Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards was up for election. The exception was St Clement's, where both seats were up for election as a by-election for the other seat was held on the same day. Therefore 25 of the 48 seats on the Council were up for election. Overall turnout was 35.8%, down from 37.6% in 2004. The lowest turnout (24.9%) was in Carfax ward and the highest (49.6%) in Marston.
Oxford Local Election Result 2006 | ||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/- | ||
Liberal Democrat | 9 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 36.0 | 31.4 | 12,081 | +1.2 | ||
Labour | 10 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 40.0 | 30.1 | 11,581 | +2.1 | ||
Green | 5 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 20.0 | 20.8 | 8,002 | +0.4 | ||
Independent Working Class | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1,538 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 4,626 | -5.6 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 431 | +0.29 | ||
Respect | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.55 | 213 | +0.55 |
Note: two Independents stood in 2006, compared with three in 2004.
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
The Oxford University Conservative Association President-Elect was the Conservative candidate in the Holywell ward. His candidacy was embroiled in controversy in late April when some of his nominators alleged that they had not signed his nomination forms, thus meaning that their signatures had been forged. An investigation was launched by Police and, as of 24 May, is still ongoing.
Several local and student newspapers launched their own investigations. The full list of Steel's supposed nominators were a seletion of students of the University of Oxford, some of whom were officers of the Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA). A number of those officers subsequently complained to Oxford City Council that they had not signed the papers.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Christopher Scanlan | 657 | 39.8 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Michael McAndrews | 570 | 34.6 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | Prudence Dailey | 239 | 14.5 | -6.5 | |
Independent Working Class | James Craft | 102 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Green | Raymond Hitchins | 81 | 4.9 | -6.0 | |
Turnout | 1,656 | 35.4 | +4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Rae Humberstone | 579 | 48.4 | -1.6 | |
Independent Working Class | Maurice Leen | 519 | 43.4 | +14.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ian Bearder | 69 | 5.8 | -3.1 | |
Green | Tim Pizey | 29 | 2.4 | -0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,204 | 29.7 | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Sushila Dhall | 327 | 32.6 | -0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Gabriel Grant | 304 | 30.3 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Craig Aston | 225 | 22.5 | +10.9 | |
Labour | Josephine Salmon | 146 | 14.6 | -11.8 | |
Turnout | 1,009 | 24.9 | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joseph McManners | 597 | 46.4 | ||
Independent Working Class | David Kent | 297 | 23.1 | ||
Conservative | Richard Lang | 158 | 12.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Thomas Wilkinson | 150 | 11.7 | ||
Green | Oliver Tickell | 85 | 6.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,296 | 28.2 | -0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Shah Khan | 627 | 37.6 | ||
Labour | Mumtaz Fareed | 534 | 32.0 | ||
Green | Martin Juckes | 294 | 17.6 | ||
Respect | Philippa Whittaker | 213 | 12.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,680 | 39.1 | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mohammed Abbasi | 513 | 37.8 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Anthony Brett | 404 | 29.8 | ||
Green | Alyson Duckmanton | 251 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative | Judith Harley | 188 | 13.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,365 | 33.1 | -3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | David Rundle | 948 | 58.8 | ||
Conservative | Duncan Hatfield | 285 | 17.7 | ||
Labour | Ruth Najeme | 216 | 13.4 | ||
Green | Matthew Ledbury | 162 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,617 | 38.3 | -5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Mohammed Altaf-Khan | 506 | 34.3 | ||
Labour | Maureen Christian | 451 | 30.6 | ||
Conservative | Julian Wheatland | 388 | 26.3 | ||
Green | Katherine Wedell | 130 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,483 | 35.2 | +1.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Price | 882 | 48.8 | ||
Green | Lilian Sherwood | 543 | 30.0 | ||
Conservative | Simon Mort | 221 | 12.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Martin Herben | 161 | 8.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,817 | 41.0 | -3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Richard Huzzey | 564 | 48.7 | ||
Green | Matthew Morton | 276 | 23.9 | ||
Conservative | Charlie Steel | 165 | 14.3 | ||
Labour | Anneliese Dodds | 152 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,179 | 29.2 | -3.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Arthur Williams | 890 | 55.5 | ||
Labour | Mohammed Nawaz | 514 | 32.0 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Bernard Gowers | 200 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,617 | 40.1 | -5.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Susanna Pressel | 1100 | 49.5 | +5.5 | |
Liberal Democrat | John Ballance | 704 | 31.7 | +4.4 | |
Green | Sarah Pethybridge | 265 | 11.9 | -10.0 | |
Conservative | Nicola Blackwood | 154 | 6.9 | -0.2 | |
Turnout | 2,235 | 45.3 | -0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gillian Sanders | 650 | 48.4 | ||
Conservative | Michael Davis | 319 | 23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrat | John Wilde | 201 | 15.0 | ||
Green | Margaret Oakenby | 174 | 12.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,357 | 30.7 | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Sabir Mirza | 659 | 44.4 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Nathan Pyle | 638 | 43.0 | ||
Green | Susan Heeks | 188 | 12.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,501 | 31.3 | -1.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Clarkson | 944 | 43.3 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Charles Haynes | 717 | 32.9 | ||
Independent | Michael Haines | 398 | 18.2 | ||
Green | Meena Dhanda | 123 | 5.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,196 | 49.6 | +3.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Alan Armitage | 663 | 49.0 | ||
Green | Leopold Keyes | 299 | 22.1 | ||
Conservative | Robin Aitken | 235 | 17.4 | ||
Labour | Matthew Pennycook | 157 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,360 | 32.8 | -6.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Working Class | Jane Lacey | 620 | 48.6 | +20.9 | |
Labour | Carole Roberts | 502 | 39.4 | -15.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Rosemary Morlin | 91 | 7.1 | -5.9 | |
Green | Susan Tibbles | 62 | 4.9 | +3.2 | |
Turnout | 1,284 | 30.8 | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Delia Sinclair | 789 | 39.2 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Jonathan Coats | 699 | 34.7 | ||
Conservative | John Young | 354 | 17.6 | ||
Green | Judith Chipchase | 173 | 8.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,027 | 44.9 | -1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Antonia Bance | 727 | 48.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Christopher Bones | 343 | 22.9 | ||
Conservative | Timothy Benjamin | 230 | 15.3 | ||
Green | Simon Brook | 199 | 13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,509 | 36.9 | -2.3 |
Note: the top two candidates were elected;
vote percentage and swing for parties, not candidates |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Green | Mary-Jane Sareva | 645 | Green | ||
Green | Nuala Young | 574 | 48.1 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Mark Whittaker | 339 | Lib Dem | ||
Liberal Democrat | Andrew MacGregor | 310 | 25.6 | ||
Labour | Kate Pounds | 189 | Lab | ||
Labour | Laurence Baxter | 183 | 14.7 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Hand | 154 | Con | ||
Conservative | Carolyn Holter | 141 | 11.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,268 | 25.4 | -8.5 |
Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large voting). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | James Campbell | 882 | 50.0 | ||
Green | Christopher Goodall | 491 | 27.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert Porter | 296 | 16.8 | ||
Labour | Bruce Russell | 95 | 5.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,769 | 42.9 | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Craig Simmons | 689 | 66.5 | ||
Liberal Democrat | Michael Tait | 173 | 16.7 | ||
Labour | Daniel Simpson | 141 | 13.6 | ||
Independent | Pathmanathan Mylvaganam | 33 | 3.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,056 | 25.3 | -8.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | Jean Fooks | 820 | 42.3 | ||
Green | Malcolm Lee | 574 | 29.6 | ||
Conservative | Raoul Cerratti | 400 | 20.6 | ||
Labour | Christopher Weaver | 146 | 7.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,945 | 41.2 | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrat | John Goddard | 911 | 45.4 | ||
Green | Sheila Cameron | 478 | 23.8 | ||
Conservative | Kenneth Bickers | 474 | 23.6 | ||
Labour | Michael Taylor | 145 | 7.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,018 | 45.0 | -4.5 |
Preceded by Oxford City Council election, 2004 |
Oxford Council elections | Succeeded by Oxford City Council election, 2008 |