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Cotswold idyll beloved of celebrities Chipping Norton has gone from Blue to Red

Chipping Norton has become a constellation of political and media luminaries Celebrities divide their time between London and farm-style homes in Chippy They include the Beckhams, Jeremy Clarkson, Amanda Holden and Alex James But Chipping Norton has bucked the national trend and swung hard to the Left   Labour swept the board in the elections and took David Cameron s former seat

The Cotswold idyll Chipping Norton has gone from Blue to Red

The Cotswold idyll Chipping Norton has gone from Blue to Red Robert Hardman for the Daily Mail © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Hartlepool it is not. With proposals in hand for a new private estate of £6 million holiday homes alongside a Bentley showroom and a private race track for classic car collectors, this is not an area short of inward investment. But for the chocolate-box villages, the farm animals and the rain, this could almost be the South of France or Malibu (after all, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex used to rent a weekend home here). So why on earth has this bit of the country just bucked the national trend and swung hard to the Left? How the heck has this become staunch Labour territory?

Labour takes Witney and Chipping Norton seats from Conservatives

The Witney North and East seat was won by Duncan Enright with 1606 votes. Suzanne Bartington, who resigned from the Tories to sit as an independent was the previous councillor. Labour s Geoff Saul, who also represented the area on West Oxfordshire District Council, took the Chipping Norton seat with 1,528 votes, with Conservative Maz Holland getting 1,468. Labour held on to its seat in Witney South and Central. Andrew Coles will be the new councillor, with Laura Price standing down. For the latest results from the election count floor, follow live updates here.

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