THE Liberal Democrats have lost their leader in Cherwell in a result mirroring the bad night the party suffered in neighbouring West Oxfordshire.

Conservative candidate Lynn Pratt defeated sitting Lib Derm leader Nick Cotter in the Bicester South ward by 677 votes to 550.

In West Oxfordshire Lib Dem leader Richard Andrews lost his seat as a councillor.

Results so far:

Hook Norton - Victoria Irvine (Conservative) elected

Cropredy - Ken Atack (Conservative) elected

Bicester West - Les Sibley (Labour) elected

Bicester Town - Diana Edwards (Conservative) elected

Bicester South- Lynn Pratt (Conservative) elected

Bicester North - Carole Steward (Conservative) elected

The Astons and Heyford - Mike Kerford-Byrnes (Conservative) elected

Ambrosden and Chesterton- Andrew Fulljames (Conservative) elected

The vote statistics are coming through now on the results section linked below.