en 2022 Cherwell District Council election

2022 Cherwell District Council election
17 out of 48 seats to Cherwell District Council; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Cherwell District Council election
Council control before election; ; Conservative	Council control after election ; ; Conservative

The 2022 Cherwell District Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2022 Cherwell District Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	6	6	35.3	19	25	52.1	16,169	38.4	-9.3
	Labour	4	2	23.5	6	10	20.8	10,434	24.8	+2.0
	Liberal Democrats	5	4	29.4	2	7	14.6	11,120	26.4	+11.3
	Independent	1	1	5.9	3	4	8.3	1,092	2.6	-2.1
	Green	1	1	5.9	1	2	4.2	3,241	7.7	-2.0

Ward results

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hingley	1,801	59.9	+29.7
	Conservative	Tony Mepham	902	30.0	−21.9
	Labour	Sian Tohill-Martin	305	10.1	−7.8
Majority			899	29.9
Turnout			3,008	40.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	25.8

Banbury Calthorpe and Easington

Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Harwood	1,320	46.7	−9.2
	Labour	Isabel Creed	1,207	42.7	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Pattenden	301	10.6	+4.2
Majority			113	4.0
Turnout			2,828	33.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.2

Banbury Cross and Neithrop

Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chuk Okeke	1,103	50.8	+5.6
	Conservative	Fiaz Ahmed	769	35.4	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Ash Haeger	300	13.8	+9.1
Majority			334	15.4
Turnout			2,172	29.5
	Labour hold		Swing	4.2

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Rebecca Biegel	1,158	56.5	+8.3
	Conservative	Ben Dalton	556	27.1	−8.1
	Green	Karl Kwiatkowski	176	8.6	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Yeomans	159	7.8	+1.9
Majority			602	29.4
Turnout			2,049	29.0
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	8.2

Banbury Hardwick

Banbury Hardwick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Crichton	798	43.2	+9.7
	Conservative	Tony Ilott	717	38.8	−8.7
	Green	Alison Nuttall	182	9.9	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Raisbeck	150	8.1	+4.9
Majority			81	4.4
Turnout			1,847	25.2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	9.2

Banbury Ruscote

Banbury Ruscote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Amanda Watkins	922	55.7	+4.1
	Conservative	Hayne Strangwood	562	33.9	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Buckwell	172	10.4	+6.1
Majority			360	21.8
Turnout			1,656	23.7
	Labour hold		Swing	3.6

Bicester East

Bicester East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donna Ford	947	48.0	−1.0
	Green	Damien Maguire	544	27.6	+4.4
	Labour	Samuel Akbur	483	24.5	+5.4
Majority			403	20.4
Turnout			1,974	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.7

Bicester North and Caversfield

Bicester North and Caversfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Mawer	797	40.9	−11.8
	Labour	Arjunsingh Bais	546	28.0	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Lytton	386	19.8	+7.5
	Green	Amanda Maguire	218	11.2	−3.2
Majority			251	12.9
Turnout			1,947	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.6

Bicester South and Ambrosden

Bicester South and Ambrosden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Pruden	1,732	55.4	+43.1
	Conservative	Sundeep Singh	982	31.4	−21.3
	Labour	Sian Roscoe	412	12.3	−7.5
Majority			750	24.0
Turnout			3,126	33.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	32.2

Bicester West

Bicester West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Broad	1,092	52.3	−10.9
	Conservative	Sam Holland	615	29.4	+10.0
	Labour	Steven Uttley	382	18.3	+5.3
Majority			477	22.9
Turnout			2,089	31.9
	Independent hold		Swing	10.5

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Chapman	1,396	49.8	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Xenia Huntley	707	25.2	N/A
	Labour Co-op	Anne Cullen	701	25.0	+4.9
Majority			689	24.6
Turnout			2,804	40.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Deddington

Deddington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eddie Reeves	1,416	45.9	−11.7
	Labour	Annette Murphy	690	22.4	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Hartley	640	20.7	−0.6
	Green	Aaron Bliss	339	11.0	N/A
Majority			726	23.5
Turnout			3,085	41.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.5

Fringford and Heyfords

Fringford and Heyfords
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Wood	1,066	42.5	−17.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dillie Keane	508	20.3	N/A
	Labour	Sylvia Howells	474	18.9	+3.3
	Green	Jenny Tamblyn	460	18.3	−6.0
Majority			558	22.2
Turnout			2,508	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Kidlington East

Kidlington East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Fiona Mawson	1,322	46.8	+12.3
	Conservative	Nigel Simpson	1,070	37.9	−12.6
	Labour	Sarah Stephenson-Hunter	432	15.3	+0.4
Majority			252	8.9
Turnout			2,824	40.2
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing	12.5

Kidlington West

Kidlington West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Conway	1,465	52.4	+2.2
	Conservative	Helen Kingsley	1,005	36.0	−2.5
	Labour	Chidi Uche	325	11.6	+0.3
Majority			460	16.4
Turnout			2,795	40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.4

Launton and Otmoor

Launton and Otmoor (2 seats due to by-election)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gemma Coton	1,477	55.3	+19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Angus Patrick	1,322	49.5	+13.6
	Conservative	David Hughes	1,091	40.8	−9.0
	Conservative	Steve Jackson	958	35.9	−13.9
	Labour	Joanne Howells	267	10.0	−4.3
	Labour	Naomi Karslake	229	8.6	−5.7
Turnout				43.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Changes 2022–2023

Hannah Banfield, elected in 2019 as a Labour councillor for Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward, resigned from the party in November 2022, sitting instead as an independent.^[2]

References

^ "District Elections". Cherwell District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ Boothroyd, David (11 November 2022). "Changes of allegiance". Local Councils. Retrieved 24 April 2023. Cherwell: Hannah Banfield, who was elected for the Labour Party... has left the party to sit as an Independent

[1] "District Elections". Cherwell District Council. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[2] Boothroyd, David (11 November 2022). "Changes of allegiance". Local Councils. Retrieved 24 April 2023. Cherwell: Hannah Banfield, who was elected for the Labour Party... has left the party to sit as an Independent

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