County councillors for the Bicester and Bicester South wards have been returned to their seats in an election which has so far been dominated by the Conservative Party.

A total of 17, 152 votes were cast in Bicester, with a turnout of 30 per cent while in Bicester South, 2,176 votes were cast, a turnout of around 36 per cent.

BICESTER - Norman Bolster (Con), 3,349; Michael Waine (Con), 3,260; Lawrie Stratford (Con), 3,117; Les Sibley (Lab), 1,669; Martin Chadwick (Lib Dem), 911; John Broad (Lab), 871; Alan Hasted (Lab), 821; Steve Creed (Lib Dem), 804; Bruce Shakespeare (Lib Dem), 760; Liz Taylor (Green), 585; Kevin Meaney (Green), 526; Richard Pantlin (Green), 479.

BICESTER SOUTH - Charles Shouler (Con), 1,375; Neil Walton, (Lib Dem), 436; Cliff Duffield (Green), 216; Mary Lynch (Lab), 149.

OTMOOR AND KIRTLINGTON - Tim Hallchurch (Con), 1,215; Susan Cooper, (Lib Dem), 364; Dickie Bird, (UKIP), 263; Caroline Willson, (Green), 250; Andrew Hornsby-Smith (Lab), 199.

DEDDINGTON - Ray Jelf (Con), 1,946; Dick Makepeace (Lib Dem), 640; Lucy Ford (Green), 401; Joseph Manners (Lab), 164

PLOUGHLEY - Catherine Fulljames (Con) 1,576; Liz Yardley (Lib Dem), 308; Barbara Fairweather (UKIP), 281; Kate Prendergast (Green) 173; John Darbyshire (Lab) 135.