Full local election results for Cherwell after Reform gains

Voters turned out to cast their ballot at the polling stations across north Oxfordshire on Thursday (May 7) to decide on who would sit as councillors for one third of Cherwell District Council.

A total of 18 seats were up for grabs across 16 wards, with two councillors each standing in Bicester West and Banbury, Calthorpe and Easington due to byelections.

READ MORE: Local elections 2026 LIVE: Cherwell and West Oxfordshire results

Despite ruling in Westminster, Labour held just one seat across the district – Rebecca Biegel representing Banbury, Grimsbury and Hightown.

Rebecca Biegel (Labour) held her seat (Image: Alexandra Carter / Newsquest)

Eight seats went to Liberal Democrats, six to Reform, two to Conservatives, one to Labour and one to Greens.

Here are the 2026 Cherwell District Council election results in full, alphabetically by ward:

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote:

• David Richard Hingley (Liberal Democrat) – 1275 votes – ELECTED
• James Edsberg (Conservative) – 1071 votes
• David Andrew Collingwood-Turner (Reform UK) – 966 votes
• Linda Newbury (Green Party) – 333 votes
• Helen Margaret Oldfield (Labour) – 253 votes

• Spoilt – 8

  David Hingley (Liberal Democrat), current leader of the council, held his seat (Image: Alexandra Carter / Newsquest)

Banbury, Calthorpe and Easington:
(Two candidates elected due to byelection)

• Ian Harwood (Conservative) – 1294 votes – ELECTED, four years
• John Jefferson Brown (Reform UK) – 1232 votes – ELECTED, one year
• Mark Naden (Reform UK) – 1105 votes
• Luke Whitehouse (Conservative) – 1042 votes
• Sam Burnett (Green Party) – 802 votes
• Alex Leonova (Green Party) – 760 votes
• Andrew Edwin Eaton (Labour) – 600 votes
• Helen Mears (Labour) – 546 votes
• David Christopher Pallot (Liberal Democrat) – 243 votes
• Jacqui Smith (Liberal Democrat) – 241 votes
• Phil Richards (Independent) – 108 votes
• Spoilt – 8

Banbury Cross and Neithrop:

• Yvonne Greene (Reform UK) – 713 votes – ELECTED
• Jose Omombo Omekandji (Labour) – 644 votes
• Jake Howard (Green Party) – 510 votes
• Chuk Okeke (Conservative) – 479 votes
• Rebecca Louise Marie Bell (Liberal Democrat) – 197 votes
• Simon Zachary Garrett (Independent) – 133 votes
• Spoilt – 9

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown:

• Rebecca Biegel (Labour) – 685 votes – ELECTED
• Chris Wiseman (Reform UK) – 596 votes
• Koppany Nagy (Conservative) – 456 votes
• Jack Vere (Green Party) – 425 votes
• Sean Murray (Liberal Democrat) – 176 votes
• Cassi Bellingham (Independent) – 146 votes
• Spoilt – 9

Banbury Hardwick:

• Paul Jeffreys (Reform UK) – 950 votes – ELECTED
• Andrew Crichton (Labour) – 701 votes
• Simi Cumberbatch (Green Party) – 453 votes
• Taraji Ogunnubi (Conservative) – 371 votes
• Michael Offei (Liberal Democrat) – 257 votes
• Spoilt – 12

Banbury Ruscote:

The Cherwell District Council elections vote count at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury (Image: Alexandra Carter / Newsquest)

• Mark Gorman (Reform UK) – 750 votes – ELECTED
• Chloe Dawn Smith (Labour) – 540 votes
• Karl Michael Kazimierz Kwiatkowski (Green Party) – 313 votes
• Nikki Payne (Conservative) – 300 votes
• Julie Battison (Independent) – 119 votes
• Kai Benjamin Smith (Liberal Democrat) – 96 votes
• Spoilt – 10

Bicester East:

• Bryonie Wells (Liberal Democrat) – 919 votes – ELECTED
• Andrew O’Gorman (Reform UK) – 719 votes
• Alex Thrupp (Conservative) – 361 votes
• Donna Ford (Independent) – 348 votes
• Amanda Jane Maguire (Green Party) – 263 votes
• Spoilt – 7

Bicester North and Caversfield:

• Julius Parker (Liberal Democrat) – 1006 votes – ELECTED
• Nicholas Edward Mawer (Conservative) – 701 votes
• Alan Thomas (Reform UK) – 686 votes
• Robin Kenneth Winslow Morris (Green Party) – 310 votes
• Babatunde Aribasala (Labour) – 92 votes
• Spoilt – 5

Bicester South and Ambrosden:

• Chris Pruden (Liberal Democrat) – 1680 votes – ELECTED
• Tom Burgess (Reform UK) – 882 votes
• Shams Ud-din (Conservative) – 670 votes
• Damien Maguire (Green Party) – 641 votes
• Sarah Farrow (Labour) – 203 votes
• Spoilt – 13

Bicester West:
(Two candidates elected due to byelection)

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton:

• Nicola Rose Borkmann (Liberal Democrat) – 1151 votes – ELECTED
• Mitch Lee (Conservative) – 1122 votes
• Matthew Joseph Arthur Taylor (Reform UK) – 948 votes
• Rachel Payne (Green Party) – 258 votes
• Anne Cullen (Labour) – 221 votes
• Michael William Patrick Clyne (Social Democratic Party) – 35 votes
• Spoilt – 12

Deddington:

• Eddie Fraser Reeves (Conservative) – 1294 votes – ELECTED
• James Henry Dean Hartley (Liberal Democrat) – 1173 votes
• Gail Ann Collingwood-Turner (Reform UK) – 885 votes
• Aaron Bliss (Green Party) – 333
• Annette Murphy (Labour) – 300 votes
• Spoilt – 10

Fringford and Heyfords:

• Jean Margaret Conway (Liberal Democrat) – 1372 votes – ELECTED
• John Honey (Reform UK) – 876 votes
• Sandy Lewis Dallimore (Conservative) – 868 votes
• Chris Nelson (Green Party) – 360 votes
• Spoilt – 15

Kidlington East:

• Fiona Valerie Mawson (Green Party) – 1053 votes – ELECTED
• Adie Spittle (Reform UK) – 745 votes
• Gabriel William Jonathan Schenk (Liberal Democrat) – 495 votes
• John Colegrave (Conservative) – 476 votes
• Gregory Michael Fish (Labour) – 167 votes
• Julian Martin Tytherleigh (Independent) – 56 votes
• Spoilt – 18

Kidlington West:

• Lisa Smith (Liberal Democrat) – 1427 votes – ELECTED
• Dave Paintin (Reform UK) – 734 votes
• Martin Frederick Bach Phillips (Conservative) – 548 votes
• Amanda Jane Carpenter (Green Party) – 457 votes
• Spoilt – 14

Launton and Otmoor:

• Timothy Simon Faltermeyer (Liberal Democrat) – 1244 votes – ELECTED
• Ian Richard Hodgson (Reform UK) – 874 votes
• Andrew Payne (Conservative) – 692 votes
• John Robert O’Regan (Green Party) – 279 votes
• Naomi Celia Karslake (Labour) – 136 votes
• Spoilt – 12