1997_Oxfordshire_County_Council_election

1997 Oxfordshire County Council election

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The 1997 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 1 May 1997 as part of the 1997 local elections in the United Kingdom.^[1] 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.

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Oxfordshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 (pdf). Oxfordshire County Council. 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Mayhew-Archer*	4,022	51.8
	Conservative	John Lightfoot	2,402	30.9
	Labour	Richard Thomas	1,124	14.5
	Green	Celia Warman	223	2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
Majority			1,620
Turnout			7,771	78.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Morgan*	3,293	52.5
	Conservative	Mary Lovatt	2,074	33.1
	Labour	Roberta Nichols	901	14.4
Majority			1,219
Turnout			6,268	80.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Fawcett	1,978	43.5
	Conservative	Greta Drake	1,419	31.2
	Labour	Rosemary Banner	1,154	25.4
Majority			559
Turnout			4,551	75.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stephen Hayward	2,990	43.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Smith	2,378	34.6
	Labour	Kenneth Rees	1,509	21.9
Majority			612
Turnout			6,877	79.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kieron Mallon	1,984	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Daphne Nash*	1,652	32.9
	Labour	Royston Mold	1,385	27.6
Majority			332
Turnout			5,021	77.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sandra Mold*	2,042	46.3
	Conservative	Richard Tompkins	1,514	34.3
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Linzey-Jones	857	19.4
Majority			528
Turnout			4,413	66.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Wendy Humphries*	1,738	47.6
	Conservative	Elsie Milne	1,223	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Victor Burch	687	18.8
Majority			515
Turnout			3,648	69.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret Ferriman*	1,607	41.3
	Conservative	Gary Wills	1,282	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Fisher	1,003	25.8
Majority			325
Turnout			3,892	70.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	John Steer*	2,375	64.0
	Conservative	Christopher Wardell	780	21.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Burns	558	15.0
Majority			1,595
Turnout			3,713	68.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Crabbe	1,842	43.9
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Cooper	1,544	36.8
	Labour	James Merritt	814	19.4
Majority			298
Turnout			4,200	77.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Douglas Spencer*	4,369	42.4
	Labour	Leslie Sibley	3,497	33.9
	Liberal Democrats	Elisabeth Yardley	2,082	20.2
	Independent Labour	Hector Cassidy	368	3.6
Majority			872
Turnout			10,316	75.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Shouler*	1,251	40.3
	Labour	Michael Simpson	968	31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Bearder	882	28.4
Majority			283
Turnout			3,101	74.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Atherton Stockford*	2,982	73.8
	Conservative	Paul Hernandez	484	12.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Keen	386	9.6
	Green	Patricia Dickson	189	4.7
Majority			2,596
Turnout			4,041	62.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Keith Mitchell*	2,752	56.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Galloway	1,119	23.0
	Labour	James Plester	995	20.4
Majority			1,633
Turnout			4,866	80.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Donald Seale	2,317	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Duniplace	1,333	29.3
	Labour	Alison Bettle	895	19.7
Majority			1,016
Turnout			4,545	79.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Carterton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Deirdre Bulley*	2,531	48.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Madden	1,504	28.6
	Labour	William Stevenson	1,224	23.3
Majority			1,027
Turnout			5,259	68.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	James Hodgson*	2,076	40.7
	Conservative	Robin Pacey	1,742	34.1
	Liberal Democrats	Gareth Epps	1,287	25.2
Majority			334
Turnout			5,105	83.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Chinnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ann Davis*	2,265	50.9
	Labour	Ozanna Duffy	1,369	30.8
	Liberal Democrats	Mark McCartney	817	18.4
Majority			896
Turnout			4,451	78.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chipping Norton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour Co-op	Robert Evans	1,864	44.7
	Conservative	Judith Schroeder	1,408	33.8
	Liberal Democrats	Geoffrey Walton	678	16.3
	Green	Susan Chaple-Perrie	221	5.3
Majority			456
Turnout			4,171	76.7
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Turner*	2,529	54.3
	Conservative	Patricia Pritchard	1,395	30.0
	Labour	Sherwin Smith	730	15.7
Majority			1,134
Turnout			4,654	77.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Hook*	2,557	44.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Woodford	2,375	41.0
	Labour	Brian Capaloff	864	14.9
Majority			182
Turnout			5,796	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Norman Matthews*	2,898	51.8
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davis	1,489	26.6
	Labour	Gerard Sullivan	1,209	21.6
Majority			1,409
Turnout			5,596	80.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Terence Joslin*	2,884	39.4
	Conservative	John Flood	2,643	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Worgan	1,786	24.4
Majority			141
Turnout			7,313	76.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Neville Harris	1,808	50.5
	Conservative	Marie Flood	886	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jones	884	24.7
Majority			922
Turnout			3,578	68.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roy Tudor Hughes	1,624	36.8
	Labour	Malcolm Newdick	1,321	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Stimson	1,254	28.4
	Green	David Scott	210	4.8
Majority			303
Turnout			4,409	75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Margaret MacKenzie*	2,174	47.1
	Conservative	Amanda Harland	1,305	28.3
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bosley	1,135	24.6
Majority			869
Turnout			4,614	80.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Wyatt*	2,647	48.3
	Conservative	Maureen Curry	1,564	28.5
	Labour	Michael Shelton	1,271	23.2
Majority			1,083
Turnout			5,482	80.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Judith Heathcoat	2,657	49.4
	Labour	Alan Hickmore	1,651	30.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sadler	1,073	19.9
Majority			1,006
Turnout			5,381	76.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Farrow	2,180	44.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Morgan*	2,147	44.1
	Labour	Claire Wadey	547	11.2
Majority			33
Turnout			4,874	81.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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Division Results

Abingdon Central

Abingdon North

Abingdon South

Bampton

Banbury Easington

Banbury Grimsbury

Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Neithrop

Banbury Ruscote

Benson

Bicester North

Bicester South

Blackbird Leys

Bloxham

Burford

Carterton

Chalgrove

Charlbury

Chinnor

Chipping Norton

Cumnor

Deddington

Didcot Manor

Didcot Mereland

Dorchester

Drayton

Eynsham

Faringdon

Goring

Grove

Hanborough

Headington

Henley North

Henley South

Hinksey

Hormer

Iffley

Kidlington North

Kidlington South

Littlemore

Marcham

Moreton

New Marston

Old Marston

Oxford Central

Oxford Cherwell

Oxford East

Oxford North

Oxford South

Oxford West

Ploughley

Quarry

Shrivenham

Sonning Common

St Clements

Temple Cowley

Thame

Wallingford

Wantage

Wantage Rural

Watlington

Wheatley

Witney North

Witney South

Wolvercote

Wood Farm

Woodstock

Wroxton

Wychwood

Yarnton & Otmoor

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Marchant	1,913	44.2
	Conservative	Alfred Wolage	1,591	36.8
	Labour	Robert Sumner	821	19.0
Majority			322
Turnout			4,325	77.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Dawes	1,967	41.6
	Liberal Democrats	Colin James	1,859	39.3
	Labour	Michael Enright	908	19.2
Majority			108
Turnout			4,734	82.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia Tompkins*	1,814	42.4
	Conservative	Prudence Dailey	1,284	30.0
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Lawton Smith	982	22.9
	Green	Karen Gadsby	202	4.7
Majority			530
Turnout			4,282	64.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	George Sanders	1,751	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Mulcahy	1,099	32.0
	Labour	Eva Barnes	586	17.1
Majority			652
Turnout			3,436	71.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Ratcliffe Law	2,510	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Cleasby	1,318	28.4
	Labour	Julie Wymer	819	17.6
Majority			1,192
Turnout			4,647	76.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Godden*	2,707	48.8
	Conservative	Ann Dykes	1,799	32.4
	Labour	Richard Peirce	559	15.5
	Green	Anne-Marie Heslop	186	3.4
Majority			908
Turnout			5,251	78.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Johnston*	1,950	54.4
	Conservative	Stephen Rathbone	1,264	35.2
	Labour	Gordon Richards	372	10.4
Majority			786
Turnout			3,586	79.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Suppiah Segaran	1,820	42.8
	Conservative	James French	1,221	28.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Yeoward	655	15.4
	Green	Wendy Manley	555	13.1
Majority			599
Turnout			4,251	74.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Dempsey	1,530	33.3
	Labour	Vanessa Thomas*	1,511	32.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Wyse	1,360	29.6
	Green	Jane Carey	198	4.3
Majority			19
Turnout			4,599	75.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Green*	1,607	38.7
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	1,439	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Parsley	1,027	24.7
	Green	Richard Child	79	1.9
Majority			168
Turnout			4,152	78.3
	Labour hold		Swing