Oxford City Council election, 2008

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Contents 1 Results 2 Results by ward 2.1 Barton and Sandhills 2.2 Blackbird Leys 2.3 Carfax 2.4 Churchill 2.5 Cowley 2.6 Cowley Marsh 2.7 Headington 2.8 Headington Hill and Northway 2.9 Hinksey Park 2.10 Holywell 2.11 Iffley Fields 2.12 Jericho and Osney 2.13 Littlemore 2.14 Lye Valley 2.15 Marston 2.16 North 2.17 Northfield Brook 2.18 Quarry and Risinghurst 2.19 Rose Hill and Iffley 2.20 St Clement's 2.21 St Margaret's 2.22 St Mary's 2.23 Summertown 2.24 Wolvercote 3 Sources 4 See also

Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.

Overall turnout was 32.6%, down from 35.8% in 2006. The lowest turnout (20.8%) was in St Mary's ward and the highest (46.1%) in Marston.

[edit] Results

Oxford Local Election Result 2008
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net Gain/Loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/-
	Labour	12	4	0	+4	50.0	34.6	11,882	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	8	2	1	+1	33.3	22.8	7,857	−8.6
	Green	3	0	1	−1	12.5	16.9	5,824	−3.9
	Independent Working Class	1	0	2	−2	4.2	3.9	1,329	−0.1
	Conservative	0	0	2	−2	0	20.2	6,960	+8.2
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.6	537	+0.5

Note: three Independents stood in 2008, compared with two in 2006.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

Party		Previous council	Staying councillors	Seats up for election	Election result	New council
	Labour	19	11	8	12	23
	Liberal Democrats	15	8	7	8	16
	Green	8	4	4	3	7
	Independent Working Class	4	1	3	1	2
	Conservatives	2	0	2	0	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0
Total		48	24	24	24	48

[edit] Results by ward

[edit] Barton and Sandhills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Patrick Murray	528	34.3	−5.5
	Labour	Andrew Lomas	524	34.0	−0.6
	Conservative	Timothy Hamer	406	26.4	+11.9
	Green	Raymond Hitchins	82	5.3	+0.4
Turnout			1546	32.1	−3.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Blackbird Leys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Val Smith	647	54.3	+5.9
	Independent Working Class	Lee Cole	417	35.0	−8.4
	Conservative	Gareth Jennings	79	6.6	+6.6
	Green	Sue Tibbles	28	2.4	0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Ian Bearder	20	1.7	−4.1
Turnout			1192	29.5	−0.2
	Labour gain from Independent Working Class		Swing

[edit] Carfax

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Brown	375	35.7	+5.4
	Conservative	Paul Sargent	284	27.1	+4.6
	Green	Claudia Fitzherbert	208	19.8	−12.8
	Labour	Sarah Hutchinson	182	17.3	+2.7
Turnout			1059	24.5	-0.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Note that Paul Sargent won the Carfax seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, the Liberal Democrats hold.

[edit] Churchill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Lygo	588	41.7	–4.7
	Independent Working Class	Claire Kent	375	26.6	+3.5
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Bonney	227	16.1	+4.4
	Conservative	Gordon Bell	172	12.2	–0.1
	Green	Eliza Hilton	47	3.3	–3.3
Turnout			1412	30.9	+2.7
	Labour gain from Independent Working Class		Swing

[edit] Cowley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bryan Keen	692	48.2	+30.6
	Conservative	Judith Harley	250	17.4	+17.4
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Gonzalez	224	15.6	−22.0
	Green	Alyson Duckmanton	180	12.5	+12.5
	Independent	Paul Garraway	91	6.3	−25.7
Turnout			1440	32.9	−6.2
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Cowley Marsh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Saj Malik	773	51.4	+21.6
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Brett	447	29.7	−8.1
	Green	Lilian Sherwood	153	10.2	−8.3
	Conservative	Martin Young	131	8.7	−5.2
Turnout			1512	33.8	+5.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Note that Saj Malik won the Cowley Marsh seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to Labour in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats.

[edit] Headington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Wilkinson	564	35.4	+17.7
	Conservative	Chris Clifford	548	34.4	+21.0
	Labour	Van Coulter	266	16.7	+6.6
	Green	Jill Haas	215	13.5	−45.3
Turnout			1598	39.6	+1.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Headington Hill and Northway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Maureen Christian	485	36.3	+10.0
	Conservative	Marc Borja	448	33.6	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Jock Coats	320	24.0	−10.4
	Green	Mary Livingstone	82	6.1	−2.7
Turnout			1340	31.2	−4.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Hinksey Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oscar Van Nooijen	871	52.2	+43.3
	Green	Deborah Glass Woodin	391	23.4	−6.6
	Conservative	Simon Mort	222	13.3	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat	Joe Chick	185	11.1	−37.7
Turnout			1666	36.0	−5.0
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Holywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Nathan Pyle	481	45.4	−3.3
	Conservative	Alex Stafford	239	22.5	+8.2
	Green	Chip Sherwood	196	18.5	−5.4
	Labour	Kieran Hutchinson Dean	144	13.6	+0.5
Turnout			1072	26.9	−2.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Green		Swing

[edit] Iffley Fields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Elise Benjamin	858
	Conservative	Nick Carter	159
	Labour	Mike Rowley	447
Turnout			1568	38.6	-1.5
	Green hold		Swing

[edit] Jericho and Osney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Cook	907
	Green	Sandhya Drew	282
	Conservative	Alexander Penny	216
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Rosser	301
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Littlemore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tanner	639
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Fawcett	136
	Conservative	Yvonne Lowe	313
	Green	Fionn Stevenson	173
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Lye Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Kentish	126
	Conservative	John Lowe	258
	Labour	Bob Timbs	741
	Liberal Democrat	Dave White	110
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] Marston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Beverley Hazell	732
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline van Zyl	544
	Independent	Michael Haines	437
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	302
	Green	Alistair Morris	108
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

[edit] North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Clark Brundin	463
	Conservative	Frances Kennett	378
	Labour	Sue Ledwith	184
	Green	Merlyn Lyons	221
Turnout
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Northfield Brook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Working Class	Stuart Craft	537
	Conservative	Mary Jones	78
	Liberal Democrat	Beatrice Morlin	56
	Green	Kate Prendergast	44
	Labour	Richard Stevens	471
Turnout
	Independent Working Class hold		Swing

[edit] Quarry and Risinghurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laurence Baxter	786
	Conservative	Tia MacGregor	622
	Liberal Democrat	Roz Smith	585
	Green	Donald O'Neal	86
	Independent	Pat Mylvaganam	9
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Note that Tia MacGregor won the Quarry and Risinghurst seat in the 2004 elections for the Liberal Democrats, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives in 2007. So when comparing to the 2004 elections, Labour gain from the Liberal Democrats.

[edit] Rose Hill and Iffley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Bearder	207
	Conservative	Siddo Deva	230
	Green	Larry Sanders	182
	Labour	Edward Turner	751
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

[edit] St Clement's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Dieppe	158
	Labour	Altaf Hussain	280
	Conservative	Elizabeth Mills	152
	Green	Nuala Young	558
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

[edit] St Margaret's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gwynneth Royce	469	33.4	−16.6
	Green	Chris Goodall	390	27.8	0.0
	Conservative	Vernon Porter	378	26.9	+10.1
	Labour	James Fry	168	12.0	+6.6
Turnout			1407	32.6	−10.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] St Mary's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Matt Morton	488
	Labour	David Green	180
	Conservative	Carolyn Ten Holder	99
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Goddard	87
Turnout
	Green hold		Swing

[edit] Summertown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart McCready	747	44.2	+1.9
	Conservative	Clara Bantry White	424	25.1	+4.5
	Green	Sarah Pethybridge	349	20.7	−8.9
	Labour	Scott Seamons	169	10.0	+2.5
Turnout			1699	35.5	−5.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Wolvercote

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gotch	623	34.1	−11.3
	Conservative	Joanne Bowlt	572	31.3	+7.7
	Green	Mary Franklin	377	20.6	−3.2
	Labour	Michael Taylor	255	14	+6.8
Turnout			1831	40.3	−4.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

[edit] Sources

• Election results, from Oxford City Council

[edit] See also

• Oxford local elections
• UK local elections, 2008
• Elections in the United Kingdom

Preceded by Oxford Council election, 2006

Oxford Council elections

Succeeded by Oxford Council election, 2010