Oxford City Council elections

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Oxford City Council in Oxford, England is elected every two years, with half of the 48 seats in the City Council up for election on each occasion. Elections are held in even-numbered years. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds.

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As vacancies arise between elections, by-elections are held to elect a replacement councillor.

Results

Year Labour Liberal Democrat Green IWCA Independent Conservative IOASourceControlling party
2024 2098704 [1] No overall control
2022 329610 [a] [2] Labour
2021 3493 [b] 20 [4] Labour
2018 3692010 [5] Labour
2016 3584010 [6] Labour
2014 3386010 [7] Labour
2012 29135010 [8] Labour
2010 26165100 [9] [10] Labour
2008 23167200 [11] No overall control
2006 17198400 [12] No overall control
2004 20187300 [13] No overall control
2002 29153100 [14] Labour
2000 21217101 [14] No overall control

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

2024-2028

Headington Hill and Northway By-Election 1 May 2025 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Taylor46136.8−16.9
IOA Nasreen Majeed44535.5New
Green Stephen Hurt15812.6−5.2
Conservative Eric Sukumaran987.8−9.1
Liberal Democrats Hana Packford624.9−6.7
TUSC Agnieszka Kowalska302.4New
Majority 161.3−34.7
Turnout 1,25931.3+1.5
Labour hold Swing
Marston By-Election 18 July 2024 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kate Robinson64034.5−3.5
IOA Nasreen Majeed59632.1New
Labour Charlotte Vinnicombe49526.7–18.0
Conservative Duncan Hatfield703.8–11.0
Liberal Democrats Kathy Norman553.0–0.6
Majority 442.4
Turnout 1,85639.4−3.5
Green hold Swing

2021-2024

Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandy Douglas60744.9+0.6
Independent Michael Evans50737.5+2.9
Conservative Timothy Patmore13510.0−1.5
Green David Thomas654.8−1.7
Liberal Democrats Theo Jupp261.9−1.5
TUSC Rachel Cox120.9+0.9
Majority 59436.0
Turnout 1,36333
Labour hold Swing
Hinksey Park By-Election 29 September 2022 [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Anna Railton80151.3−10.6
Green Alex Powell30519.5−0.9
Independent Deborah Glass Woodin27017.3+17.3
Liberal Democrats Rick Tanner1187.6−4.1
Conservative Jennifer Saunders603.8−2.2
TUSC Callum Joyce80.5+0.5
Majority 59436.0
Turnout 156236
Labour hold Swing

2016-2021

Wolvercote By-Election 6 December 2018 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Wade99860.5−0.5
Conservative Jenny Jackson40424.5+1.0
Labour Ibrahim el-Hendi1629.8−0.1
Green Sarah Edwards865.2−0.5
Majority 59436.0
Turnout 1,650
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Headington By-Election 19 July 2018 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stef Garden94960.9−0.4
Labour Simon Ottino41926.9−0.2
Conservative Georgina Gibbs1248.0+1.7
Green Ray Hitchins674.3−1.1
Majority 53034.0
Turnout 1,559
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Barton and Sandhills By-Election 4 May 2017 [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Ladbrooke69847.1−2.6
Conservative Peter Saville28419.2+6.9
Independent Chaka Artwell20313.7−3.0
Liberal Democrats Steve Wheeler19413.1+4.4
Green Symon Hill1037.0+1.2
Majority 41427.9
Turnout 1,482
Labour hold Swing

2012-2016

Northfield Brook By-Election 22 October 2015 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jennifer Pegg50977.9+6.3
UKIP Joe Lawes609.2+9.2
Conservative Gary Dixon477.2−4.3
Green Lucy Ayrton284.3−7.0
TUSC James Morbin91.4+1.4
Majority 44968.8
Turnout 653
Labour hold Swing
Northfield Brook By-Election 27 November 2014 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sian Taylor40170.6−1.0
Conservative Gary Dixon6511.4−0.1
Green Ann Duncan508.8−2.5
TUSC James Morbin346.0+6.0
Liberal Democrats Michael Tait183.2−2.4
Majority 33659.2
Turnout 568
Labour hold Swing
Blackbird Leys By-Election 27 November 2014 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Linda Smith50975.7+8.4
UKIP Dave Slater9113.5−7.0
Conservative Berk Bektas274.0−1.7
Green Elizabeth McHale213.1−1.4
TUSC Stella Collier131.9+1.9
Liberal Democrats Lesley Mallinder111.6−0.4
Majority 41862.2
Turnout 672
Labour hold Swing
Quarry & Risinghurst By-Election 18 September 2014 [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chewe Munkonge78242.3−1.3
Liberal Democrats Roz Smith61533.2+7.8
Conservative Katharine Harborne22212.0−7.2
Green Liz Taylor18610.0−1.7
English Democrat Julia Gasper432.3+2.3
Majority 1679.1
Turnout 184838
Labour hold Swing
Carfax By-Election 4 September 2014 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Hollingsworth16844.2+11.9
Liberal Democrats Tony Brett10126.6+3.3
Green Richard Scrase6316.6−9.8
Conservative Maryam Ahmed246.3−11.6
UKIP Kenrick Bird246.3+6.3
Majority 6717.6
Turnout 3808.6
Labour hold Swing
Cowley By-Election 17 July 2014 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Henwood51239.4−11.9
Green Hazel Dawe26920.7−2.1
Independent Artwell25719.8+19.8
Conservative Katharine Harborne15211.7−4.5
UKIP Ian Macdonald725.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats Prakash Sharma393.0−13.2
Majority 24318.7
Turnout 130128
Labour hold Swing
North By-Election 19 September 2013 [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Louise Upton36734.7+18.0
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder33031.2−13.4
Green Sushila Dhall26224.7+10.6
Conservative John Walsh1009.4−15.1
Majority 373.5
Turnout 105923
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2008-2012

Headington Hill and Northway By-Election 26 March 2009 [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Roy Darke54838.3+2.0
Conservative Marc Borja44331.0−2.6
Liberal Democrats Ruth Beer37826.4+2.4
Green Katherine Wedell624.3−1.8
Majority 1057.3
Turnout 143132.9+1.7
Labour hold Swing
Holywell By-Election 12 June 2008 [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Mills18840.4−5.0
Conservative Paul Sargent11224.1+1.6
Labour Sarah Hutchinson9320.0+6.4
Green Chip Sherwood7215.5−3.0
Majority 7616.3
Turnout 46511.7−15.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2004-2008

Lye Valley By-Election 21 September 2006 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Bob Timbs78452.8+8.4
Liberal Democrats Nathan Pyle48732.8−10.2
Conservative Judith Harley15010.1+10.1
Green Larry Sanders 644.3−8.4
Majority 29720.0
Turnout 1,48531.0
Labour hold Swing
Hinksey Park By-Election 27 July 2006 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Oscar Van Nooijen67645.6−3.2
Green Lilian Sherwood43629.4−0.6
Liberal Democrats Nathan Pyle21714.6+5.7
Conservative Caroline Ten Holter15510.4−1.8
Majority 24016.2
Turnout 1,48433.5
Labour hold Swing
Jericho & Osney By-Election 8 December 2005 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Colin Cook71344.0+10.7
Liberal Democrats John Ballance43727.0−12.1
Green Athene Reiss35521.9+6.6
Conservative Patricia Jones1157.1−5.2
Majority 27617.0
Turnout 1,62033.1
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Northfield Brook By-Election 21 July 2005 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Carole Roberts59254.7+8.2
Ind. Working Class Delvise Saunders30027.7−12.8
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Morlin14113.0+5.0
Conservative Patricia Jones312.9−2.9
Green Susan Tibbles191.7−3.3
Majority 45127.0
Turnout 1,08326.1
Labour hold Swing
Blackbird Leys By-Election 5 May 2005 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rae Humberstone96950.0
Ind. Working Class Kelly Webster56629.2
Conservative Stuart Hand1769.1
Liberal Democrats Nathan Pyle1728.9
Green Susan Tibbles542.8
Majority 40320.8
Turnout 1,93748.6
Labour hold Swing
Carfax By-Election 21 October 2004 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Sushila Dhall20333.3−3.6
Liberal Democrats Pamela Bones17528.7−2.5
Labour Bill Turner16126.4+7.9
Conservative Michael Davis7111.6−1.8
Majority 284.6
Turnout 61014.9
Green hold Swing

2000-2004

Blackbird Leys By-Election 11 October 2001 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Molly Florey63469.4+8.0
Liberal Democrats Bernard Gowers13815.1+5.1
Conservative David Brown10311.3−7.2
Green Patricia Dickson384.2−5.8
Majority 49654.3
Turnout 91311.3
Labour hold Swing
Central By-Election 7 June 2001 [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Antony Brett1,16533.4
Green Paul Williams99528.5
Conservative Richard Sage69219.8
Labour Joel Brookfield63518.2
Majority 1704.9
Turnout 3,487
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Swing

1996-2000

Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 9 September 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 71943.7−7.1
Labour 50630.7+2.8
Conservative 35221.4+3.8
Green 694.2+0.5
Majority 21313.0
Turnout 1,64633.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
West By-Election 4 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 51232.7−12.8
Liberal Democrats 51132.6+14.3
Green 40525.8+3.7
Conservative 1398.9−5.2
Majority 10.1
Turnout 1,56726.8
Labour hold Swing
Quarry By-Election 4 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 78050.2+21.7
Labour 46229.7−8.4
Conservative 25916.7−10.0
Green 543.5−3.2
Majority 31820.5
Turnout 1,55525.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 4 September 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 47841.9+30.5
Labour 38533.7−24.6
Conservative 22219.5−4.8
Green 565.0−1.1
Majority 938.2
Turnout 1,14123.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Independent Oxford Alliance did not exist prior to 2024.
  2. ↑ The Independent Working Class Association was deregistered in 2020. [3]
  1. ↑ Burnett, Edward (3 May 2024). "Oxford City Council Election results - 2 May 2024". www.oxfordmail.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ↑ Council, Oxford City. "Oxford City Council Election results - 5 May 2022". www.oxford.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Independent Working Class Association [De-registered 06/11/20]". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "Election results - 6 May 2021" . Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Election results - 3 May 2018". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  6. ↑ , Oxford City Council, 2016
  7. ↑ Election results, Oxford City Council, 2014
  8. ↑ Election results, Oxford City Council, 2012.
  9. ↑ Election results, Oxford City Council, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Labour win Lib Dem seat at by-election". The Oxford Times . 22 October 2010.
  11. ↑ Election 2008: Oxford council, BBC, 2008
  12. ↑ Article, BBC, 2006.
  13. ↑ Article, BBC, 2004.
  14. 1 2 Article, BBC, 2002.
  15. ↑ The City of Oxford (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
  16. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Oxfordshire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  17. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  18. ↑ "Headington Hill and Northway ward by-election results - 1 May 2025". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 4 May 2025.
  19. ↑ "Marston ward by-election results - 18 July 2024". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  20. ↑ "Littlemore by-election results". www.oxford.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  21. ↑ "Hinksey Park by-election results". www.oxford.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  22. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Wolvercote Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  23. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Headington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  24. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Barton and Sandhills Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  25. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Northfield Brook Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  26. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Northfield Brook Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  27. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Blackbird Leys Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  28. ↑ "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  29. 1 2 "Elections results". Oxford City Council. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  30. ↑ "Labour win in Oxford City Council by-election". Oxford Mail . 19 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  31. ↑ "Labour holds Headington Hill and Northway seat". Oxford Mail . 27 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  32. ↑ "Low turnout for by-election". Oxford Mail . 13 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  33. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Election results". Oxford City Council. Archived from the original on 7 June 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
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