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Council Elections May 2007

Vale of White Horse District Council

The count was held in Abingdon on Friday 4th May. Results are below.

The results can also be found on the Council's website at

Abbey Barton (Abingdon)

Two Lib Dem holds

784 Lib Dem 1 (Tony de Vere)

771 Lib Dem 2 (Julie Mayhew-Archer)

510 Con 1

508 Con 2

156 Lab

Caldecott (Abingdon)

Two Lib Dem holds

485 Lib Dem 1 (Mary de Vere)

462 Lib Dem 2 (Paul Burton)

388 Con 1

376 Con 2

118 Lab

Cumnor & Appleton

3 Lib Dem holds

1142 Lib Dem 1 (Dudley Hoddinott)

1139 Lib Dem 2 (Judy Roberts)

1020 Lib Dem 3 (John Woodford)

790 Con 1

669 Con 2

672 Con 3

385 UKIP 1

300 Green

263 UKIP 2

206 UKIP 3

Dunmore

1 Lib Dem hold and 1 Lib Dem gain from Con

964 Lib Dem 1 (Tim Smith)

991 Lib Dem 2 (Janet Morgan)

777 Con 1

758 Con 2

119 Lab

Fitzharris (Abingdon)

1 Lib Dem hold and 1 Lib Dem gain from Con

802 Lib Dem 1 (Richard Gibson)

784 Lib Dem 2 (Jim Halliday)

551 Con 1

543 Con 2

90 Lab

Kennington

1 Lib Dem hold and 1 Con gain from Lib Dem

815 Lib Dem 1 (Jerry Patterson)

780 Con 1

765 Con 2

752 Lib Dem 2 (Bernard Auton)

Northcourt

2 Lib Dem holds

781 Lib Dem 1 (Angela Lawrence)

744 Lib Dem 2 (Laurel Symons)

560 Con 1

473 Con 2

151 Lab

North Hinksey & Wytham

Two Lib Dem holds.

879 Lib Dem 1 (Jenny Shepherd)

862 Lib Dem 2 (Terry Quinlan)

538 Con 1

470 Con 2

284 Green

Ock Meadow (Abingdon)

1 Lib Dem gain from Con and 1 Lib Dem hold

805 Lib Dem 1 (Samantha Bowring)

744 Lib Dem 2 (Beth Fleming)

698 Con 1

677 Con 2

Peachcroft

2 Lib Dem holds

904 Lib Dem 1 (Alison Rooke)

845 Lib Dem 2 (Pat Lonergan)

662 Con 1

606 Con 2

Radley

1 Lib Dem hold

534 Lib Dem (Bob Johnston)

301 Con

76 Green

Sunningwell & Wootton

2 Lib Dem holds

887 Lib Dem 1 (Chris Wise)

846 Lib Dem 2 (Val Shaw)

487 Con 1

476 Con 2

Rest of the Vale area

The rest of the Vale is in the Wantage constituency and the full results can be found on the Vale of White Horse District Council's website, by clicking the link below.

The Lib Dems have held Blewbury, Drayton, Marcham, Greendown and the two seats in Wantage Segsbury and 2 in Wantage Charlton. The Conservatives have held Longworth, Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, Stanford in the Vale, Sutton Courtenay, Shrivenham (2), Harwell (2), The Hanneys and Faringdon (3), and one seat in Wantage Charlton. The Conservatives also held one of their 3 seats in Grove, but lost the other two to the Lib Dems.

Cherwell District Council

The count was held on Friday 4th May. The results of those seats that fall within the Oxford West & Abingdon constituency are below. Full results can be found on the Cherwell District Council website.

Kidlington North

Lib Dem hold

711 Lib Dem (John Wyse)

549 Con

155 Lab

Kidlington South

Con gain from Labour

1008 Con

749 Lib Dem (Philip Rawlins)

520 Lab

Gosford, Yarnton & Water Eaton

Con hold

939 Con

411 Lib Dem (Suzanne Wilson-Higgins)

Abingdon Town Council

The Liberal Democrats won all 21 Town Council seats, making 4 gains from the Conservatives.

Abbey Barton

3 Lib Dem holds

806 Lib Dem 1 (Lesley Legge)

801 Lib Dem 2 (Julie Mayhew-Archer)

706 Lib Dem 3 (Martin Smith)

505 Con 1

500 Con 2

497 Con 3

180 Lab

Caldecott

3 Lib Dem holds

487 Lib Dem 1 (Margaret Crick)

487 Lib Dem 2 (Alaistair Fear)

459 Lib Dem 3 (Peter Fulk)

391 Con 1

386 Con 2

385 Con 3

119 Lab

Dunmore

1 Lib Dem hold and 2 Lib Dem gains from Con

943 Lib Dem 1 (Jan Morter)

941 Lib Dem 2 (Colin Walters)

912 Lib Dem 3 (Audrey Tamplin)

773 Con 1

769 Con 2

702 Con 3

157 Lab

Fitzharris

2 Lib Dem holds and 1 Lib Dem gain

784 Lib Dem 1 (Jim Halliday)

759 Lib Dem 2 (Jeanette Halliday)

714 Lib Dem 3 (Di Nixon)

564 Con 1

549 Con 2

512 Con 3

204 Green

112 Lab

Northcourt

3 Lib Dem holds

768 Lib Dem 1 (Angela Lawrence)

764 Lib Dem 2 (Pat Hobby)

713 Lib Dem 3 (Duncan Brown)

532 Con 1

515 Con 2

454 Con 3

167 Lab

Ock Meadow

2 Lib Dem holds and 1 Lib Dem gain

768 Lib Dem 1 (Samantha Bowring)

718 Lib Dem 2 (Tim Oates)

711 Lib Dem 3 (Lorraine Smith)

693 Con 1

675 Con 2

610 Con 3

Peachcroft

3 Lib Dem holds

853 Lib Dem 1 (Alison Rooke)

823 Lib Dem 2 (Pat Lonergan)

755 Lib Dem 3 (Lorraine Oates)

653 Con 1

621 Con 2

566 Con 3

123 Lab

Kidlington Parish Council

The Liberal Democrats had already won control of the Parish Council with 9 candidates elected unopposed. Dogwood and Exeter wards were contested. Liberal Democrats won 5 out of 6 contested seats - making the Parish Council 14 Lib Dems, 1 Labour.

Dogwood Ward

499 Lib Dem 1 (Devena Rae) - elected

447 Lib Dem 2 (Peter Horsley) - elected

415 Lib Dem 3 (Valerie Holton) - elected

246 Lab 1

225 Lab 2

205 Lab 3

Exeter Ward

305 Lib Dem 1 (Sara Hepworth) - elected

274 Lib Dem 2 (Tom Atsoparthis) - elected

134 Lab 1 (Andrew Hornsby-Smith) - elected

124 Lab 2

107 Lab 3

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