By-election result
Robert Courts (Conservative) has been elected as the new MP for the Witney constituency with a reduced majority.
Liz Leffman (Liberal Democrats), from Charlbury, was second with a greatly increased share of the vote.
Summary results are:
- Robert Courts, Conservative: 45.1% (-15.1)
- Liz Leffman, Liberal Democrats: 30.2% (+23.5)
- Duncan Enright, Labour: 15.0% (-2.2)
- Larry Sanders, Green: 3.5% (-1.5)
- Dickie Bird, UKIP: 3.5% (-5.6)
Turnout was 47%. Full results are on the West Oxfordshire District Council website.
The next elections in the area will be for Oxfordshire County Council in May 2017.
Richard Fairhurst · Fri 21 Oct 2016, 08:50 · Link