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973	27	3	8	–	10		Conservative
1976	40	1	4	0	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
1979	43	1	4	0	3		Conservative
1983	40	8	1	0	2		Conservative
1987	41	8	1	0	1		Conservative
1991	29	18	2	0	2		Conservative
1995	11	34	5	0	1		Liberal Democrats
1999	15	33	2	0	1		Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
2003	21	29	0	0	1		Liberal Democrats
2007	17	34	0	0	0		Liberal Democrats
2011	31	19	1	0	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (38 seats)
2015	29	9	0	0	0		Conservative
2019	6	31	0	1	0		Liberal Democrats
2023	0	34	0	4	0		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	611	45.0	+1.5
	Conservative	570	41.9	+6.9
	Labour	178	13.1	−8.4
Majority		41	3.1
Turnout		1,359	24.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	558	64.8	+2.0
	Conservative	303	35.2	−2.0
Majority		255	29.6
Turnout		861	31.2
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	692	46.7	−1.2
	Conservative	621	41.9	+5.7
	Labour	170	11.5	−4.4
Majority		71	4.8
Turnout		1,483	25.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	733	49.8	+9.5
	Liberal Democrats	532	36.1	−9.4
	Independent	207	14.1	+14.1
Majority		201	13.7
Turnout		1,472	24.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	826	57.6	+7.1
	Conservative	608	42.4	+4.9
Majority		218	15.2
Turnout		1,434	28
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Verdin	844	47.4	+10.3
	Conservative	Henry Richardson	720	40.4	−0.4
	Labour		216	12.1	+0.4
Majority			124	7.0
Turnout			1,780	33.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Webber	343	55.2	−11.7
	Conservative	Michael Murray	215	34.6	+1.5
	Labour	William Akers	63	10.1	+10.1
Majority			128	20.6
Turnout			621	35.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Auton	771	57.2	+0.9
	Conservative	Gareth Jennings	577	42.8	+7.7
Majority			194	14.4
Turnout			1,348	39.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Morgan	760	45.6	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Todd	731	43.8	−3.8
	Labour	Ed Mitchell	177	10.6	+0.2
Majority			29	1.8
Turnout			1,668
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Bricknell	796	52.6	+0.1
	Conservative	Monica Lovatt	602	39.8	−1.4
	Green	Richard Bullock	71	4.7	+4.7
	Labour	Bobbie Nichols	43	2.8	−3.5
Majority			194	12.8
Turnout			1,512
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

	Candidate	Votes
Liberal Democrats	Valerie Shaw	577
Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Miles	549
Conservative	Adam Hardiman	346
Conservative	Richard Treffler	333
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Skinner	683	51.2	+8.9
	Conservative	Peter Wiblin	518	38.8	−6.9
	Labour	George Ryall	133	10.0	−2.0
Majority			165	12.4
Turnout			1,334
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	St John Dickson	351	52.8	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sadler	199	29.9	−15.5
	UKIP	Jason Kent	115	17.3	+17.3
Majority			152	22.9
Turnout			665
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Webber	308	43.5	−5.8
	Conservative	Jackie Gibb	260	36.7	+0.0
	UKIP	Christopher Parkes	140	19.8	+19.8
Majority			48	6.8
Turnout			708
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wantage Charlton By-Election 10 April 2014^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julia Reynolds	591	41.9	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Sibbald	542	38.4	+2.5
	Labour	Nathan Sparks	155	11.0	−5.9
	Green	Kevin Harris	124	8.8	+8.8
Majority			49	3.5
Turnout			1,412
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sutton Courtenay By-Election 20 June 2024^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Stevens	226	33.6	−24.9
	Green	Aidan Reilly	214	31.8	+18.3
	Conservative	Christopher Campbell	182	27.1	−0.8
	Labour	Stephen Webb	50	7.4	+7.4
Majority			12	1.8
Turnout			672
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Botley and Sunningwell By-Election 10 July 2025^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Potter	732	71.5	+7.9
	Conservative	Charlotte Adlung	162	15.8	−4.8
	Green	Thomas Gaston	130	12.7	+11.2
Majority			570	55.7
Turnout			1,024
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ridgeway By-Election 13 November 2025^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Griffin	442	43.1	−14.9
	Conservative	Charlotte Dickson	250	24.4	−17.6
	Reform	Henry de Kretser	204	19.9	+19.9
	Green	Kiera Barnett	122	11.9	+11.9
	Labour	Rob Blundell	8	0.8	+0.8
Majority			192	18.7
Turnout			1,026
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeanette Halliday	479	50.3	+7.6
	Conservative	Monica Lovatt	378	39.7	+0.0
	Labour	George Ryall	96	10.1	−7.5
Majority			101	10.6
Turnout			953
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Crick	745	52.4	+14.7
	Conservative	Andrew Todd	501	35.2	−6.1
	UKIP	Christopher Parkes	90	6.3	+6.3
	Labour	Mike Gould	87	6.1	−4.7
Majority			244	17.1
Turnout			1,423
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Mabbett	704	44.9	+14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Przybysz	575	36.7	−9.4
	Labour	Marci Sandels	191	12.2	+0.2
	Green	Viral Patel	98	6.3	+6.3
Majority			129	8.2
Turnout			1,568
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Povolotsky	878	55.1	+14.1
	Conservative	Louise Brown	517	32.4	−15.8
	Independent	David Corps	199	12.5	+12.5
Majority			361	22.6
Turnout			1,594
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caleb Pell	647	43.7	+3.3
	Green	Aidan Reilly	480	32.5	−2.0
	Reform	Luis Prado	204	13.8	+13.8
	Conservative	Chris Palmer	101	6.8	−7.4
	Labour	Stephen Webb	47	3.2	−7.7
Majority			167	11.3
Turnout			1,479
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Evans	666	45.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Bettridge	395	27.2	−17.0
	Reform	Sarah von Simson	261	18.0	+18.0
	Green	Jacob Yung	115	7.9	−4.5
	Labour	Rob Blundell	13	0.9	+0.9
Majority			271	18.7
Turnout			1,450
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing