Vale of White Horse Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South East · 38 seats in 24 wards · All seats elected every four years · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Vale of White Horse Council. The council has 38 councillors in 24 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 31, Other 3, Green 3, Conservative 1. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with three unitary councils covering Oxfordshire and West Berkshire was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Control

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

38 seats - 20 for a majority

Conservative 1Lib Dem 31Green 3Other 3

Seat changes since the 4 May 2023 election Other +3 Conservative +1 Green −1 Lib Dem −3

Vote share at the 4 May 2023 election (38 seats, all wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem51.9%34

Conservative28.6%0

Green13.2%4

Labour5.7%0

Reform0.2%0

Other0.2%0

Next election

6 May 2027

all 38 seats up, then every four years

Largest party

Lib Dem 31

majority of 24; 20 needed

Closest result

Stanford

Lib Dem won by 10 votes over Conservative, 4 May 2023

Latest by-election

Stanford

Conservative gain from Lib Dem, 26 March 2026 (5 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

43%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemGreenIndependent

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

All 24 wards

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillors	Last election
Abingdon Abbey Northcourt Helen Pighills, Caleb Pell	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 40.4% lead 5.9 pts
Abingdon Caldecott Neil Fawcett, Andrew Skinner	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 42.2% lead 14.8 pts
Abingdon Dunmore Oliver Forder, Andy Foulsham	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 60.7% lead 35.4 pts
Abingdon Fitzharris Robert Maddison, Eric De La Harpe	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 44.6% lead 18.6 pts
Abingdon Peachcroft Mike Pighills, Max Thompson	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 57.7% lead 29.3 pts
Blewbury & Harwell Hayleigh Gascoigne, Debra Dewhurst	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 68.2% lead 40.2 pts
Botley & Sunningwell Emily Smith, Ben Potter	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 63.6% lead 46.0 pts
Cumnor Scott Houghton, Judy Roberts	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 63.2% lead 40.2 pts
Drayton Andy Cooke	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 72.7% lead 45.4 pts
Faringdon Bethia Thomas, Lucy Edwards	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 62.9% lead 38.9 pts
Grove North Ron Batstone, Kiera Bentley	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 67.7% lead 35.4 pts
Hendreds Sarah James	4 May 2023 Green 67.7% lead 35.4 pts
Kennington & Radley Diana Lugova, James Cox	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 52.2% lead 26.7 pts
Kingston Bagpuize Jill Rayner	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 59.6% lead 19.2 pts
Marcham Robert Clegg	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.2% lead 16.4 pts
Ridgeway Hannah Griffin	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.0% lead 16.0 pts
Stanford Lee Evans	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 44.2% lead 0.8 pts
Steventon & the Hanneys Sally Whiteman	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 64.4% lead 28.8 pts
Sutton Courtenay Peter Stevens	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 58.5% lead 30.6 pts
Thames Mark Coleman	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 49.8% lead 14.7 pts
Wantage & Grove Brook Amos Duveen, Jenny Hannaby	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 59.0% lead 36.3 pts
Wantage Charlton Andy Crawford, Patrick O'Leary	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 61.0% lead 40.4 pts
Watchfield & Shrivenham Viral Patel, Katherine Foxhall	4 May 2023 Green 55.4% lead 10.8 pts
Wootton Val Shaw	4 May 2023 Lib Dem 45.4% lead 8.8 pts

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt

Caleb Pell Lib DemHelen Pighills Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem40.4%

Green34.5%

Conservative14.2%

Labour10.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Helen Pighills Elected	Lib Dem	1,109
Cheryl Karen Briggs Elected	Green	948
Vicky Jenkins	Conservative	389
Stephen Edwin Dominic Webb	Labour	299
Vijay Singh Srao	Conservative	273
Nathan David Charles Websdale	Labour	215

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 12 March 2026

Lib Dem43.7%

Green32.5%

Reform13.8%

Conservative6.8%

Labour3.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Caleb Daniel Pell Elected	Lib Dem	647	43.7%
Aidan Reilly	Green	480	32.5%
Luis Enrique Prado	Reform	204	13.8%
Chris Palmer	Conservative	101	6.8%
Stephen Edwin Dominic Webb	Labour	47	3.2%

Abingdon Caldecott

Andrew Skinner Lib DemNeil Fawcett Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem42.2%

Conservative27.4%

Green15.8%

Labour14.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Neil Fawcett Elected	Lib Dem	805
Andrew John Skinner Elected	Lib Dem	672
Alice Elizabeth Badcock	Conservative	522
Alexandra Elizabeth Green	Conservative	503
Aidan Reilly	Green	301
Sayantani Mitra-Jones	Labour	280

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Abingdon Dunmore

Andy Foulsham Lib DemOliver Forder Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem60.7%

Conservative25.3%

Labour14.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Foulsham Elected	Lib Dem	1,216
Oliver Forder Elected	Lib Dem	1,131
Andrew Joseph Fredrick Packard	Conservative	506
Chris McCarthy	Conservative	451
Paul Anthony Burton	Labour	281

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Abingdon Fitzharris

Eric De La Harpe Lib DemRobert Maddison Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem44.6%

Conservative26.0%

Green15.6%

Labour13.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Eric de la Harpe Elected	Lib Dem	894
Rob Maddison Elected	Lib Dem	838
Chris Palmer	Conservative	520
David James Pope	Conservative	493
Steven Rogers	Green	313
Moira Drysdale Logie	Labour	276
Julian Charles Pierce	Labour	168

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Abingdon Peachcroft

Max Thompson Lib DemMike Pighills Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem57.7%

Conservative28.4%

Labour14.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Michael John Pighills Elected	Lib Dem	1,140
Max Thompson Elected	Lib Dem	1,122
Cavan Stephen Phillip Pirouet	Conservative	561
Warren Brooker	Conservative	551
Edward Frederick James Shelton	Labour	276

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Blewbury & Harwell

Debra Dewhurst IndependentHayleigh Gascoigne Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem68.2%

Conservative28.0%

Reform3.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hayleigh Gascoigne Elected	Lib Dem	1,813
Debra Dewhurst Elected	Lib Dem	1,745
Cath Convery	Conservative	743
Joe Murphy	Conservative	612
Peter Shields	Reform	101

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Botley & Sunningwell

Ben Potter Lib DemEmily Smith Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem63.6%

Conservative17.6%

Labour17.4%

Green1.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Emily Jane Smith Elected	Lib Dem	1,184
Debby Hallett Elected	Lib Dem	1,155
Alexander Robert Horsfall-Turner	Conservative	327
Nekisa Gholami-Babaahmady	Labour	323
Elina Horsfall-Turner	Conservative	316
Jamie Richard Spooner	Labour	284
Katherine Elizabeth Phillips	Green	27

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Last by-election, 10 July 2025

Lib Dem71.5%

Conservative15.8%

Green12.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Ben Potter Elected	Lib Dem	732	71.5%
Charlotte Idrizuru Adlung	Conservative	162	15.8%
Thomas Edmund Gaston	Green	130	12.7%

Cumnor

Judy Roberts Lib DemScott Houghton Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem63.2%

Conservative23.0%

Labour13.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Judy Roberts Elected	Lib Dem	1,333
Antony Scott Houghton Elected	Lib Dem	1,078
Craig Robinson	Conservative	486
Mohinder Kainth	Conservative	437
Erica Elizabeth Davis	Labour	291

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Drayton

Andy Cooke Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem72.7%

Conservative27.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andy Cooke Elected	Lib Dem	690	72.7%
Christopher Charles Campbell	Conservative	259	27.3%

Faringdon

Bethia Thomas Lib DemLucy Edwards Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem62.9%

Conservative24.0%

Green13.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bethia Jane Thomas Elected	Lib Dem	1,531
Lucy Alexandra Edwards Elected	Lib Dem	1,390
James Famakin	Conservative	583
Robin Myles Ruben Morrisen	Conservative	481
Adam Garth Swallow	Green	319

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Grove North

Kiera Bentley Lib DemRon Batstone Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem67.7%

Conservative32.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ron Batstone Elected	Lib Dem	986
Kiera Alexandra Bentley Elected	Lib Dem	906
Ben Mabbett	Conservative	471
Craig Brown	Conservative	395

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Hendreds

Sarah James Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Green67.7%

Conservative32.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sarah James Elected	Green	735	67.7%
Janet Shelley	Conservative	350	32.3%

Kennington & Radley

Diana Lugova Lib DemJames Cox Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem52.2%

Conservative25.5%

Green13.9%

Labour8.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Diana Lugova Elected	Lib Dem	1,056
James Cox Elected	Lib Dem	899
Gareth Edward Jennings	Conservative	515
David Jeffrey Brown	Conservative	462
Charles James Alexander Couper	Green	282
Christopher Roy Henderson	Green	247
Ruth Catherine Mayne	Labour	170

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Kingston Bagpuize

Jill Rayner Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem59.6%

Conservative40.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jill Rayner Elected	Lib Dem	880	59.6%
Dianna Rose Swale	Conservative	596	40.4%

Marcham

Robert Clegg Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem58.2%

Conservative41.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Robert James Clegg Elected	Lib Dem	497	58.2%
James Richard Plumb	Conservative	357	41.8%

Ridgeway

Hannah Griffin Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem58.0%

Conservative42.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Paul Barrow Elected	Lib Dem	671	58.0%
Gordon Lundie	Conservative	485	42.0%

Last by-election, 13 November 2025

Lib Dem43.1%

Conservative24.4%

Reform19.9%

Green11.9%

Labour0.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Hannah Louise Griffin Elected	Lib Dem	442	43.1%
Charlotte Emma Carolyn Dickson	Conservative	250	24.4%
Henry George de Krester	Reform	204	19.9%
Kiera Barnett	Green	122	11.9%
Rob Blundell	Labour	8	0.8%

Stanford

Lee Evans Conservative

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem44.2%

Conservative43.4%

Green12.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sue Jane Caul Elected	Lib Dem	546	44.2%
Nathan Boyd	Conservative	536	43.4%
James Anthony Hall Brooks	Green	153	12.4%

Last by-election, 26 March 2026

Conservative45.9%

Lib Dem27.2%

Reform18.0%

Green7.9%

Labour0.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lee Evans Elected	Conservative	666	45.9%
Adrian Vincent Roland Bettridge	Lib Dem	395	27.2%
Sarah von Simson	Reform	261	18.0%
Jacob Joseph Yung	Green	115	7.9%
Rob Blundell	Labour	13	0.9%

Steventon & the Hanneys

Sally Whiteman Independent

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem64.4%

Conservative35.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sally Povolotsky Elected	Lib Dem	876	64.4%
Louise Brown	Conservative	485	35.6%

Sutton Courtenay

Peter Stevens Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem58.5%

Conservative27.9%

Green13.5%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard John Webber Elected	Lib Dem	488	58.5%
Patrick Aloysius Atkinson	Conservative	233	27.9%
Michel Arthur Grandjean	Green	113	13.5%

Last by-election, 20 June 2024

Lib Dem83.3%

Green8.0%

Conservative6.8%

Labour1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Peter Alexander Stevens Elected	Lib Dem	2,226	83.3%
Aidan Reilly	Green	214	8.0%
Christopher Charles Campbell	Conservative	182	6.8%
Stephen Edwin Dominic Webb	Labour	50	1.9%

Thames

Mark Coleman Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem49.8%

Conservative35.1%

Independent8.2%

Labour6.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Stephen Philip Coleman Elected	Lib Dem	606	49.8%
Richard Paul Swale	Conservative	427	35.1%
Jerry Avery	Independent	100	8.2%
Daniel James Crouch	Labour	83	6.8%

Wantage & Grove Brook

Amos Duveen Lib DemJenny Hannaby Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem59.0%

Conservative22.7%

Green18.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jenny Hannaby Elected	Lib Dem	1,160
Amos Duveen Elected	Lib Dem	976
Clare Elizabeth Boyd	Conservative	446
Gabriella Turnbull	Conservative	418
Thomas Edmund Gaston	Green	360

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wantage Charlton

Andy Crawford Lib DemPatrick O'Leary Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Lib Dem61.0%

Conservative20.6%

Green18.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Andrew Crawford Elected	Lib Dem	1,291
Patrick O'Leary Elected	Lib Dem	1,205
Charlotte Emma Carolyn Dickson	Conservative	436
Darshana Patel	Green	388
Charles St John Dickson	Conservative	380

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Watchfield & Shrivenham

Katherine Foxhall GreenViral Patel Green

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023 (2 seats)

Green55.4%

Conservative44.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes
Katherine Foxhall Elected	Green	1,355
Viral Patel Elected	Green	1,170
Simon Paul Howell	Conservative	1,091
Elaine Ware	Conservative	1,055

Party shares count each party's leading candidate.

Wootton

Val Shaw Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 4 May 2023

Lib Dem45.4%

Conservative36.6%

Green11.8%

Labour6.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Val Shaw Elected	Lib Dem	432	45.4%
George Edward Silvanus Robinson	Conservative	348	36.6%
Anna Lucy Thomas	Green	112	11.8%
Chris Hall	Labour	59	6.2%

Councillors

Changed party since the election

1 councillor now sit for a different party from the one they were elected for.

Ward	Councillor	Elected as	Now
Blewbury & Harwell	Debra Dewhurst	Lib Dem 2023	Independent

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

5 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
26 March 2026	Stanford	Conservative gain from Lib Dem	45.9%
12 March 2026	Abingdon Abbey Northcourt	Lib Dem gain from Green	43.7%
13 November 2025	Ridgeway	Lib Dem hold	43.0%
10 July 2025	Botley & Sunningwell	Lib Dem hold	72.0%
20 June 2024	Sutton Courtenay	Lib Dem hold	33.6%

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Oxford West and Abingdon	47%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 38%
Didcot and Wantage	37%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 34%
Witney	16%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 34%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

People

Who lives in Vale of White Horse

138,916 residents in 57,491 households

Voted Leave in 2016

43% 9 below GB

Degree or higher

44% 10 above GB

No qualifications

12% 6 below GB

Own their home

68% 7 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

14% 3 below GB

Rent privately

16% 4 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

28% 3 below GB

Aged 65 and over

24% 2 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

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Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.