Oxford City Council election, 2006
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.
Results
Oxford Local Election Result 2006 |
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:
Nomination form controversy
The Oxford University Conservative Association President-Elect Charlie Steel 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, meaning their signatures had been forged. A Police investigation was launched and Steel ceased campaigning, but did not resign from his OUCA position. This resulted in the resignation of five members of the OUCA committee in protest.
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. Five OUCA officers resigned in protest at Steel's handling of the controversy.
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Results by ward
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Map of the Oxford Wards
Barton and Sandhills
Blackbird Leys
Carfax
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Churchill
Cowley
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Cowley Marsh
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Headington
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Headington Hill and Northway
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Hinksey Park
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Holywell
Iffley Fields
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Jericho and Osney
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Littlemore
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Lye Valley
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Marston
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
North
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Northfield Brook
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Quarry and Risinghurst
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Rose Hill and Iffley
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
St Clement's
Note: the top two candidates were elected;
vote percentage and swing for parties, not candidates |
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.
St Margaret's
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
St Mary's
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Summertown
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Wolvercote
|
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
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 |
Party Share of Vote Maps
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