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Vale Of White Horse 2025

Local elections held 1 May 2025.

14 ward races

14 seats

10 elected below the proportional quota

71.4% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Liberal Democrats	16,807	43.7%	11	78.6%	7	50.0%	+4
Conservative and Unionist Party	8,735	22.7%	2	14.3%	4	28.6%	-2
Reform UK	5,755	15.0%	0	0.0%	2	14.3%	-2
Green Party	4,232	11.0%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	0
Labour Party	1,810	4.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Independent	892	2.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Labour and Co-operative Party	182	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Independent Oxford Alliance	39	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	38,452	100.0%	14	100.0%	14	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Shrivenham · 1 seat · won at 32.1% · +17.9 pts below quota
Kingston & Stanford · 1 seat · won at 39.4% · +10.6 pts below quota
Grove · 1 seat · won at 42.3% · +7.7 pts below quota
Abingdon South · 1 seat · won at 42.3% · +7.7 pts below quota
Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon · 1 seat · won at 42.3% · +7.7 pts below quota
Marcham & Cumnor · 1 seat · won at 45.1% · +4.9 pts below quota
Harwell, Western Valley & Blewbury · 1 seat · won at 46.0% · +4.0 pts below quota
Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds · 1 seat · won at 47.0% · +3.0 pts below quota
Faringdon · 1 seat · won at 47.7% · +2.3 pts below quota
Kennington & Radley · 1 seat · won at 49.3% · +0.7 pts below quota
Wantage West · 1 seat · won at 51.0% · above quota
North Hinksey · 1 seat · won at 51.8% · above quota
Abingdon East · 1 seat · won at 54.0% · above quota
Abingdon North · 1 seat · won at 57.7% · above quota

Race results

Shrivenham · single-seat

Marginal winner 32.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +17.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,266

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Emma Markham	Green Party	1,050	32.1%	Elected
2	Gordon Lundie	Conservative and Unionist Party	956	29.3%
3	Sarah von Simson	Reform UK	824	25.2%
4	David Ian Anthony Brook	Liberal Democrats	333	10.2%
5	Richard Marc Johnson	Labour Party	103	3.2%

Electorate 8,148 · Ballots cast 3,274 · Invalid 8 · EC ward code 62986 · Back to ward index

Kingston & Stanford · single-seat

Marginal winner 39.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +10.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,959

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Lee Evans	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,166	39.4%	Elected
2	Hannah Griffin	Liberal Democrats	939	31.7%
3	John Ranson	Reform UK	570	19.3%
4	Matthew Carpenter	Green Party	155	5.2%
5	Charlotte Anne Rose	Labour Party	129	4.4%

Electorate 7,610 · Ballots cast 2,965 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 62983 · Back to ward index

Grove · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,097

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Ron Batstone	Liberal Democrats	886	42.3%	Elected
2	Martin John Freeman	Reform UK	554	26.4%
3	Tim Patmore	Conservative and Unionist Party	373	17.8%
4	Adam Garth Swallow	Green Party	123	5.9%
5	Margaret Jones	Labour Party	122	5.8%
6	Andrew Cattell	Independent Oxford Alliance	39	1.9%

Electorate 7,367 · Ballots cast 2,102 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code 62980 · Back to ward index

Abingdon South · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,873

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Neil Fawcett	Liberal Democrats	1,214	42.3%	Elected
2	Christopher Brian Henry Cubby	Independent	728	25.3%
3	Chris Palmer	Conservative and Unionist Party	434	15.1%
4	Stephen Webb	Labour Party	253	8.8%
5	David Malcolm Hubert Tannahill	Green Party	244	8.5%

Electorate 8,572 · Ballots cast 2,884 · Invalid 11 · EC ward code 54794 · Back to ward index

Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon · single-seat

Marginal winner 42.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +7.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,738

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Peter Alexander Stevens	Liberal Democrats	1,157	42.3%	Elected
2	Christopher Charles Campbell	Conservative and Unionist Party	623	22.8%
3	Kevin Bulmer	Reform UK	608	22.2%
4	Michel Arthur Grandjean	Green Party	195	7.1%
5	Stephen Maynard Hale	Labour Party	153	5.6%

Electorate 8,163 · Ballots cast 2,740 · Invalid 2 · EC ward code 62978 · Back to ward index

Marcham & Cumnor · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,220

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	James Richard Plumb	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,002	45.1%	Elected
2	Ricky Treadwell	Liberal Democrats	946	42.6%
3	Annette Edwards	Green Party	178	8.0%
4	Michael William Boyd	Labour Party	94	4.2%

Electorate 6,376 · Ballots cast 2,251 · Invalid 31 · EC ward code 62984 · Back to ward index

Harwell, Western Valley & Blewbury · single-seat

Marginal winner 46.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,395

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Rebekah Jane Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	1,102	46.0%	Elected
2	Cath Convery	Conservative and Unionist Party	546	22.8%
3	Christopher Maguire	Reform UK	439	18.3%
4	Nicholas Simon Freestone	Green Party	182	7.6%
5	Luke Anthony Hislop	Labour Party	125	5.2%

Electorate 6,421 · Ballots cast 2,400 · Invalid 5 · EC ward code 62981 · Back to ward index

Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +3.0 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,722

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jane Hanna	Liberal Democrats	1,280	47.0%	Elected
2	Christopher Mark Armstrong	Reform UK	528	19.4%
3	Sarah James	Green Party	408	15.0%
4	Patrick Mark Wood	Conservative and Unionist Party	405	14.9%
5	Tim Roberts	Labour Party	101	3.7%

Electorate 7,533 · Ballots cast 2,728 · Invalid 6 · EC ward code 62977 · Back to ward index

Faringdon · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.3 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,645

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bethia Jane Thomas	Liberal Democrats	1,261	47.7%	Elected
2	Tim Perkin	Reform UK	577	21.8%
3	James Famakin	Conservative and Unionist Party	540	20.4%
4	Katherine Foxhall	Green Party	145	5.5%
5	Chris Palmer	Labour Party	122	4.6%

Electorate 7,578 · Ballots cast 2,652 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 62979 · Back to ward index

Kennington & Radley · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,859

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Diana Lugova	Liberal Democrats	1,409	49.3%	Elected
2	Daniel Stafford	Conservative and Unionist Party	748	26.2%
3	Thomas Edmund Gaston	Green Party	369	12.9%
4	Michele Valerie Anna Paule	Labour Party	169	5.9%
5	Rhys Hathaway	Independent	164	5.7%

Electorate 8,788 · Ballots cast 2,896 · Invalid 37 · EC ward code 62982 · Back to ward index

Wantage West · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.0 pts Valid ballots 2,706

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jenny Hannaby	Liberal Democrats	1,380	51.0%	Elected
2	Henry George de Kretser	Reform UK	623	23.0%
3	Craig Brown	Conservative and Unionist Party	358	13.2%
4	Viral Patel	Green Party	211	7.8%
5	Owen James Thomas Heaney	Labour Party	134	5.0%

Electorate 8,405 · Ballots cast 2,713 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 62987 · Back to ward index

North Hinksey · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.8 pts Valid ballots 2,813

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Judy Roberts	Liberal Democrats	1,458	51.8%	Elected
2	Oliver-Tristan Barker	Reform UK	468	16.6%
3	Christopher David Edward Fox	Conservative and Unionist Party	453	16.1%
4	Cheryl Karen Briggs	Green Party	250	8.9%
5	Toby Stephen William James	Labour and Co-operative Party	182	6.5%

Electorate 7,818 · Ballots cast 2,827 · Invalid 14 · EC ward code 62985 · Back to ward index

Abingdon East · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.0 pts Valid ballots 3,070

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Tom Greenaway	Liberal Democrats	1,657	54.0%	Elected
2	Vicky Jenkins	Conservative and Unionist Party	723	23.6%
3	Aidan Reilly	Green Party	532	17.3%
4	Moira Drysdale Logie	Labour Party	157	5.1%

Electorate 8,362 · Ballots cast 3,132 · Invalid 62 · EC ward code 62975 · Back to ward index

Abingdon North · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.7 pts Valid ballots 3,095

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Nathan Ley	Liberal Democrats	1,785	57.7%	Elected
2	Olga Sutton	Reform UK	564	18.2%
3	David James Pope	Conservative and Unionist Party	408	13.2%
4	Charles Couper	Green Party	190	6.1%
5	Robert Blundell	Labour Party	148	4.8%

Electorate 8,350 · Ballots cast 3,102 · Invalid 7 · EC ward code 62976 · Back to ward index