2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election

[3] 17 of the 49 seats on the council were up for election in 2008, which meant the Conservatives were guaranteed to keep a majority.

[4] 13 councillors sought re-election, with the councillors who stood down at the election including the Conservative former council chairman Tony Walker from Kingham, Rollright and Enstone ward, the Liberal Democrat group leader Stuart Brooks of Freeland and Hanborough ward, and Independent Derrick Millard of Stonesfield and Tackley ward.

[6] This took the Conservatives to 40 of the 49 councillors and reduced the opposition to its lowest level on the council as of 2008.

[6] Conservative gains included taking Witney South from independent, former Witney mayor, Peter Green, while Conservative Ian Hudspeth held Woodstock and Bladon by 45 votes.

[6][7] The Liberal Democrats lost two seats to be reduced to four councillors, although Margaret Stevens narrowly held Eynsham and Cassington for the party by four votes.

Map of the results of the 2008 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2008.