Oxfordshire
Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.
Cycles
- 2025 69 races · 69 seats 89.9% below quota
- 2021 61 races · 63 seats 39.7% below quota
- 2017 61 races · 63 seats 34.9% below quota
Council composition as of 2025
69 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2025 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.
Most recent election (2025)
In 2025, 69 seats were up across 69 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 69 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.
| Party | Votes | Vote % | Seats won | % of seats | Proportional seats | Proportional % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 57,679 | 30.1% | 36 | 52.2% | 22 | 31.9% | +14 |
| Conservative Party | 40,920 | 21.3% | 10 | 14.5% | 15 | 21.7% | -5 |
| Reform UK | 34,148 | 17.8% | 1 | 1.4% | 13 | 18.8% | -12 |
| Labour Party | 24,604 | 12.8% | 12 | 17.4% | 9 | 13.0% | +3 |
| Green Party | 22,866 | 11.9% | 7 | 10.1% | 8 | 11.6% | -1 |
| Independent Oxford Alliance | 5,200 | 2.7% | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Independent | 4,448 | 2.3% | 1 | 1.4% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Henley Residents Group | 1,483 | 0.8% | 1 | 1.4% | 0 | 0.0% | +1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 173 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Oxford Community Socialists | 147 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Social Democratic Party | 90 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | 37 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Heritage Party | 15 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Animal Welfare Party | 10 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 |
| Total | 191,820 | 100.0% | 69 | 100.0% | 69 | 100.0% | 0 |
Vote share vs seats won
The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.
Full ward-by-ward results for 2025 →
Composition history
One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.
Ward by ward
Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.
| Ward | 2017 | 2021 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abingdon East | 53% | 51% | 54% |
| Abingdon North | 51% | 51% | 58% |
| Abingdon South | 46% | 53% | 42% |
| Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote | 36% | ||
| Bampton and Carterton South | 37% | ||
| Banbury Calthorpe | 52% | 48% | 32% |
| Banbury Easington | 41% | ||
| Banbury Grimsbury and Castle | 48% | 51% | 32% |
| Banbury Hardwick | 43% | 45% | 29% |
| Banbury Ruscote | 58% | 56% | 36% |
| Bartlemas | 48% | ||
| Barton, Sandhills and Risinghurst | 49% | 36% | |
| Barton/ Sandhills and Risinghurst | 47% | ||
| Benson and Cholsey | 50% | 41% | |
| Benson and Crowmarsh | 34% | ||
| Berinsfield and Garsington | 55% | 57% | 37% |
| Bicester East | 34% | ||
| Bicester North | 55% | 53% | 36% |
| Bicester South | 52% | ||
| Bicester Town | 61% | 55% | |
| Bicester West | 63% | 52% | 30% |
| Bloxham and Easington | 61% | 58% | |
| Brize Norton and Carterton East | 34% | ||
| Burford and Carterton North | 67% | 63% | |
| Burford and Carterton West | 33% | ||
| Carterton South and West | 70% | 60% | |
| Chalgrove and Thame West | 45% | ||
| Chalgrove and Watlington | 54% | 53% | |
| Charlbury and Wychwood | 52% | 47% | 49% |
| Charlton, Ardington and Hendreds | 47% | ||
| Chesterton and Launton | 33% | ||
| Chinnor | 32% | ||
| Chipping Norton | 45% | 43% | 34% |
| Cholsey and the Hagbournes | 45% | ||
| Churchill and Lye Valley | 62% | 61% | 34% |
| Cowley | 46% | 54% | 43% |
| Cropredy and Hook Norton | 36% | ||
| Deddington | 58% | 55% | 34% |
| Didcot East and Hagbourne | 48% | 45% | |
| Didcot Ladygrove | 46% | 40% | 43% |
| Didcot South | 32% | ||
| Didcot West | 42% | 49% | 49% |
| Drayton, Sutton Courtenay and Steventon | 42% | ||
| Eynsham | 44% | 50% | 48% |
| Faringdon | 52% | 56% | 48% |
| Goring | 58% | 44% | |
| Goring and Woodcote | 47% | ||
| Grove | 42% | ||
| Grove and Wantage | 50% | 54% | |
| Hanborough and Hailey | 43% | ||
| Hanborough and Minster Lovell | 52% | 52% | |
| Harwell, Western Valley and Blewbury | 46% | ||
| Headington and Quarry | 55% | 46% | 44% |
| Hendreds and Harwell | 55% | 46% | |
| Henley | 50% | ||
| Henley-on-Thames | 48% | 62% | |
| Iffley Fields and St Mary's | 47% | ||
| Iffley Fields and St. Marys | 48% | ||
| Isis | 56% | 53% | 47% |
| Jericho and Osney | 59% | 59% | 44% |
| Kennington and Radley | 52% | 53% | 49% |
| Kidlington East | 39% | ||
| Kidlington North and Otmoor | 40% | ||
| Kidlington South | 57% | 48% | |
| Kidlington West | 30% | ||
| Kingston and Cumnor | 57% | 50% | |
| Kingston and Stanford | 39% | ||
| Kirtlington and Kidlington North | 48% | 47% | |
| Leys | 72% | 63% | 38% |
| Marcham and Cumnor | 45% | ||
| Marston and Northway | 48% | 43% | 35% |
| North Hinksey | 53% | 54% | 52% |
| Otmoor | 61% | 46% | |
| Parks | 46% | ||
| Ploughley | 51% | 65% | |
| Rose Hill and Littlemore | 61% | 52% | 39% |
| Shrivenham | 65% | 52% | 32% |
| Sonning Common | 71% | 59% | |
| Sonning Common and Henley South | 42% | ||
| St Clement's and Cowley Marsh | 50% | ||
| St Margaret's | 41% | ||
| St. Clements and Cowley Marsh | 43% | ||
| St. Margarets | 37% | ||
| Summertown and Walton Manor | 37% | ||
| Sutton Courtenay and Marcham | 45% | 49% | |
| Thame | 53% | ||
| Thame and Chinnor | 54% | 42% | |
| University Parks | 42% | 45% | |
| Wallingford | 39% | 59% | 42% |
| Wantage West | 51% | ||
| Watlington and Rotherfield | 31% | ||
| Wheatley | 45% | 61% | 46% |
| Witney North and East | 53% | 40% | 30% |
| Witney South and Central | 45% | 43% | 34% |
| Witney West and Bampton | 63% | ||
| Witney West and Brampton | 58% | ||
| Witney West and Ducklington | 38% | ||
| Wolvercote and Cutteslowe | 36% | ||
| Wolvercote and Summertown | 53% | 50% | |
| Woodstock | 48% | 47% | 45% |
| Wroxton and Hook Norton | 65% | 63% |