On Friday 6 May, local politicians gathered at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury for the results of the Cherwell District Council elections. It was a difficult day for Cherwell Conservatives with 6 seats lost - 1 to Labour in Banbury Hardwick, one to the Greens in Kidlington East and 4 to the Liberal Democrats in Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Bicester South and Ambrosden, and two seats in Launton and Otmoor where a by-election was held alongside the scheduled elections. Full details of the results can be found below:
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote:
David Hingley, Liberal Democrats: 1801
Tony Mepham, The Conservative Party Candidate: 902
Sian Tohill-Martin, Labour Party: 305
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington:
Ian Harwood, The Conservative Party Candidate: 1320
Isabel Creed, Labour Party: 1207
Robert Pattenden, Liberal Democrat: 301
Banbury Cross and Neithrop:
Chuk Okeke, Labour Party: 1103
Fiaz Ahmed, The Conservative Party Candidate: 769
Ash Haeger, Liberal Democrat: 300
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown:
Rebecca Biegel, Labour Party: 1158
Ben Dalton, The Conservative Party Candidate: 556
Karl Kwiatkowski, Green Party: 176
David Yeomans, Liberal Democrats: 159
Banbury Hardwick:
Stephen Crichton, Labour Party: 798
Tony Ilott, The Conservative Party Candidate: 717
Andrew Raisbeck, Liberal Democrats: 182
Alison Nuttall, Green Party: 150
Banbury Ruscote:
Amanda Watkins, Labour Party: 922
Jayne Strangwood, The Conservative Party Candidate: 562
Steve Buckwell, Liberal Democrats: 172
Bicester East:
Donna Ford, The Conservative Party Candidate: 947
Damian Maguire, Green Party: 544
Samuel Akbur, Labour Party: 443
Bicester North and Caversfield:
Nick Mawer, The Conservative Party Candidate: 797
Arjunsingh Bais, Labour Party: 546
Simon Lytton, Liberal Democrat: 386
Amanda Maguire, Green Party: 218
Bicester South and Ambrosden:
Christopher Pruden, Liberal Democrat: 1732
Sundeep Singh, The Conservative Party Candidate: 982
Sian Roscoe, Labour Party: 412
Bicester West:
John Broad, Independent: 1092
Sam Holland, The Conservative Party Candidate: 615
Steven Uttley, Labour & Co-operative Party: 382
Cropredy, Wroxton and Sibfords:
Phil Chapman, The Conservative Party Candidate: 1396
Xenia Huntley, Liberal Democrats: 707
Anne Cullen, Labour & Co-operative Party: 701
Deddington:
Eddie Reeves, The Conservative Party Candidate: 1416
Annette Murphy, Labour Party: 690
James Hartley, Liberal Democrats: 640
Aaron Bliss, Green Party: 339
Fringford and Heyfords:
Barry Wood, The Conservative Party Candidate: 1066
Dillie Keane, Liberal Democrats: 508
Sylvia Howells, Labour Party: 474
Jenny Tamblyn, Green Party: 460
Launton and Otmoor:
Gemma Coton, Liberal Democrats: 1477
Angus Patrick, Liberal Democrats: 1322
David Hughes, The Conservative Party Candidate: 1091
Steve Jackson, The Conservative Party Candidate: 958
Joanne Howells, Labour Party: 267
Naomi Karslake, Labour Party: 229
