THE Conservatives lost four seats on Cherwell District Council with independents and smaller parties the big winners.
Voters spurned the two major parties with candidates saying it showed voters were 'fed up' of politics as usual.
The Conservatives were the big losers of the 'Brexit backlash' while Labour failed to make any gains.
With 17 seats up for election, the final results were as follows:
Conservative: 9 (-4)
Green: 1 (+1)
Independents: 2 (+2)
Labour: 3 (-)
Liberal Democrats: 2 (+1)
Here are the full results for all the wards:
Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote: Conservative hold
Andy Aris, Green: 416
Mike Bishop, Conservative: 1,189
Jonathan Gregory, Liberal Democrat: 296
Suzette Watson, Labour and Co-op: 377
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington: Conservative hold
Colin Clarke, Conservative: 1,218
Brent Jackson, Liberal Democrat: 480
Phil Richards, Labour and Co-op: 590
Banbury Cross & Neithrop: Labour hold
Hannah Banfield, Labour: 1,031
Alastair Milne, Conservative: 789
John Whitwell, Lib Dem: 306
Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown: Labour hold
David Beverly, Conservative: 586
Carrick Cameron, Green: 403
Perran Moon, Labour and Co-op: 957
Banbury Hardwick: Conservative hold
Nathan Bignell, Conservative: 817
Heather Firkin, UKIP: 194
Karl Kwiatkowski, Green: 215
Blue Watson, Labour: 417
Banbury Ruscote: Labour hold
Chris Phillips, Conservative: 487
Ian Thomas, Liberal Democrat: 189
Sean Woodcock, Labour and Co-op: 790
Bicester East:
Celia Kavuma, Labour: 348
Richard Mould, Conservative: 740
Robert Nixon, Green: 620
Bruce Shakespeare, Liberal Democrat: 136
Bicester South and Ambrosden: Independent gain
Nick Cotter, Independent: 1,259
Marcus English, Labour: 296
Zoe McLernon, Conservative: 675
Bicester North and Caversfield: Conservative hold
Francis Boon, Green: 298
Margaret Lyon, Labour: 274
Dan Murphy, Liberal Democrat: 291
Jason Slaymaker, Conservatives: 794
Bicester West: Independent gain
John Melrose, Labour 352
Debbie Pickford, Conservatives 597
Fraser Webster, Independent 1,285
Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton: Conservative hold
Anne Cullen, Labour: 398
Douglas Webb, Conservative: 1,503
Julian Woodward, Liberal Democrat: 653
Deddington: Conservative hold
Aaron Bliss, Green: 523
Hugo Brown, Conservative: 1,376
Nigel Davis, Liberal Democrat: 477
Annette Murphy: 382
Kidlington East: Green gain
Ian Middleton, Green: 1,089
Anthony Morris, UKIP: 214
Neil Prestidge, Conservatives: 1,016
John Stansby, Labour: 377
Kidlington West: Lib Dem hold and gain
Conrad Copeland, Liberal Democrats: 1,436
Alan Mackenzie-Wintle, Conservatives: 786
Chuk Okeke, Labour: 402
Nigel Simpson, Conservatives: 816
Katherine Tyson, Liberal Democrats: 1,493
Hilary Valk, UKIP: 252
Launton and Otmoor: Conservative hold
Tim Hallchurch, Conservatives: 1,171
Michael Nixon, Labour: 863
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