Oxford City Council elections

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.

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

Summary of results

Year		Labour		Liberal Democrat		Green		IWCA		Independent		Conservative		IOA	Source	Controlling party
2024	20		9		8				7		0		4		[1]		No overall control
2022	32		9		6				1		0		[lower-alpha 1]		[2]		Labour
2021	34		9		3		[lower-alpha 2]		2		0				[4]		Labour
2018	36		9		2		0		1		0				[5]		Labour
2016	35		8		4		0		1		0				[6]		Labour
2014	33		8		6		0		1		0				[7]		Labour
2012	29		13		5		0		1		0				[8]		Labour
2010	26		16		5		1		0		0				[9][10]		Labour
2008	23		16		7		2		0		0				[11]		No overall control
2006	17		19		8		4		0		0				[12]		No overall control
2004	20		18		7		3		0		0				[13]		No overall control
2002	29		15		3		1		0		0				[14]		Labour
2000	21		21		7		1		0		1				[14]		No overall control

Council elections

• 1973 Oxford City Council election
• 1976 Oxford City Council election
• 1979 Oxford City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[15]
• 1980 Oxford City Council election
• 1982 Oxford City Council election
• 1983 Oxford City Council election
• 1984 Oxford City Council election
• 1986 Oxford City Council election
• 1987 Oxford City Council election
• 1988 Oxford City Council election
• 1990 Oxford City Council election
• 1991 Oxford City Council election (Some new ward boundaries & city boundary changes also took place)^[16]
• 1992 Oxford City Council election
• 1994 Oxford City Council election
• 1995 Oxford City Council election
• 1996 Oxford City Council election
• 1998 Oxford City Council election
• 1999 Oxford City Council election
• 2000 Oxford City Council election
• 2002 Oxford City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[17]
• 2004 Oxford City Council election
• 2006 Oxford City Council election
• 2008 Oxford City Council election
• 2010 Oxford City Council election
• 2012 Oxford City Council election
• 2014 Oxford City Council election
• 2016 Oxford City Council election
• 2018 Oxford City Council election
• 2021 Oxford City Council election (New ward boundaries)
• 2022 Oxford City Council election
• 2024 Oxford City Council election

Results maps

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  2021 results map
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  2022 results map
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  2024 results map

By-election results

Marston By-Election 18 July 2024^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Kate Robinson	640	34.5	−3.5
	IOA	Nasreen Majeed	596	32.1	New
	Labour	Charlotte Vinnicombe	495	26.7	–18.0
	Conservative	Duncan Hatfield	70	3.8	–11.0
	Liberal Democrats	Kathy Norman	55	3.0	–0.6
Majority			44	2.4
Turnout			1,856	39.4	−3.5
	Green hold		Swing

Littlemore By-Election 2 March 2023^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sandy Douglas	607	44.9	+0.6
	Independent	Michael Evans	507	37.5	+2.9
	Conservative	Timothy Patmore	135	10.0	−1.5
	Green	David Thomas	65	4.8	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Theo Jupp	26	1.9	−1.5
	TUSC	Rachel Cox	12	0.9	+0.9
Majority			594	36.0
Turnout			1,363	33
	Labour hold		Swing

Hinksey Park By-Election 29 September 2022^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anna Railton	801	51.3	−10.6
	Green	Alex Powell	305	19.5	−0.9
	Independent	Deborah Glass Woodin	270	17.3	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Rick Tanner	118	7.6	−4.1
	Conservative	Jennifer Saunders	60	3.8	−2.2
	TUSC	Callum Joyce	8	0.5	+0.5
Majority			594	36.0
Turnout			1562	36
	Labour hold		Swing

Wolvercote By-Election 6 December 2018^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Wade	998	60.5	−0.5
	Conservative	Jenny Jackson	404	24.5	+1.0
	Labour	Ibrahim el-Hendi	162	9.8	−0.1
	Green	Sarah Edwards	86	5.2	−0.5
Majority			594	36.0
Turnout			1,650
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Headington By-Election 19 July 2018^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stef Garden	949	60.9	−0.4
	Labour	Simon Ottino	419	26.9	−0.2
	Conservative	Georgina Gibbs	124	8.0	+1.7
	Green	Ray Hitchins	67	4.3	−1.1
Majority			530	34.0
Turnout			1,559
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barton and Sandhills By-Election 4 May 2017^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Ladbrooke	698	47.1	−2.6
	Conservative	Peter Saville	284	19.2	+6.9
	Independent	Chaka Artwell	203	13.7	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Wheeler	194	13.1	+4.4
	Green	Symon Hill	103	7.0	+1.2
Majority			414	27.9
Turnout			1,482
	Labour hold		Swing

Northfield Brook By-Election 22 October 2015^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Pegg	509	77.9	+6.3
	UKIP	Joe Lawes	60	9.2	+9.2
	Conservative	Gary Dixon	47	7.2	−4.3
	Green	Lucy Ayrton	28	4.3	−7.0
	TUSC	James Morbin	9	1.4	+1.4
Majority			449	68.8
Turnout			653
	Labour hold		Swing

Northfield Brook By-Election 27 November 2014^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sian Taylor	401	70.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Gary Dixon	65	11.4	−0.1
	Green	Ann Duncan	50	8.8	−2.5
	TUSC	James Morbin	34	6.0	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Tait	18	3.2	−2.4
Majority			336	59.2
Turnout			568
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys By-Election 27 November 2014^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Smith	509	75.7	+8.4
	UKIP	Dave Slater	91	13.5	−7.0
	Conservative	Berk Bektas	27	4.0	−1.7
	Green	Elizabeth McHale	21	3.1	−1.4
	TUSC	Stella Collier	13	1.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lesley Mallinder	11	1.6	−0.4
Majority			418	62.2
Turnout			672
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarry & Risinghurst By-Election 18 September 2014^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chewe Munkonge	782	42.3	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roz Smith	615	33.2	+7.8
	Conservative	Katharine Harborne	222	12.0	−7.2
	Green	Liz Taylor	186	10.0	−1.7
	English Democrat	Julia Gasper	43	2.3	+2.3
Majority			167	9.1
Turnout			1848	38
	Labour hold		Swing

Carfax By-Election 4 September 2014^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Hollingsworth	168	44.2	+11.9
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Brett	101	26.6	+3.3
	Green	Richard Scrase	63	16.6	−9.8
	Conservative	Maryam Ahmed	24	6.3	−11.6
	UKIP	Kenrick Bird	24	6.3	+6.3
Majority			67	17.6
Turnout			380	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowley By-Election 17 July 2014^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Henwood	512	39.4	−11.9
	Green	Hazel Dawe	269	20.7	−2.1
	Independent	Artwell	257	19.8	+19.8
	Conservative	Katharine Harborne	152	11.7	−4.5
	UKIP	Ian Macdonald	72	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Prakash Sharma	39	3.0	−13.2
Majority			243	18.7
Turnout			1301	28
	Labour hold		Swing

North By-Election 19 September 2013^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Louise Upton	367	34.7	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bearder	330	31.2	−13.4
	Green	Sushila Dhall	262	24.7	+10.6
	Conservative	John Walsh	100	9.4	−15.1
Majority			37	3.5
Turnout			1059	23
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Headington Hill and Northway By-Election 26 March 2009^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roy Darke	548	38.3	+2.0
	Conservative	Marc Borja	443	31.0	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Beer	378	26.4	+2.4
	Green	Katherine Wedell	62	4.3	−1.8
Majority			105	7.3
Turnout			1431	32.9	+1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Holywell By-Election 12 June 2008^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mills	188	40.4	−5.0
	Conservative	Paul Sargent	112	24.1	+1.6
	Labour	Sarah Hutchinson	93	20.0	+6.4
	Green	Chip Sherwood	72	15.5	−3.0
Majority			76	16.3
Turnout			465	11.7	−15.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lye Valley By-Election 21 September 2006^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Timbs	784	52.8	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	487	32.8	−10.2
	Conservative	Judith Harley	150	10.1	+10.1
	Green	Larry Sanders	64	4.3	−8.4
Majority			297	20.0
Turnout			1,485	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Hinksey Park By-Election 27 July 2006^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oscar Van Nooijen	676	45.6	−3.2
	Green	Lilian Sherwood	436	29.4	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	217	14.6	+5.7
	Conservative	Caroline Ten Holter	155	10.4	−1.8
Majority			240	16.2
Turnout			1,484	33.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Jericho & Osney By-Election 8 December 2005^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Cook	713	44.0	+10.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Ballance	437	27.0	−12.1
	Green	Athene Reiss	355	21.9	+6.6
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	115	7.1	−5.2
Majority			276	17.0
Turnout			1,620	33.1
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Northfield Brook By-Election 21 July 2005^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carole Roberts	592	54.7	+8.2
	Ind. Working Class	Delvise Saunders	300	27.7	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Rosemary Morlin	141	13.0	+5.0
	Conservative	Patricia Jones	31	2.9	−2.9
	Green	Susan Tibbles	19	1.7	−3.3
Majority			451	27.0
Turnout			1,083	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys By-Election 5 May 2005^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rae Humberstone	969	50.0
	Ind. Working Class	Kelly Webster	566	29.2
	Conservative	Stuart Hand	176	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Pyle	172	8.9
	Green	Susan Tibbles	54	2.8
Majority			403	20.8
Turnout			1,937	48.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Carfax By-Election 21 October 2004^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sushila Dhall	203	33.3	−3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Bones	175	28.7	−2.5
	Labour	Bill Turner	161	26.4	+7.9
	Conservative	Michael Davis	71	11.6	−1.8
Majority			28	4.6
Turnout			610	14.9
	Green hold		Swing

Blackbird Leys By-Election 11 October 2001^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Molly Florey	634	69.4	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Gowers	138	15.1	+5.1
	Conservative	David Brown	103	11.3	−7.2
	Green	Patricia Dickson	38	4.2	−5.8
Majority			496	54.3
Turnout			913	11.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Central By-Election 7 June 2001^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Brett	1,165	33.4
	Green	Paul Williams	995	28.5
	Conservative	Richard Sage	692	19.8
	Labour	Joel Brookfield	635	18.2
Majority			170	4.9
Turnout			3,487
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing

Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 9 September 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		719	43.7	−7.1
	Labour		506	30.7	+2.8
	Conservative		352	21.4	+3.8
	Green		69	4.2	+0.5
Majority			213	13.0
Turnout			1,646	33.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

West By-Election 4 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		512	32.7	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats		511	32.6	+14.3
	Green		405	25.8	+3.7
	Conservative		139	8.9	−5.2
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,567	26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Quarry By-Election 4 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		780	50.2	+21.7
	Labour		462	29.7	−8.4
	Conservative		259	16.7	−10.0
	Green		54	3.5	−3.2
Majority			318	20.5
Turnout			1,555	25.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Old Marston and Risinghurst By-Election 4 September 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		478	41.9	+30.5
	Labour		385	33.7	−24.6
	Conservative		222	19.5	−4.8
	Green		56	5.0	−1.1
Majority			93	8.2
Turnout			1,141	23.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

See also

• Elections in the United Kingdom

References

1. The Independent Oxford Alliance did not exist prior to 2024.
2. The Independent Working Class Association was deregistered in 2020.^[3]

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External links

• Oxford City Council