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1997 UK local government election
February 2018
February 2018
The 1997 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 local elections in the United Kingdom. Oxfordshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Oxfordshire-County.pdf pdf Oxfordshire County Council 2012 13 February 2018 All 70 councillors were elected from 70 electoral divisions which returned one county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
Division results
Denotes sitting councillor
Abingdon Central
Abingdon Central
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Julie Mayhew-Archer*
4,022
51.8
Conservative Party (UK)
John Lightfoot
2,402
30.9
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Thomas
1,124
14.5
Green Party of England and Wales
Celia Warman
223
2.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
1,620
7,771
78.8
Abingdon North
Abingdon North
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Janet Morgan*
3,293
52.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Mary Lovatt
2,074
33.1
Labour Party (UK)
Roberta Nichols
901
14.4
1,219
6,268
80.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Abingdon South
Abingdon South
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Neil Fawcett
1,978
43.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Greta Drake
1,419
31.2
Labour Party (UK)
Rosemary Banner
1,154
25.4
559
4,551
75.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Bampton
Bampton
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Hayward
2,990
43.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Brenda Smith
2,378
34.6
Labour Party (UK)
Kenneth Rees
1,509
21.9
612
6,877
79.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Banbury Easington
Banbury Easington
Conservative Party (UK)
Kieron Mallon
1,984
39.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Daphne Nash*
1,652
32.9
Labour Party (UK)
Royston Mold
1,385
27.6
332
5,021
77.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Banbury Grimsbury
Banbury Grimsbury
Labour Party (UK)
Sandra Mold*
2,042
46.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Richard Tompkins
1,514
34.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pamela Linzey-Jones
857
19.4
528
4,413
66.0
Labour Party (UK)
Banbury Hardwick
Banbury Hardwick
Labour Party (UK)
Wendy Humphries*
1,738
47.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Elsie Milne
1,223
33.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Victor Burch
687
18.8
515
3,648
69.6
Labour Party (UK)
Banbury Neithrop
Banbury Neithrop
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret Ferriman*
1,607
41.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Gary Wills
1,282
32.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Geoffrey Fisher
1,003
25.8
325
3,892
70.0
Labour Party (UK)
Banbury Ruscote
Banbury Ruscote
Labour Co-operative
John Steer*
2,375
64.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Christopher Wardell
780
21.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Burns
558
15.0
1,595
3,713
68.3
Labour Co-operative
Benson
Benson
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Crabbe
1,842
43.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Susan Cooper
1,544
36.8
Labour Party (UK)
James Merritt
814
19.4
298
4,200
77.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Bicester North
Bicester North
Conservative Party (UK)
Douglas Spencer*
4,369
42.4
Labour Party (UK)
Leslie Sibley
3,497
33.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Elisabeth Yardley
2,082
20.2
Independent Labour
Hector Cassidy
368
3.6
872
10,316
75.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Bicester South
Bicester South
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Shouler*
1,251
40.3
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Simpson
968
31.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Catherine Bearder
882
28.4
283
3,101
74.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Blackbird Leys
Blackbird Leys
Labour Party (UK)
Atherton Stockford*
2,982
73.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Paul Hernandez
484
12.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Philip Keen
386
9.6
Green Party of England and Wales
Patricia Dickson
189
4.7
2,596
4,041
62.0
Labour Party (UK)
Bloxham
Bloxham
Conservative Party (UK)
Keith Mitchell*
2,752
56.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Colin Galloway
1,119
23.0
Labour Party (UK)
James Plester
995
20.4
1,633
4,866
80.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Burford
Burford
Conservative Party (UK)
Donald Seale
2,317
51.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robert Duniplace
1,333
29.3
Labour Party (UK)
Alison Bettle
895
19.7
1,016
4,545
79.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Carterton
Carterton
Conservative Party (UK)
Deirdre Bulley*
2,531
48.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Madden
1,504
28.6
Labour Party (UK)
William Stevenson
1,224
23.3
1,027
5,259
68.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Chalgrove
Chalgrove
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Turner*
2,529
54.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Pritchard
1,395
30.0
Labour Party (UK)
Sherwin Smith
730
15.7
1,134
4,654
77.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Charlbury
Charlbury
Labour Party (UK)
James Hodgson*
2,076
40.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Robin Pacey
1,742
34.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Gareth Epps
1,287
25.2
334
5,105
83.8
Labour Party (UK)
Chinnor
Chinnor
Conservative Party (UK)
Ann Davis*
2,265
50.9
Labour Party (UK)
Ozanna Duffy
1,369
30.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mark McCartney
817
18.4
896
4,451
78.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Chipping Norton
Chipping Norton
Labour Co-operative
Robert Evans
1,864
44.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Judith Schroeder
1,408
33.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Geoffrey Walton
678
16.3
Green Party of England and Wales
Susan Chaple-Perrie
221
5.3
456
4,171
76.7
Labour Co-operative
Cumnor
Cumnor
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Hook*
2,557
44.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Woodford
2,375
41.0
Labour Party (UK)
Brian Capaloff
864
14.9
182
5,796
80.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Deddington
Deddington
Conservative Party (UK)
Norman Matthews*
2,898
51.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Peter Davis
1,489
26.6
Labour Party (UK)
Gerard Sullivan
1,209
21.6
1,409
5,596
80.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Didcot Manor
Didcot Manor
Labour Party (UK)
Terence Joslin*
2,884
39.4
Conservative Party (UK)
John Flood
2,643
36.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Worgan
1,786
24.4
141
7,313
76.7
Labour Party (UK)
Didcot Mereland
Didcot Mereland
Labour Party (UK)
Neville Harris
1,808
50.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Marie Flood
886
24.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Andrew Jones
884
24.7
922
3,578
68.9
Labour Party (UK)
Dorchester
Dorchester
Conservative Party (UK)
Roy Tudor Hughes
1,624
36.8
Labour Party (UK)
Malcolm Newdick
1,321
30.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Stimson
1,254
28.4
Green Party of England and Wales
David Scott
210
4.8
303
4,409
75.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Drayton
Drayton
Labour Party (UK)
Margaret MacKenzie*
2,174
47.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Amanda Harland
1,305
28.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Bosley
1,135
24.6
869
4,614
80.3
Labour Party (UK)
Eynsham
Eynsham
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Harry Wyatt*
2,647
48.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Maureen Curry
1,564
28.5
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Shelton
1,271
23.2
1,083
5,482
80.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Faringdon
Faringdon
Conservative Party (UK)
Judith Heathcoat
2,657
49.4
Labour Party (UK)
Alan Hickmore
1,651
30.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Brian Sadler
1,073
19.9
1,006
5,381
76.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Goring
Goring
Conservative Party (UK)
John Farrow
2,180
44.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Bob Morgan*
2,147
44.1
Labour Party (UK)
Claire Wadey
547
11.2
33
4,874
81.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Grove
Grove
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Marchant
1,913
44.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Alfred Wolage
1,591
36.8
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Sumner
821
19.0
322
4,325
77.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Hanborough
Hanborough
Conservative Party (UK)
David Dawes
1,967
41.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Colin James
1,859
39.3
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Enright
908
19.2
108
4,734
82.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Headington
Headington
Labour Party (UK)
Sylvia Tompkins*
1,814
42.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Prudence Dailey
1,284
30.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Rosemary Lawton Smith
982
22.9
Green Party of England and Wales
Karen Gadsby
202
4.7
530
4,282
64.1
Labour Party (UK)
Henley North
Henley North
Conservative Party (UK)
George Sanders
1,751
51.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patricia Mulcahy
1,099
32.0
Labour Party (UK)
Eva Barnes
586
17.1
652
3,436
71.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Henley South
Henley South
Conservative Party (UK)
Brian Ratcliffe Law
2,510
54.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Bernard Cleasby
1,318
28.4
Labour Party (UK)
Julie Wymer
819
17.6
1,192
4,647
76.3
Conservative Party (UK)
Hinksey
Hinksey
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Janet Godden*
2,707
48.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Ann Dykes
1,799
32.4
Labour Party (UK)
Richard Peirce
559
15.5
Green Party of England and Wales
Anne-Marie Heslop
186
3.4
908
5,251
78.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Hormer
Hormer
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robin Johnston*
1,950
54.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Stephen Rathbone
1,264
35.2
Labour Party (UK)
Gordon Richards
372
10.4
786
3,586
79.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Iffley
Iffley
Labour Party (UK)
Suppiah Segaran
1,820
42.8
Conservative Party (UK)
James French
1,221
28.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Yeoward
655
15.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Wendy Manley
555
13.1
599
4,251
74.3
Labour Party (UK)
Kidlington North
Kidlington North
Conservative Party (UK)
Jeremy Dempsey
1,530
33.3
Labour Party (UK)
Vanessa Thomas*
1,511
32.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Wyse
1,360
29.6
Green Party of England and Wales
Jane Carey
198
4.3
19
4,599
75.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Kidlington South
Kidlington South
Labour Party (UK)
David Green*
1,607
38.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Maurice Billington
1,439
34.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anne Parsley
1,027
24.7
Green Party of England and Wales
Richard Child
79
1.9
168
4,152
78.3
Labour Party (UK)
Littlemore
Littlemore
Labour Party (UK)
Olive Stedman
1,868
56.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Andrew Allison
712
21.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Vicky Potter
533
16.0
Green Party of England and Wales
Joanna Lavender
225
6.7
1,156
3,338
66.1
Labour Party (UK)
Marcham
Marcham
Conservative Party (UK)
Marjorie Evans
1,861
45.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Hilary Killick
1,440
34.9
Labour Party (UK)
Thomas Long
820
19.9
421
4,121
77.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Moreton
Moreton
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jan Morgan*
2,133
43.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Patrick Greene
1,828
37.2
Labour Party (UK)
Nicholas Hards
952
19.4
305
4,913
80.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
New Marston
New Marston
Labour Party (UK)
Tom Richardson*
1,743
51.1
Conservative Party (UK)
David Ruffels
815
23.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Gombrich
584
17.1
Green Party of England and Wales
Robin Cotton
271
7.9
928
3,413
72.7
Labour Party (UK)
Old Marston
Old Marston
Labour Party (UK)
Nils Bartleet*
1,817
47.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Margaret Whelan
1,021
26.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Alan Edwards
835
21.8
Green Party of England and Wales
Gregory Muttitt
157
4.1
796
3,830
77.6
Labour Party (UK)
Oxford Central
Oxford Central
Green Party of England and Wales
Sushila Dhall*
1,943
42.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Philip Cockayne
1,056
23.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Benjamin Holland
801
17.5
Labour Party (UK)
Harini Iyengar
777
17.0
893
4,577
70.9
Green Party of England and Wales
Oxford Cherwell
Oxford Cherwell
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Thomas Snow
1,341
36.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Janet Todd*
1,258
33.9
Labour Party (UK)
Valeria Bartleet
853
23.0
Green Party of England and Wales
Mary Zajicek
262
7.1
83
3,714
73.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Oxford East
Oxford East
Labour Party (UK)
Robert Langridge
1,687
43.3
Green Party of England and Wales
Elise Benjamin
956
24.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Pieter-Paul Barker
671
17.2
Conservative Party (UK)
John Lord
579
14.9
731
3,893
67.1
Labour Party (UK)
Oxford North
Oxford North
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Dermot Roaf*
1,953
47.8
Labour Party (UK)
Parichehre Mosteshar-Gharai
781
19.1
Conservative Party (UK)
Kenneth Bickers
726
17.8
Green Party of England and Wales
Lilia Patterson
558
13.7
Local Government Reform
John Rose
67
1.6
1,172
4,085
72.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Oxford South
Oxford South
Labour Party (UK)
Jennifer Karmali
1,649
38.1
Green Party of England and Wales
Deborah Glass
1,198
27.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Robert Porter
763
17.6
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Rundle
713
16.5
451
4,323
69.9
Labour Party (UK)
Oxford West
Oxford West
Labour Party (UK)
Fiona Campbell
1,337
33.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Jeremy Wynne
1,079
26.7
Green Party of England and Wales
Patrick Lingwood
825
20.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Patricia Jones
799
19.8
258
4,040
69.9
Labour Party (UK)
Ploughley
Ploughley
Conservative Party (UK)
Catherine Fulljames*
3,176
52.6
Labour Party (UK)
John Hunter
1,629
27.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Antony Prowse
1,228
20.4
1,547
6,033
75.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Quarry
Quarry
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Margaret Godden
1,838
42.6
Labour Party (UK)
Martin Broderick
1,418
32.8
Conservative Party (UK)
Georgina Shomroni
883
20.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Ylva Powlett
179
4.1
420
4,318
69.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Labour Party (UK)
Shrivenham
Shrivenham
Conservative Party (UK)
Anda Fitzgerald-O'Connor
2,236
42.5
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anthony Lambert*
1,790
34.0
Labour Party (UK)
Marjorie Sandels
1,237
23.5
446
5,263
77.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Sonning Common
Sonning Common
Conservative Party (UK)
Alan Robertson*
2,391
52.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Robin Peirce
1,245
27.2
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Beere
697
15.2
Green Party of England and Wales
Aidan Carlisle
249
5.4
1,146
4,582
79.5
Conservative Party (UK)
St Clements
St Clements
Green Party of England and Wales
Craig Simmons
1,972
39.3
Labour Party (UK)
Biddy Hudson
1,630
32.5
Conservative Party (UK)
David Timson
744
14.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Voyce
667
13.3
342
5,013
69.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Temple Cowley
Temple Cowley
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Clements
1,800
51.2
Conservative Party (UK)
Eric Lewis-Leaning
832
23.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Elizabeth Cooper
655
18.6
Green Party of England and Wales
Mary Kelsey
226
6.4
968
3,513
66.8
Labour Party (UK)
Thame
Thame
Conservative Party (UK)
Diana Ludlow
2,478
40.2
Labour Party (UK)
John Beech
1,901
30.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Paul Gleeson
1,783
28.9
577
6,162
77.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Wallingford
Wallingford
Liberal Democrats (UK)
William Bradshaw*
2,520
52.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Nigel Moor
1,454
30.3
Labour Party (UK)
Frederick Johns
822
17.1
1,066
4,796
77.0
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Wantage
Wantage
Liberal Democrats (UK)
James Moley
2,504
44.2
Labour Party (UK)
Jean Nunn-Price
1,608
28.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Charles Langton
1,553
27.4
896
5,665
77.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Wantage Rural
Wantage Rural
Conservative Party (UK)
Colin Lamont
1,867
41.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Derek Southern*
1,667
37.4
Labour Party (UK)
David Green
924
20.7
200
4,458
79.9
Conservative Party (UK)
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Watlington
Watlington
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Timothy Horton
1,958
43.5
Conservative Party (UK)
David Sloan
1,879
41.7
Labour Party (UK)
Clare Merritt
664
14.8
79
4,501
77.9
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Wheatley
Wheatley
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Patricia Anne Purse*
2,683
50.0
Conservative Party (UK)
Peter Audley-Miller
1,697
31.6
Labour Party (UK)
Michael Ormston
859
16.0
Green Party of England and Wales
Mark Lynas
129
2.4
986
5,368
76.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Witney North
Witney North
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Brenda Churchill*
1,555
38.9
Conservative Party (UK)
David Robertson
1,360
34.0
Labour Party (UK)
John Ryall
1,084
27.1
195
3,999
80.3
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Witney South
Witney South
Labour Party (UK)
Edward Cooper
2,589
48.4
Conservative Party (UK)
Anthony Harvey
1,715
32.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Willis
1,046
19.6
874
5,350
76.4
Labour Party (UK)
Wolvercote
Wolvercote
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Anne Baker
1,785
42.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Simon Mort
1,052
25.0
Labour Party (UK)
Sarah Escritt
885
21.1
Green Party of England and Wales
Richard Jones
481
11.4
733
4,203
78.1
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Wood Farm
Wood Farm
Labour Party (UK)
David Buckley*
1,972
53.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Philip Jones
787
21.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Mark Hinnels
574
15.6
Liberal
Roger Jenking
187
5.1
Green Party of England and Wales
Simon Hunt
153
4.2
1,185
3,673
68.9
Labour Party (UK)
Woodstock
Woodstock
Liberal Democrats (UK)
David Nicholson
1,572
37.6
Conservative Party (UK)
Louise Chapman
1,481
35.4
Labour Party (UK)
Roderick Greatbatch
993
23.7
Green Party of England and Wales
Bevis Cotton
139
3.3
91
4,185
82.4
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Conservative Party (UK)
Wroxton
Wroxton
Conservative Party (UK)
George Reynolds
2,710
55.8
Labour Party (UK)
Elizabeth Gatliff
1,150
23.7
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Richard Kaye
999
20.6
1,560
4,859
81.7
Conservative Party (UK)
Wychwood
Wychwood
Conservative Party (UK)
Rodney Rose
1,736
40.8
Liberal Democrats (UK)
John Lilly
1,675
39.6
Labour Party (UK)
Frances Ashworth
833
18.7
51
4,244
81.5
Conservative Party (UK)
Yarnton & Otmoor
Yarnton & Otmoor
Conservative Party (UK)
Barry Wood
1,969
40.2
Liberal Democrats (UK)
Angela Lawrence
1,670
34.1
Labour Party (UK)
Andrew Corner
997
20.4
Green Party of England and Wales
Clifford Duffield
256
5.2
299
4,892
79.7
Conservative Party (UK)
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