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2023 Cherwell District Council election

The 2023 Cherwell District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The 2023 Cherwell District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control. Attempts to form a coalition of the other parties failed to produce an alternative administration. The Conservative leader of the council, Barry Wood, was removed from office at the council's annual meeting on 17 May 2023, but as the council could not agree on a replacement leader the meeting was then adjourned until 23 May 2023. No alternative leader who could command a majority had emerged by then either, and so Barry Wood was reinstated as leader, in charge of a Conservative minority administration.

Green Party leader Ian Middleton said this was because the Labour Party National Executive Committee had told the local Labour Party that they could not have any Green or Independent councillors in roles in the Executive.

The overall results were as follows:

2023 Cherwell District Council election
Conservative	3	5	18.8	17	20	41.7	12,735	34.0	-4.8
Labour	5	3	31.3	7	12	25.0	9,641	25.7	+0.9
Liberal Democrats	5	3	31.3	5	10	20.8	9,461	25.2	-1.2
Green	2	1	12.5	1	3	6.3	4,160	11.1	+3.4
Independent	1	2	6.3	2	3	6.3	1,486	4.0	+1.4

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Cherwell District Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023. The results for each ward were:

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,540	53.6	−6.3
	Conservative	913	31.8	+1.8
	Labour	345	12.0	+1.9
	Independent	73	2.5	N/A
627	21.8
2,871	37.85
7,604
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,217	42.6	−0.1
	Conservative	1,055	36.9	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	244	8.1	−2.5
	Green	213	7.4	N/A
	Independent	131	4.6	N/A
162	5.7
2,860	32.93
8,731
	Labour gain from Conservative	4.85

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	1,058	54.6	+3.8
	Conservative	443	22.8	−12.6
	Green	159	8.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	141	7.2	−6.6
	Independent	80	4.1	N/A
	Independent	58	3.0	N/A
615	31.7
1,939	26.18	−3.3
7,461
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	1,030	55.6	−0.9
	Conservative	389	21.0	−6.1
	Green	175	9.5	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	143	7.7	−0.1
	Independent	114	6.2	N/A
641	34.6
1,851	26.27
7,110
	Labour Co-op hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	809	46.1	+2.9
	Conservative	716	40.2	+1.4
	Green	231	13.2	+3.3
93	5.9	+1.5
1,756	23.2	−2
7,612
	Labour gain from Conservative	0.75

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	884	58.5	+2.8
	Conservative	388	25.7	−8.2
	Green	95	6.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	74	4.9	−5.5
	Independent	70	4.6	N/A
496	32.8
1,511	21.29
7,124
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	843	41.6	+14.0
	Conservative	767	37.9	−10.1
	Labour	416	20.5	−4.0
76	3.8
2,026	32.08
6,377
	Green gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	794	39.6	+19.8
	Conservative	676	33.7	−7.2
	Labour	536	26.7	−1.3
118	5.9
2,006	31.13
6,502
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,660	56.8	+1.4
	Conservative	808	27.7	−3.7
	Labour	453	15.5	+3.2
852	29.1
2,921	29.57
9,948
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	777	40.0	−12.3
	Conservative	472	24.3	−5.1
	Labour	397	20.4	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	188	9.7	N/A
	Green	110	5.7	N/A
305	15.7
1,944	29.93
6,559
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,247	44.9	−4.9
	Liberal Democrats	856	30.8	+5.6
	Labour	439	15.8	−9.2
	Green	238	8.6	N/A
391	14.1
2,780	40.19
6,967
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,280	43.8	−2.1
	Labour	796	27.2	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	547	18.7	−2.0
	Green	300	10.3	−0.7
484	16.6
2,923	39.65
7,430
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,049	42.2	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	774	31.1	+10.8
	Labour	373	15.0	−3.9
	Green	291	11.7	−6.6
275	11.1
2,487	34.77
7,179
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	1,505	57.0	+10.2
	Conservative	678	25.7	−12.2
	Labour Co-op	276	10.4	−4.9
	Independent	183	6.9	N/A
827	31.3
2,642	37.86
7,036
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,410	56.2	+3.8
	Conservative	802	32.0	−4.0
	Labour	297	11.8	+0.2
608	24.2
2,509	36.25
6,983
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	1,120	45.0	−4.5
	Conservative	1,052	42.3	+1.5
	Labour	315	12.7	+4.1
68	2.7
2,477	38.7
6,490
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

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