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2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

Map of the results of the 2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2011.

The 2011 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Conservative 44
Liberal Democrats 4
Labour 1

After the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to seven for the Liberal Democrats and one each for Labour and an Independent. 16 seats were contested in 2011, with three Conservative cabinet members, Mark Booty, Richard Langridge and Warwick Robinson, defending seats, as well as the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews.

A total of 55 candidates stood for election, with 19 for the five seats in Witney alone. Both the Conservatives and the Green Party put up a full slate of 16 candidates, while Labour had 11 candidates, the Liberal Democrats 10 and there were two independents.

The Conservatives increased their control of the council, gaining four seats to have 44 councillors. Three of the Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four seats on the council, with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election. The other Liberal Democrat defeats came in Carterton South were Peter Madden lost his seat to Conservative Michael Brennan and in Charlbury and Finstock, where Michael Breakell had stepped down as a councillor at the election.

The fourth Conservative gain came in Stonesfield and Tackley where Charles Cottrell-Dormer won the seat as a Conservative, after having previously represented the ward as an independent. Meanwhile, Labour remained with one seat after Eve Coles held Chipping Norton for the party and Duncan Enright came second in Witney East with 1,006 votes, compared to 1,131 for Conservative Sian Davies. Overall 11 of the 13 sitting councillors who stood again were re-elected and average turnout at the election was 45.9%.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
15	4	0	+4	93.8	55.0	14,365	-4.1%
1	0	0	0	6.3	17.4	4,532	+7.1%
0	0	0	0	0	13.4	3,499	+10.6%
0	0	3	-3	0	11.0	2,880	-15.6%
0	0	1	-1	0	3.2	843	+2.0%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	565	73.9
	Green	200	26.1
365	47.8
765	52.9
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,053	71.8	−4.2
	Green	413	28.2	+28.2
640	43.7	−8.2
1,466	51.1	−24.4
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	799	66.6	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	226	18.8	−14.5
	Green	174	14.5	+14.5
573	47.8	+14.3
1,199	32.0	−32.2
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	928	72.6	+2.3
	Green	351	27.4	+13.2
577	45.1	−9.7
1,279	40.9	−30.1
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	893	69.3	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	184	14.3	−7.7
	Labour	129	10.0	+10.0
	Green	83	6.4	+6.4
709	55.0	−0.9
1,289	40.9	−27.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	716	40.8	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	677	38.5	−19.5
	Labour	199	11.3	+11.3
	Green	165	9.4	+9.4
39	2.3
1,757	59.3	+7.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	881	36.6	−2.8
	Conservative	833	34.7	−12.6
	Independent	537	22.3	+22.3
	Green	94	3.9	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats	59	2.5	−10.7
48	1.9
2,404	52.0	−19.5
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	872	37.9	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	831	36.1	−20.6
	Labour	399	17.4	+17.4
	Green	197	8.6	+8.6
41	1.8
2,299	50.6	−24.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,009	66.6
	Labour	197	13.0
	Green	160	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	149	9.8
812	53.6
1,515	49.5
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,088	68.7
	Labour	279	17.6
	Green	217	13.7
809	51.1
1,584	51.0
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,077	61.2	−8.3
	Green	423	24.0	−6.5
	Liberal Democrats	259	14.7	+14.7
654	37.2	−1.7
1,759	56.0	+15.2
	Conservative gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	813	51.1	−11.7
	Labour	572	36.0	+13.7
	Green	205	12.9	+4.9
241	15.2	−25.3
1,590	41.4	+8.3
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,131	44.6	−10.9
	Labour	1,006	39.6	+20.8
	Green	241	9.5	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	160	6.3	−12.5
125	4.9	−31.8
2,538	44.4	−26.1
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	798	53.8	−0.3
	Green	261	17.6	−11.0
	Labour	214	14.4	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	210	14.2	−3.0
537	36.2	+10.7
1,483	47.5	+12.4
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	922	48.1	−7.3
	Labour	398	20.8	+3.5
	Independent	306	16.0	+16.0
	Green	166	8.7	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	125	6.5	−10.9
524	27.3	−10.7
1,917	41.1	−26.5
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	868	68.1	−7.2
	Labour	258	20.2	+5.6
	Green	149	11.7	+1.7
610	47.8	−12.9
1,275	40.6	+10.3
	Conservative hold

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