Council profile

Oxfordshire

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · South East · 69 seats in 69 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Oxfordshire County Council. The council has 69 councillors in 69 divisions. Seats by party: Lib Dem 35, Labour 12, Conservative 9, Green 7, Other 5, Reform 1. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

A government plan to replace the councils in this area with three unitary councils covering Oxfordshire and West Berkshire was paused for review on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)
69 seats - 35 for a majority
1
12
9
35
7
5
Reform 1Labour 12Conservative 9Lib Dem 35Green 7Other 5
Seat changes since the 1 May 2025 election Other +2 Conservative −1 Lib Dem −1
Vote share at the 1 May 2025 election (69 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Lib Dem30.1%36
Conservative21.3%10
Reform17.8%1
Labour12.8%12
Green11.9%7
Other6.0%3
Next election
3 May 2029
all 69 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Lib Dem 35
majority of 1; 35 needed
Closest result
Lib Dem won by 3 votes over Independent, 1 May 2025
Latest by-election
Lib Dem hold, 3 September 2026 (3 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
43%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Abingdon EastAbingdon NorthAbingdon SouthAdderbury, Bloxham & BodicoteBampton & Carterton SouthBanbury CalthorpeBanbury EasingtonBanbury Grimsbury & CastleBanbury HardwickBanbury RuscoteBartlemasBarton, Sandhills & RisinghurstBenson & CrowmarshBerinsfield & GarsingtonBicester EastBicester NorthBicester SouthBicester WestBrize Norton & Carterton EastBurford & Carterton WestChalgrove & Thame WestCharlbury & WychwoodCharlton, Ardington & HendredsChesterton & LauntonChinnorChipping NortonCholsey & The HagbournesChurchill & Lye ValleyCowleyCropredy & Hook NortonDeddingtonDidcot LadygroveDidcot SouthDidcot WestDrayton, Sutton Courtenay & SteventonEynshamFaringdonGoring & WoodcoteGroveHanborough & HaileyHarwell, Western Valley & BlewburyHeadington & QuarryHenleyIsisJericho & OsneyKennington & RadleyKidlington EastKidlington North & OtmoorKidlington WestKingston & StanfordLeysMarcham & CumnorMarston & NorthwayNorth HinkseyParksRose Hill & LittlemoreShrivenhamSonning Common & Henley SouthSummertown & Walton ManorThameWallingfordWantage WestWatlington & RotherfieldWheatleyWitney North & EastWitney South & CentralWitney West & DucklingtonWolvercote & CuttesloweWoodstock
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Abingdon East
Tom Greenaway
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 54.0% lead 30.4 pts
Abingdon North
Nathan Ley
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 57.7% lead 39.5 pts
Abingdon South
Neil Fawcett
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 17.0 pts
Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote
David Hingley
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.5% lead 6.7 pts
Bampton & Carterton South
Ted Fenton
1 May 2025
Conservative 37.1% lead 1.3 pts
Banbury Calthorpe
Izzy Creed
1 May 2025
Labour 31.5% lead 4.1 pts
Banbury Easington
Kieron Mallon
1 May 2025
Conservative 41.4% lead 16.6 pts
Banbury Grimsbury & Castle
Paul-Austin Sargent
1 May 2025
Conservative 31.7% lead 0.8 pts
Banbury Hardwick
Andrew Crichton
1 May 2025
Labour 29.5% lead 2.9 pts
Banbury Ruscote
Mark Cherry
1 May 2025
Labour 36.5% lead 5.8 pts
Bartlemas
Emily Kerr
1 May 2025
Green 48.6% lead 26.0 pts
Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst
Glynis Phillips
1 May 2025
Labour 36.0% lead 11.1 pts
Benson & Crowmarsh
Gavin McLauchlan
1 May 2025
Green 33.8% lead 4.4 pts
Berinsfield & Garsington
Robin Jones
1 May 2025
Green 36.8% lead 6.1 pts
Bicester East
Sean Gaul
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.0% lead 5.1 pts
Bicester North
Matt Webb
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.3% lead 9.8 pts
Bicester South
Nick Cotter
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 52.4% lead 28.7 pts
Bicester West
John Shiri
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 29.7% lead 0.1 pts
Brize Norton & Carterton East
Toyah Overton
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 33.7% lead 4.3 pts
Burford & Carterton West
Nick Field-Johnson
1 May 2025
Conservative 32.6% lead 3.4 pts
Chalgrove & Thame West
Judith Edwards
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.0% lead 19.3 pts
Charlbury & Wychwood
Liz Leffman
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 48.8% lead 28.3 pts
Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds
Jane Hanna
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.0% lead 27.6 pts
Chesterton & Launton
James Hartley
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 32.9% lead 4.6 pts
Chinnor
Georgina Heritage
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 31.8% lead 6.1 pts
Chipping Norton
Geoff Saul
1 May 2025
Labour 33.6% lead 7.3 pts
Cholsey & The Hagbournes
Johnny Hope-Smith
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.0% lead 23.9 pts
Churchill & Lye Valley
Liz Brighouse
1 May 2025
Labour 34.3% lead 8.4 pts
Cowley
Saj Malik
1 May 2025
Independent 43.1% lead 19.8 pts
Cropredy & Hook Norton
Chris Aramini-Brant
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 35.9% lead 1.4 pts
Deddington
Gareth Epps
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 34.1% lead 5.8 pts
Didcot Ladygrove
Tony Worgan
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 43.4% lead 22.9 pts
Didcot South
Hao Du
1 May 2025
Reform 32.2% lead 8.3 pts
Didcot West
Ian Snowdon
1 May 2025
Conservative 48.5% lead 32.2 pts
Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon
Peter Stevens
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 19.5 pts
Eynsham
Dan Levy
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.8% lead 25.2 pts
Faringdon
Bethia Thomas
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 47.7% lead 25.9 pts
Goring & Woodcote
Maggie Filipova-Rivers
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 46.7% lead 19.3 pts
Grove
Ron Batstone
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 15.9 pts
Hanborough & Hailey
Liam Walker
1 May 2025
Conservative 42.9% lead 10.4 pts
Harwell, Western Valley & Blewbury
Rebekah Fletcher
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 46.0% lead 23.2 pts
Headington & Quarry
Roz Smith
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 44.2% lead 24.1 pts
Henley
Stefan Gawrysiak
1 May 2025
Henley Residents Group 50.1% lead 23.5 pts
Isis
Brad Baines
1 May 2025
Labour 47.0% lead 17.6 pts
Jericho & Osney
Susanna Pressel
1 May 2025
Labour 44.0% lead 12.2 pts
Kennington & Radley
Diana Lugova
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 49.3% lead 23.1 pts
Kidlington East
Ian Middleton
1 May 2025
Green 38.8% lead 16.0 pts
Kidlington North & Otmoor
Laura Gordon
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 40.4% lead 14.5 pts
Kidlington West
Lesley McLean
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 30.2% lead 6.9 pts
Kingston & Stanford
Lee Evans
1 May 2025
Conservative 39.4% lead 7.7 pts
Leys
Imade Edosomwan
1 May 2025
Labour 38.6% lead 15.0 pts
Marcham & Cumnor
James Plumb
1 May 2025
Conservative 45.1% lead 2.5 pts
Marston & Northway
Mark Lygo
1 May 2025
Labour 35.4% lead 5.8 pts
North Hinksey
Judy Roberts
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 51.9% lead 35.3 pts
Parks
Emma Garnett
1 May 2025
Green 45.8% lead 21.5 pts
Rose Hill & Littlemore
David Henwood
1 May 2025
Independent Oxford Alliance 38.7% lead 3.6 pts
Shrivenham
Emma Markham
1 May 2025
Green 32.1% lead 2.8 pts
Sonning Common & Henley South
Leigh Rawlins
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 41.7% lead 9.5 pts
Summertown & Walton Manor
James Fry
1 May 2025
Labour 37.5% lead 4.9 pts
Thame
Kate Gregory
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 53.1% lead 33.1 pts
Wallingford
James Barlow
1 May 2025
Green 42.5% lead 17.2 pts
Wantage West
Jenny Hannaby
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 51.0% lead 28.0 pts
Watlington & Rotherfield
Ben Higgins
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 31.3% lead 2.4 pts
Wheatley
Tim Bearder
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.7% lead 23.8 pts
Witney North & East
James Robertshaw
1 May 2025
Conservative 29.6% lead 0.6 pts
Witney South & Central
Andrew Coles
1 May 2025
Labour 34.1% lead 8.0 pts
Witney West & Ducklington
Thomas Ashby
1 May 2025
Conservative 37.9% lead 8.6 pts
Wolvercote & Cutteslowe
Andrew Gant
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 36.0% lead 6.5 pts
Woodstock
Andy Graham
1 May 2025
Lib Dem 45.0% lead 18.3 pts

Every council by-election since 2021

3 by-elections since July 2021, 0 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
3 September 2026Chesterton & LauntonLib Dem hold41.7%
20 June 2024Sutton Courtenay & MarchamLib Dem hold
2 March 2023Rose Hill and LittlemoreLabour hold

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Oxford East15%LabourLabour 41%
Bicester and Woodstock15%Lib DemConservative 31%
Banbury15%LabourLabour 33%
Didcot and Wantage15%Lib DemLib Dem 34%
Henley and Thame14%Lib DemLib Dem 42%
Oxford West and Abingdon13%Lib DemLib Dem 38%
Witney13%Lib DemLib Dem 34%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Oxfordshire

725,301 residents in 288,149 households

Voted Leave in 2016
43% 9 below GB
Degree or higher
42% 8 above GB
No qualifications
14% 4 below GB
Own their home
63% 2 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
15% 2 below GB
Rent privately
20% same as GB
Aged 15 to 34
32% 1 above GB
Aged 65 and over
22% same as GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.