2013 Oxfordshire County Council election

2013 Oxfordshire County Council election

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All 63 seats to Oxfordshire County Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats won 31 15 11 Seat change 13 7 2
Map showing the results of the 2013 Oxfordshire County Council elections.
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An election to Oxfordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, the electoral divisions were not the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council as the party found itself one seat short of an overall majority.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

In 2012 the Local Government Boundary Commission for England recommended a number of ward boundary changes, creating a number of new wards and combining others, to improve the electoral equality across the county. As a result, the number of wards increased from 58 to 61, while the number of councillors reduced from 74 to 63. All except two of the wards would now be single member divisions.^[3]

Oxfordshire County Council election, 2013^[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	31	0	13	-13	49.2	34.5	53,708
	Labour	15	7	0	+7	23.8	21.3	33,162
	Liberal Democrats	11	4	2	+2	17.5	15.9	24,721
	Independent	4	3	0	+3	6.4	3.0	4,620
	Green	2	1	0	+1	3.2	9.0	13,990
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	15.9	24,802
	Henley Residents	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	789
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	38

The Conservatives lost the overall majority that they had held on the council for eight years. They were however able to continue to govern in a minority administration with the support of three of the four independent councillors – Lynda Atkins, Mark Gray and Les Sibley.^[5]

The support of these three independent councillors gave the Conservatives an overall majority of 34 out of 63 seats.

Abingdon East^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Rooke	1,280	47
	Conservative	Mike Badcock	724	26
	UKIP	Nikolai Tolstoy	322	12
	Labour	Mike Gould	238	9
	Green	Julius Bullock	172	6
Turnout			2,736	35
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Abingdon North^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sandy Lovatt	1,165	39
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Pighills	949	31
	UKIP	Tom Fleming	430	14
	Labour	George Ryall	255	8
	Green	Chris Caddy	221	7
Turnout			3,020	41
	Conservative win (new seat)

Abingdon South^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Fawcett	1,099	37
	Conservative	Marilyn Diana Badcock	847	28
	Labour	Chewe Edgar Munkonge	501	17
	UKIP	David Weaver	389	13
	Green	Carolyn Guillot	156	5
Turnout			2,992	43
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Banbury Calthorpe^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Cherry	576	32
	Conservative	Keith Strangwood	560	31
	UKIP	Gordon Watt	491	27
	Green	David Chanter	91	5
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Johnson	80	4
Turnout			1,798	29
	Labour win (new seat)

Banbury Grimsbury & Castle^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Beal	853	43
	Conservative	Ann Bonner	634	32
	UKIP	Linda Wren	345	17
	Green	John Haywood	86	4
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Ashworth	56	3
Turnout			1,974	24
	Labour win (new seat)

Banbury Hardwick^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Surinder Dhesi	700	35
	Conservative	Nicholas Turner	586	29
	UKIP	John Brown	561	28
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Burns	85	4
	Green	Robert Paynter	77	4
Turnout			2,009	23
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Banbury Ruscote^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Christie	787	44
	Conservative	Alyas Ahmed	477	27
	UKIP	David Burton	428	24
	Green	Christopher Manley	95	5
Turnout			1,787	23
	Labour win (new seat)

Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Glynis Phillips	864	51
	UKIP	Ian Macdonald	309	18
	Liberal Democrats	Jennie Howard	197	12
	Conservative	Thomas Kelley	193	11
	Green	Mary-Jane Sareva	128	8
Turnout			1,691	24
	Labour win (new seat)

Benson & Cholsey^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mark Gray	1,194	46
	Conservative	Peter Skolar	545	21
	UKIP	Robert Nielsen	513	20
	Green	Tim Fenn	166	6
	Labour	Mandy Winters	154	6
Turnout			2,572	37
	Independent win (new seat)

Berinsfield & Garsington^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorraine Lindsay-Gale	1,151	47
	UKIP	Sam Launder	517	21
	Labour	Jim Merritt	354	15
	Green	Mark Stevenson	266	11
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Jackson	143	6
Turnout			2,431	36
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bicester North^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrie Stratford	599	39
	UKIP	Barbara Fairweather	402	26
	Labour	Steve Uttley	262	17
	Independent	Tony Walton	131	9
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Creed	85	6
	Green	Mohammad Tariq	47	3
Turnout			1,526	22
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bicester Town^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Waine	983	49
	Labour	Polly Foster	490	24
	UKIP	Alan Bickley	393	20
	Green	Fiona Mawson	86	4
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Bowring	61	3
Turnout			2,013	28
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bicester West^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Les Sibley	964	52
	Conservative	Norman Bolster	364	20
	UKIP	Darren Cain	241	13
	Labour	Steve Sargeant	237	13
	Green	David Newman	38	2
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Fleming	13	1
Turnout			1,857	31
	Independent win (new seat)

Bloxham & Easington^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kieron Mallon	1,281	54
	UKIP	Lynne Shawyer	512	21
	Labour	Mary Young	361	15
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Antrobus	120	5
	Green	Katherine Chandler	115	5
Turnout			2,389	33
	Conservative win (new seat)

Burford & Carterton North^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Owen	816	49
	UKIP	Martyn Garrett	401	24
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Mortimer	180	11
	Labour	Richard Kelsall	149	9
	Green	Rosie Pearson	115	7
Turnout			1,661	24
	Conservative win (new seat)

Carterton South & West^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pete Handley	1,049	52
	UKIP	Barclay Lawrence	540	27
	Labour Co-op	Michael Enright	219	11
	Green	Alma Tumilowicz	111	6
	Liberal Democrats	Amanda Epps	90	4
Turnout			2,009	19
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chalgrove & Watlington^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Newton	1,508	58
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Hancock	465	18
	Labour	Paul Collins	330	13
	Green	Sue Tibbles	310	12
Turnout			2,613	35
	Conservative win (new seat)

Charlbury & Wychwood^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rodney Rose	1,199	39
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Leffman	900	30
	UKIP	Clive Taylor	461	15
	Labour	Liz Blount	267	9
	Green	Celia Kerslake	220	7
Turnout			3,047	31
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chipping Norton^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hilary Biles	1,447	49
	Labour Co-op	Geoff Saul	911	31
	UKIP	James Stanley	383	13
	Green	Paul Creighton	132	4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Crick	77	3
Turnout			2,950	29
	Conservative win (new seat)

Churchill & Lye Valley^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Liz Brighouse	1,071	64
	Green	Julian Faultless	250	15
	Conservative	Gary Dixon	235	14
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Dewey	111	7
Turnout			1,667	19
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Cowley^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Sanders	1,040	55
	Conservative	Judith Harley	387	20
	Green	Hasan Miah	348	18
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Tait	114	6
Turnout			1,889	22
	Labour win (new seat)

Deddington^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arash Fatemian	1,451	46
	UKIP	Alan Harris	576	18
	Green	Mary Franklin	456	15
	Labour	Sue Christie	442	14
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Thomas	205	7
Turnout			3,130	35
	Conservative win (new seat)

Didcot East & Hagbourne^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patrick Greene	713	37
	Labour	Alison Lane	476	25
	UKIP	Peter Elliot	454	23
	Liberal Democrats	David Rouane	192	10
	Green	Sam Hollick	103	5
Turnout			1,938	30
	Conservative win (new seat)

Didcot Ladygrove^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Neville Harris	553	38
	Conservative	Bill Service	462	32
	Labour	Bill Atkinson	181	13
	UKIP	Paul Williams	167	12
	Liberal Democrats	Les Hopper	60	4
	Green	Sarah Edwards	18	1
Turnout			1,441	30
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Didcot West^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Hards	614	32
	Conservative	Tony Harbour	462	24
	UKIP	Graham Moores	396	20
	Independent	Terry Joslin	297	15
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Jones	126	6
	Green	Hafiz Ladell	46	2
Turnout			1,941	33
	Labour win (new seat)

Eynsham^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Mathew	1,194	43
	UKIP	Jonathan Miller	585	21
	Labour	Jess Lawson	422	15
	Green	Kate Griffin	305	11
	Liberal Democrats	Diane West	300	11
Turnout			2,806	29
	Conservative win (new seat)

Faringdon^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Judith Heathcoat	1,038	54
	Labour	Tony White	391	20
	UKIP	Stephen Beatty	277	14
	Green	Lesley Hoyle	141	7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Sadler	89	5
Turnout			1,936	26
	Conservative win (new seat)

Goring^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Bulmer	1,216	47
	UKIP	Nick Brazil	580	22
	Green	James Norman	326	13
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Wardle	255	10
	Labour	Adam Wood	209	8
Turnout			2,586	27
	Conservative win (new seat)

Grove & Wantage (2)^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Hannaby	1,700	20
	Liberal Democrats	Zoé Patrick	1,651	20
	Conservative	Charlotte Dickson	1,309	16
	Conservative	Fiona Roper	1,106	13
	Labour Co-op	Jean Nunn-Price	610	7
	UKIP	Doug Tofte	599	7
	UKIP	Peter Jones	593	7
	Labour Co-op	Leon Foster-Hill	464	6
	Green	Kevin Harris	346	4
Turnout			8,378	36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hanborough & Minster Lovell^[35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Chapman	1,186	44
	UKIP	Ken Clark	596	22
	Labour	Judith Wardle	412	15
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Baggaley	301	11
	Green	Andrew Wright	217	8
Turnout			2,712	27
	Conservative win (new seat)

Headington & Quarry^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roz Smith	1,159	39
	Labour Co-op	Dee Sinclair	1,128	38
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	273	9
	UKIP	Alex Ashmore	246	8
	Green	Raymond Hitchins	172	6
Turnout			2,978	35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hendreds & Harwell^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stewart Lilly	1,119	48
	Labour	Stephen Webb	478	20
	UKIP	Jason Kent	474	20
	Liberal Democrats	Piran Fletcher	275	12
Turnout			2,346	39
	Conservative win (new seat)

Henley-on-Thames^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Smith	912	33
	Henley Residents	Stefan Gawrysiak	789	29
	UKIP	Ken Arlett	775	28
	Labour Co-op	Veronica Treacher	122	4
	Liberal Democrats	Asbjorg Dunker	90	3
	Green	Peter Dragonetti	68	2
Turnout			2,756	40
	Conservative win (new seat)

Iffley Fields & St Mary's^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	David Williams	1,111	46
	Labour	Steve Curran	1,034	43
	Conservative	Simon Mort	134	6
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bearder	90	4
	Independent	Abdul Rafiq	49	2
Turnout			2,418	32
	Green win (new seat)

Isis^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Tanner	1,104	52
	Green	Judy Chipchase	494	23
	Conservative	Lilian Sherwood	359	17
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hodgkinson	151	7
Turnout			2,108	28
	Labour win (new seat)

Jericho & Osney^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susanna Pressel	1,275	60
	Green	Sushila Dhall	469	22
	Conservative	George Harnett	250	12
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Hilliard	125	6
Turnout			2,119	27
	Labour win (new seat)

Kennington & Radley^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Johnston	1,372	50
	Conservative	Helen Horn	956	35
	Labour	David Bartlett	227	8
	Green	Christopher Henderson	201	7
Turnout			2,756	39
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Kidlington South^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Billington	1,191	48
	UKIP	Sara Corr	434	18
	Labour	David James	359	14
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Claxton	281	11
	Green	Ian Middleton	213	9
Turnout			2478	31
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kingston & Cumnor^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Melinda Tilley	1,259	45
	UKIP	Jacqueline Jones	738	26
	Labour	Shirley Long	313	11
	Liberal Democrats	Val Shaw	248	9
	Green	Guy Langton	246	9
Turnout			2,804	39
	Conservative win (new seat)

Kirtlington & Kidlington North^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Gearing	873	34
	UKIP	Paul Clifton	550	21
	Liberal Democrats	Doug Williamson	518	20
	Labour	Trevor Blake	482	19
	Green	Glyn Sparkes	176	7
Turnout			2,599	28
	Conservative win (new seat)

Leys^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Val Smith	1,249	82
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	116	8
	Green	Lizzie McHale	114	7
	Liberal Democrats	Alasdair Murray	53	3
Turnout			1,532	18
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Marston & Northway^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Lygo	1,028	46
	Independent	Charlie Haynes	319	14
	Conservative	Mark Bhagwandin	294	13
	UKIP	Nicholas Fell	288	13
	Green	Alistair Morris	208	9
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Bearder	113	5
Turnout			2,250	28
	Labour win (new seat)

North Hinksey^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Godden	1,167	45
	Conservative	Eric Batts	686	27
	UKIP	Pam Gee	373	14
	Labour	James Douglas	204	8
	Green	Grant Nightingale	144	6
Turnout			2,574	42
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Otmoor^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Hallchurch	767	41
	UKIP	Dickie Bird	452	24
	Labour	Andrew Hornsby-Smith	267	14
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas Cotter	254	13
	Green	Graham Newell	152	8
Turnout			1,892	23
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ploughley^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Fulljames	1,024	51
	UKIP	Sebastian Fairweather	507	25
	Green	Jenny Tamblyn	182	9
	Labour Co-op	Sean Woodcock	175	9
	Liberal Democrats	John Innes	115	6
Turnout			2,003	31
	Conservative win (new seat)

Rose Hill & Littlemore^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gill Sanders	1,051	63
	Conservative	Tim Patmore	274	17
	Green	Paul Skinner	255	15
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wheeler	76	5
Turnout			1,656	22
	Labour win (new seat)

Shrivenham^[52]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Constance	1,261	52
	UKIP	David Moore	437	18
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Brown	400	17
	Labour Co-op	Evelyne Godfrey	205	8
	Green	Ben Parr	115	5
Turnout			2,418	38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sonning Common^[53]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Bartholomew	1,332	58
	UKIP	Peter Barnby	450	19
	Labour Co-op	David Winchester	341	15
	Green	Craig Simmons	185	8
Turnout			2,308	37
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Clement's & Cowley Marsh^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jamila Azad	751	41
	Green	Elise Benjamin	724	39
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Jones	162	9
	Conservative	Chip Sherwood	106	6
	UKIP	Stuart O'Reilly	98	5
	Independent	Pat Mylvaganam	10	1
Turnout			1,851	25
	Labour win (new seat)

St Margaret's^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Howson	844	30
	Labour	James Fry	774	27
	Green	Ann Duncan	591	21
	Conservative	Vernon Porter	509	18
	UKIP	Franklyn Eveleigh	138	5
Turnout			2,856	35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sutton Courtenay & Marcham^[56]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Webber	776	32
	Conservative	Gervase Duffield	749	31
	UKIP	Chris Parkes	529	22
	Labour Co-op	Sean McWhinnie	253	10
	Green	Adam Ramsay	104	4
Turnout			2,411	31
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Thame & Chinnor (2)^[57]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Carter	2,420	23
	Conservative	David Wilmshurst	1,824	18
	Labour	Mary Stiles	1,190	11
	UKIP	William Parkinson	1,149	11
	Liberal Democrats	David Bretherton	1,038	10
	UKIP	Michael Montgomery	937	9
	Liberal Democrats	David Laver	699	7
	Labour	Simon Stone	626	6
	Green	Colin Grenville	533	5
Turnout			10,416	43
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

University Parks^[58]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sam Coates	463	43
	Labour Co-op	Joseph Ottaway	297	27
	Conservative	Richard Treffler	207	19
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Mactaggart	81	7
Turnout			1,086	16
	Green win (new seat)

Wallingford^[59]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lynda Atkins	1,103	44
	UKIP	Lee Upcraft	492	20
	Conservative	Alan Thompson	435	17
	Labour	George Kneeshaw	247	10
	Green	Andrea Powell	139	6
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Webber	86	3
Turnout			2,502	38
	Independent win (new seat)

Wheatley^[60]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Purse	932	40
	Conservative	John Walsh	622	27
	UKIP	Dave Barnby	402	17
	Labour	Will Atkinson	209	9
	Green	Laura Rival	164	7
Turnout			2,329	30
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Witney North & East^[61]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Langridge	1,094	39
	Labour	Duncan Hume	727	26
	UKIP	James Mawle	490	17
	Green	Stuart MacDonald	364	13
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Beadle	136	5
Turnout			2,811	24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Witney South & Central^[62]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Laura Price	756	31
	UKIP	James Robertshaw	746	31
	Conservative	David Harvey	697	29
	Green	Freddie Peppiatt	132	5
	Liberal Democrats	David Dunmur	85	4
Turnout			2,416	22
	Labour Co-op win (new seat)

Witney West & Bampton^[63]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Hoare	1,230	49
	UKIP	Erika Barnby	629	25
	Labour	Calvert McGibbon	351	14
	Green	Maurice Fantato	175	7
	Liberal Democrats	Gillian Workman	138	5
Turnout			2,523	25
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wolvercote & Summertown^[64]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Fooks	1,386	50
	Conservative	Ken Bickers	571	21
	Green	Dick Wolff	442	16
	Labour	Michael Taylor	357	13
Turnout			2,756	35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Woodstock^[65]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hudspeth	1,209	41
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Cooper	712	24
	UKIP	Charles Bennett	480	16
	Labour	Nathaniel Miles	284	10
	Green	John O'Regan	237	8
Turnout			2,922	30
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wroxton & Hook Norton^[66]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Reynolds	1,709	55
	UKIP	Claire Webb	527	17
	Labour	Perran Moon	458	15
	Green	Colin Clark	229	7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davis	175	6
Turnout			3,098	36
	Conservative win (new seat)