2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election

The 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England.

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was: After the last election in 2008 the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to six for the Liberal Democrats, two Independents and one Labour[3] 16 seats were contested in 2010, with the council election taking place at the same time as the 2010 general election.

[4][5] The Conservatives stood a full 16 candidates, while the Liberal Democrats had 13, Labour had eight, Greens 4 and there was one Independent candidate.

[4] The Conservatives won 14 of the 16 seats contested to have 40 councillors.

[4] 10 of the 11 councillors who stood again were re-elected and overall turnout at the election was 72.45%.

Map of the results of the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Wards in dark grey were not contested in 2010.