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The 2018 Oxford City Council election is scheduled to take place on 3 May 2018, to elect 24 of the 48 members of Oxford City Council in England. This is on the same day as other local elections in England. Each of Oxford's 24 wards will elect one councillor, with the other seat in each ward next due for election in May 2020.[5]
Background
The Labour Party holds a majority of seats on Oxford City Council. When the 24 seats up for election in 2018 were contested at the 2014 Oxford City Council election, 17 were won by Labour, 4 by the Liberal Democrats, and 3 by the Green Party of England and Wales.[1][note 1] The 2016 election, at which the Council's other 24 seats were contested, saw a stronger result for Labour (18 seats won) and weaker for the Greens (1 seat).[6]
The 2018 election will be the first regular election to Oxford City Council since the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, at which Oxford defied a UK-wide vote to leave the European Union by returning a 70% vote to remain.[7] A year after the referendum, in the 2017 UK general election, Labour significantly increased its majority in the parliamentary constituency of Oxford East (which includes most of the city of Oxford), while the Liberal Democrats gained Oxford West and Abingdon from the Conservative Party.[8]
New Statesman commentator Stephen Bush suggested that a successful result for Labour in the 2018 Oxford City Council election, building on its strong parliamentary performance in 2017, would be to win all the available Green seats.[9] The Oxford Mail's political correspondent Nathan Briant predicted that "Labour are likely to return a healthy number of councillors", but identified potential difficulties for the party: a rise in homelessness in Oxford as in other cities, controversy of the Council's use of community protection notices to threaten to fine homeless people, and a perception of the national Labour leadership as too eurosceptic.[10]
Stephen Bush argued that if the Liberal Democrats' national strategy of appealing to pro-European voters succeeded, one benchmark for this would be an expansion from eight seats on Oxford City Council to double figures.[11]
Policies and campaigns
Conservative
The Oxford Conservative Association's chair Mark Bhagwandin criticised the Labour administration for a lack of affordable housing in Oxford, including at the recent Barton development. He stated he was confident that the Conservatives could improve on their previously weak position in Oxford, and that they would hold Labour to account. The party pledged to freeze the salaries of senior council staff, which Bhagwandin described as "huge".[12]
Green
The Green Party's campaign also emphaised a need for scrutiny and opposition; co-leader Caroline Lucas stated while campaigning in Oxford that "one more Labour councillor won't make any difference", while "one more Green councillor" would ensure the council was "forced to deliver".[13] Lucas identified homelessness as the issue on which Oxford's Green councillors been most active,[13] and the Greens' manifesto highlighted their past campaigns for the council to provide additional homeless shelters and consider the use of rent controls, as well as their role in challenging fines for rough sleepers and removal of their property.[14] Green policies also included addressing air pollution in St. Clement's[13] by extending the council's proposed zero-emission zone,[14] and redesignating the entire development on the Lucy Faithfull House site for affordable housing (instead of half as proposed by the council).[12]
Labour
Oxford's governing Labour Party pledged in its manifesto, subtitled Fighting Austerity for a Fairer City, to build 1000 affordable homes and work with adjacent councils on "high quality urban extensions that will increase the availability of affordable homes".[15][16] The Leader of the Council, Susan Brown, advocated more development in the Oxford Green Belt to meet the city's housing needs.[12] Emphasising Oxford's "strong cycling tradition",[17] the manifesto included policies to provide more lanes and parking for cyclists, while supporting cycle hire businesses.[15][18] On homelessness, Labour pledged increased spending and cooperation with charitable and voluntary organisations "with the objective of ensuring that no-one has to sleep rough in Oxford".[15] Other "key pledges" included promotion of an Oxford living wage, support for sports clubs and facilities, and measures to reduce the city's carbon footprint and air pollution.[19]
Launching the manifesto, Susan Brown and Shadow Secretary of State for Housing John Healey attacked the central government's austerity programme as responsible for homelessness and other social problems in Oxford and elsewhere, while Healey praised Oxford City Council's track record under its Labour administration.[18] The Guardian journalist and Labour activist Owen Jones canvassed for the party's candidate Rabyah Khan in Summertown.[20]
Liberal Democrat
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable highlighted the issues of homelessness and unaffordable housing during a visit to Oxford, while the party's Oxford West and Abingdon MP Layla Moran argued that Labour was over-dominant on the council and that additional Lib Dem councillors would provide improved scrutiny.[21] The party's manifesto[22] included pledges to re-examine potential sites in Oxford in order to build "hundreds more houses",[23] with their councillors suggesting that land designated for business development could be reallocated for housing.[12] The Lib Dems supported a review of the Green Belt for new sites for development, with safeguards for "areas of natural, historic, or scientific interest".[23] They proposed increased accommodation and support for homeless people, while opposing fining of rough sleepers.[24] Other pledges included a tourism tax as a source of revenue for public works.[25] The Lib Dem leader on the council, Andrew Gant, suggested that some voters would support the party because of opposition to Brexit.[12]
Candidates
The Labour and Conservative parties have nominated candidates for all 24 seats, while the Greens are contesting 23 and the Liberal Democrats 21. The current Leader of the Council, Susan Brown (Labour), will stand for re-election in Churchill ward.[26] David Thomas, the leader of the council's Green group who was previously elected in Holywell,[27] will contest St. Clement's against the Labour incumbent Tom Hayes.[12]
Some councillors whose terms end in 2018 are not seeking re-election, including former Leader Bob Price (Labour, Hinksey Park) and Lord Mayor Jean Fooks (Liberal Democrat, Summertown).[26][28]
Results by ward
Ward results are taken from the Oxford City Council website.[29] Results are described as holds or gains based on comparison with the 2014 election.
Barton and Sandhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martyn James Rush | 812 | 51.7 | +2.0 | |
Conservative | Tim Patmore | 268 | 17.1 | +4.8 | |
Independent | Chaka Artwell | 252 | 16.1 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jemma Kathleen Hayward | 153 | 9.7 | +1.0 | |
Green | Symon James Hill | 85 | 5.4 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | 1570 | ||||
Labour hold |
Blackbird Leys
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Rae Humberstone | 740 | 81.6 | +8.6 | |
Conservative | Paul John Sims | 114 | 12.6 | +7.5 | |
Green | Chris Witt | 53 | 5.8 | +2.5 | |
Turnout | 907 | ||||
Labour hold |
Carfax
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard George Alexander Howlett | 482 | 42.8 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Conor McKenzie | 399 | 35.4 | +15.0 | |
Green | Emma Teworte | 127 | 11.3 | −14.6 | |
Conservative | Thomas Crook | 119 | 10.6 | +0.2 | |
Turnout | 1127 | ||||
Labour gain from Green | Swing |
Churchill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susan Woolford Brown | 709 | 66.2 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Jake Leon Whittingham | 155 | 14.5 | +1.6 | |
Green | William David Vowell | 104 | 9.7 | −1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Coggins | 103 | 9.6 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 1071 | ||||
Labour hold |
Cowley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christine Mary Simm | 839 | 56.6 | +0.6 | |
Green | Hazel Dawe | 350 | 23.6 | −3.0 | |
Conservative | Sami Hasan | 179 | 12.1 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eleonore Vogel | 114 | 7.7 | +3.6 | |
Turnout | 1482 | ||||
Labour hold |
Cowley Marsh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Lubna Arshad | 885 | 54.7 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Judith Anne Harley | 325 | 20.1 | +5.3 | |
Green | Annie Pickering | 207 | 12.8 | −5.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Brett | 113 | 7.0 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | Alan William Gibbs | 89 | 5.5 | −0.3 | |
Turnout | 1619 | ||||
Labour hold |
Headington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mohammed Altaf-Khan | 1,140 | 61.3 | +1.6 | |
Green | Ray Hitchins | 100 | 5.4 | −1.9 | |
Conservative | Isa Mohammed | 117 | 6.3 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Simon John Peter Ottino | 504 | 27.1 | +3.4 | |
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Headington Hill and Northway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Joe McManners | 698 | 51.5 | −0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy John Garden | 296 | 21.8 | +11.1 | |
Conservative | Georgina Ruth Gibbs | 250 | 18.5 | −11.6 | |
Green | Kate Josephine Robinson | 111 | 8.2 | +0.7 | |
Turnout | 1355 | ||||
Labour hold |
Hinksey Park
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alex Donnelly | 1,094 | 65.0 | −2.5 | |
Conservative | Kate Kettle | 156 | 9.3 | −1.3 | |
Green | Robert James Henry Paynter | 228 | 13.5 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Charles Povey | 206 | 12.2 | +4.8 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold |
Holywell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nadine Marie-Christine Bely-Summers | 393 | 38.3 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Finn Thomas Conway | 386 | 37.7 | +12.1 | |
Green | Timothy John Robert Eden | 153 | 14.9 | −9.1 | |
Conservative | David Robert Pearson | 93 | 9.1 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour gain from Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales |
Iffley Fields
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Richard John Joseph Tarver | 1,041 | 48.9 | +1.4 | |
Green | Elise Danielle Benjamin | 936 | 44.0 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Simon James Bazley | 85 | 4.0 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Harry Samuels | 66 | 3.1 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold |
Jericho and Osney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Susanna Pressel | 1,424 | 65.9 | +13.3 | |
Green | Lois Knight Muddiman | 537 | 24.9 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | James Moreton Wakeley | 199 | 9.2 | −0.4 | |
Turnout | 2160 | ||||
Labour hold |
Littlemore
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tiago Corais | 845 | 59.3 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | Daniel Stafford | 295 | 20.7 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Smowton | 147 | 10.3 | +4.9 | |
Green | Lucy Irene Ayrton | 139 | 9.7 | −5.0 | |
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold |
Lye Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ben Lloyd-Shogbesan | 867 | 64.9 | −0.3 | |
Green | Kevin Nicholas McGlynn | 251 | 18.8 | +6.3 | |
Conservative | Johnson Mackline Kyeswa | 218 | 16.3 | +1.1 | |
Turnout | 1336 | ||||
Labour hold |
Marston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Ruth Clarkson | 1,044 | 52.6 | +17.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Bhagwandin | 580 | 29.2 | +24.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maria Bourbon | 180 | 9.1 | +6.1 | |
Green | Alistair David Pryce Morris | 180 | 9.1 | +4.3 | |
Turnout | 1984 | ||||
Labour hold |
North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ann Louise Upton | 856 | 48.8 | −2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ruvi Ziegler | 712 | 40.6 | +14.6 | |
Conservative | Alexander James Curtis | 185 | 10.6 | −0.9 | |
Turnout | 1041 | ||||
Labour hold |
Northfield Brook
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hosnieh Djafari-Marbini | 647 | 73.0 | +2.9 | |
Conservative | Pat Jones | 106 | 12.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin | 68 | 7.7 | −0.4 | |
Green | Matthew James Hull | 65 | 7.3 | −0.9 | |
Turnout | 886 | ||||
Labour hold |
Quarry and Risinghurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roz Smith | 978 | 44.0 | +5.6 | |
Labour | Dee Sinclair | 879 | 39.5 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Alex Mackenzie Smith | 219 | 9.8 | −0.4 | |
Green | Liz Taylor | 149 | 6.7 | +0.1 | |
Turnout | 2225 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour |
Rose Hill and Iffley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaista Aziz | 997 | 58.0 | −11.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | David William Bowkett | 231 | 13.4 | +8.1 | |
Conservative | Dan Gee | 260 | 15.1 | +1.5 | |
Green | Miranda Shaw | 231 | 13.4 | +1.6 | |
Turnout | 1719 | ||||
Labour hold |
St. Clement's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Tom Hayes | 905 | 58.9 | +8.6 | |
Green | David Nicholas Thomas | 479 | 31.2 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Luke Allen | 86 | 5.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Roderick Jones | 67 | 4.4 | −8.3 | |
Turnout | 1537 | ||||
Labour hold |
St. Margaret's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Harris | 979 | 60.4 | +22.6 | |
Labour | Jesse Samuel Joseph Erlam | 291 | 17.9 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Penelope Anne Lenon | 267 | 16.5 | −5.1 | |
Green | Al Wilson | 85 | 5.2 | −10.1 | |
Turnout | 1622 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
St. Mary's
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Dick Wolff | 677 | 50.6 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Luke Daniel Louis Barbanneau | 520 | 38.8 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Jim Brennan | 82 | 6.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stefanie Garden | 60 | 4.5 | +0.3 | |
Turnout | 1339 | ||||
Green hold |
Summertown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Leonard Gotch | 1,153 | 52.3 | +7.8 | |
Labour | Rabyah Khan | 588 | 26.7 | −0.2 | |
Conservative | David Roger Nimmo Smith | 299 | 13.6 | −3.6 | |
Green | Larry Sanders | 163 | 7.4 | −4.0 | |
Turnout | 2203 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Wolvercote
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Goddard | 1,341 | 61.0 | +15.8 | |
Conservative | Gary William Dixon | 517 | 23.5 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Adam John Ellison | 217 | 9.9 | −1.5 | |
Green | Sarah Janet Edwards | 125 | 5.7 | −7.9 | |
Turnout | 2200 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Notes
- ^ a b Although Labour won 17 seats in 2014,[1] the Northfield Brook seat due for re-election in 2018 has been vacant since the death of Councillor Jennifer Pegg in November 2017.[2][3] This leaves Labour with 16 seats up for re-election in 2018.
- ^ Results for the "last election" shown in this table are for the Oxford City Council election, 2016.[4]
- ^ To win a majority, the Green Party would need to gain 21 seats, but it is only contesting 20 seats that it does not already hold.
References
- ^ a b "Election of city councillors for the wards of Oxford City Council: summary of results" (PDF). Oxford: the Returning Officer. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Oxford City Council pays tribute to Councillor Jennifer Pegg". Oxford City Council. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Vacancy". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
Vacancy ... Ward: Northfield Brook ... Term of Office: 23/11/2017 - 03/05/2018
- ^ "Election of city councillors for the wards of [sic]: summary of results" (PDF). Oxford: Elections Office. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Local elections in May 2018". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Campbell, Loughlan (6 May 2016). "Election 2016 overview: Oxford City Council's full results". Oxfordshire Guardian. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "EU referendum: Oxfordshire votes to remain". BBC News. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Election results 2017: Lib Dems gain Oxford West and Abingdon". BBC News. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Bush, Stephen (22 March 2018). "What would be a good night for Labour in the 2018 local elections?". New Statesman. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ Briant, Nathan (18 April 2018). "Opinion: How Oxfordshire might vote". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ Bush, Stephen (27 March 2018). "What would be a good night for the Liberal Democrats in the 2018 local elections?". New Statesman. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Briant, Nathan (26 April 2018). "Rivals take aim at Labour's majority". Oxford Times. pp. 8–9.
- ^ a b c "Co-leader of the Greens Caroline Lucas given warm welcome in city". Oxford Mail. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Caroline Lucas launches Green city manifesto in East Oxford". Oxfordshire Green Party. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Oxford Labour's manifesto: fighting austerity for a fairer city" (PDF). 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Oxford Labour manifesto 2018". Oxford Labour. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Oxford Labour's manifesto: fighting austerity for a fairer city" (PDF). 2018. p. 7. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b Briant, Nathan (28 March 2018). "Labour Party 'will make Oxford a fairer city'". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Oxford Labour's manifesto: fighting austerity for a fairer city" (PDF). 2018. p. 2–3. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Owen Jones joins Labour's election battle in Oxford". Oxford Mail. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Lib Dem leader visits Oxford and calls for end of 'destitution'". Oxford Mail. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Oxford manifesto 2018". Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Building affordable homes". Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Helping Oxford's homeless". Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Building a vibrant local economy". Oxfordshire Liberal Democrats. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Oxford City Council leader will have to fight for her seat next month". Oxford Mail. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Councillor David Thomas". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
Ward: Holywell
- ^ Oliver, Matt (25 May 2017). "Last hurrah for long-serving councillor Jean Fooks as she becomes Lord Mayor of Oxford". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Election results - 3 May 2018". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.