2023 Cherwell District Council election information
2023 UK local government election
2023 Cherwell District Council election
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4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
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16 out of 48 seats to Cherwell District Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Barry Wood
Sean Woodcock
David Hingley
Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
Last election
25 seats, 38.4%
10 seats, 24.8%
7 seats, 26.4%
Seats before
25
9
7
Seats won
3
5
5
Seats after
20
12
10
Seat change
5
3
3
Popular vote
12,735
9,641
9,461
Percentage
34.0%
25.7%
25.2%
Swing
4.8%
0.9%
1.2%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Ian Middleton
Party
Green
Independent
Last election
2 seats, 7.7%
4 seats, 2.6%
Seats before
2
5
Seats won
2
1
Seats after
3
3
Seat change
1
2
Popular vote
4,160
1,486
Percentage
11.1%
4.0%
Swing
3.4%
1.4%
The winner of each ward in the 2023 Cherwell District Council Election
Leader before election
Barry Wood
Conservative
Leader after election
Barry Wood Conservative
No overall control
The 2023 Cherwell District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.
The Conservatives lost control of the council to no overall control.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
^"Notice of Election". Cherwell District Council. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^"Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose only council in Oxfordshire". BBC News. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
^"Conservatives to lead Cherwell District Council after impasse broken". BBC News. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
^Middleton, Ian (2023-05-24). "How Labour allowed the Tories to retain control of a council in Oxfordshire". Bright Green. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
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