Vale of White Horse District Council

The Vale of White Horse District Council is the elected local government for the Vale of White Horse, a district in the south of Oxfordshire, England, that was created on 1 April 1974.

Location of Vale of the White Horse within Oxfordshire

Overview

At the first elections in 1973 forty-nine district councillors were elected from thirty-one electoral wards.[1] Currently thirty-eight councillors are elected from twenty four electoral wards, which cover the principle towns of Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage and surrounding villages.[2] This was effective from the 2015 elections.[3]

Between 2007 and 2019 the council was run by the Conservative Party with a healthy majority. The Liberal Democrats took control from May 2019.[4]

Party in control[1]Years
Conservative1973 - 1995
Liberal Democrats1995 - 2011
Conservative2011 - 2019
Liberal Democrats2019 - present

The council has been based in temporary office accommodation at Milton Park near Didcot since mid-2015, after a fire destroyed the previous headquarters building in Crowmarsh Gifford. The Crowmarsh Gifford headquarters is actually in the neighbouring district of South Oxfordshire and was owned by South Oxfordshire District Council.[5] The Vale of White Horse District Council's committees meet at The Beacon in Wantage.[5]

Elections
Main article: Vale of White Horse District Council elections

Elections of the full council take place every four years.

At the May 2019 local elections, the Liberal Democrats overcame the Tories' 20-seat majority to become the major party with a 24-seat majority.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Vale of White Horse District County Council Election Results 1973-2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre (Plymouth University). Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Local Elections 2019: Your candidates in Vale of White Horse". Oxford Mail. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  3. "The Vale of White Horse (Electoral Changes) Order 2014". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  4. "Election results: Lib Dems win Oxfordshire Tory council". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. "Councils will build new HQ at site of arson-hit offices". BBC News. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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