2024 Oxford City Council election

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The 2024 Oxford City Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections being held in the United Kingdom on the same day.[1] The councillors elected will serve a four-year term ending in 2028.[2]

Quick facts 25 out of 48 seats to Oxford City Council 25 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2024 Oxford City Council election
← 2022
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
2026 →
25 out of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Susan Brown Christopher Smowton Chris Jarvis
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 32 seats, 43.9% 9 seats, 16.9% 6 seats, 18.3%
Seats before 22 9 6
Seats won 11 5 4
Seats after 20 9 8
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 15,260 6,052 6,823
Percentage 38.2% 15.2% 17.1%
Swing Decrease 5.7% Decrease 1.7% Decrease 1.2%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Independent IOA
Last election 1 seat, 12.3% N/A
Seats before 11 0
Seats won 1 4
Seats after 7 4
Seat change Decrease 4 Increase 4
Popular vote 2,406 6,200
Percentage 6.0% 15.5%
Swing Decrease 6.3% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Oxford City Council election
Leader before election

Susan Brown
Labour
No overall control

 Leader after election

Susan Brown
Labour
No overall control

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Background

Oxford City Council elects half of its councillors to every 2 years to serve four-year terms.[2] However, the seats up for election in 2024 were last elected in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

At the previous election in 2022, Labour held its majority on the council, however, they lost 3 seats to bring the total number of Labour councillors to 32.[3][4][5] In October 2023, Labour lost control of the council due to 9 councillors resigning in opposition to Keir Starmer's refusal to call for a ceasefire in the Gaza war.[6] By the time of the election the council remained under no overall control, with a Labour leader.[7] Robert Ford suggested in The Guardian that Oxford would be a key testing ground of dissatisfaction from Labour's left wing and from Muslim and young progressive voters.[8]

Summary

Oxford City Council's composition following the 2024 election.

Following the election, the council remained under no overall control. Labour made a net loss of a further two seats, but remained the largest party on the council. They continued to run the council as a minority administration after the election.[9] The Green Party gained two seats. There was a net loss of four independent councillors. A new local party, the Independent Oxford Alliance (IOA), which had only been created earlier in 2024, won four seats.[10]

Election result

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2024 Oxford City Council election[11]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 11 Decrease 2 44.0 9 20 41.7 15,260 38.2 –5.7
  Liberal Democrats 5 Steady 20.0 4 9 18.8 6,052 15.2 –1.7
  Green 4 Increase 2 16.0 4 8 16.7 6,823 17.1 –1.2
  Independent 1 Decrease 4 4.0 6 7 14.6 2,406 6.0 –6.3
  IOA 4 Increase 4 16.0 0 4 8.3 6,200 15.5 N/A
  Conservative 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,777 7.0 –1.0
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 371 0.9 +0.3
  Workers Party 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 31 0.1 N/A
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Ward results

Barton and Sandhills

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Barton and Sandhills[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Asima Qayyum 454 35.9 –16.9
IOA Chaka Artwell 402 31.8 +12.5
Independent Jabu Nala-Hartley* 173 13.7 N/A
Conservative Eric Sukumaran 119 9.4 –6.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Rogers 118 9.3 –1.4
Majority 52 4.1
Turnout 1,266 28.2 +1.4
Labour hold Swing Decrease14.7
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Blackbird Leys

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Blackbird Leys[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Linda Smith 423 45.8 –29.5
Labour Lubna Arshad 411 44.6 –30.7
Independent Michael Evans 369 40.0 N/A
Independent Suzette McLean 340 36.8 N/A
Conservative Patricia Jones 72 7.8 N/A
Green Cynthia Muthoni 53 5.8 –2.9
TUSC Sam Bennett 52 5.6 –2.2
Green David Thomas 43 4.6 –4.1
Liberal Democrats Alexandrine Kantor 41 4.4 –3.8
TUSC Agnieszka Kowalska 40 4.4 –3.4
Turnout 20.1
Labour hold
Labour hold
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Carfax and Jericho

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Carfax and Jericho[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Lizzy Diggins* 689 56.6 +0.4
Green Emma Garnett 323 26.5 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Jessica Frankopan 113 9.3 –2.5
Conservative Alexander Elliott 92 7.6 +0.9
Majority 366 30.1
Turnout 1,217 34.1 –2.6
Labour Co-op hold Swing Decrease0.4
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Churchill

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Churchill[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mark Lygo* 572 51.4 –6.5
Conservative Mark Bhagwandin 188 16.9 +2.4
Green Duncan Watts 145 13.0 –0.3
TUSC James Morbin 111 10.0 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Coggins 97 8.7 +0.2
Majority 384 34.5
Turnout 1,113 24.0 –2.6
Labour hold Swing Decrease4.5
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Cowley

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Cowley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IOA Ian Yeatman 842 39.2 N/A
Labour Mark Hull 614 28.6 –19.4
Liberal Democrats Scott Urban 484 22.5 +19.9
Green Sam Alston 113 5.3 –4.3
Conservative Luke King 64 3.0 –3.1
TUSC Alex Chapman 30 1.4 N/A
Majority 228 10.6
Turnout 2,147 44.2 +1.4
IOA gain from Labour
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Cutteslowe and Sunnymead

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Cutteslowe and Sunnymead[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Gant* 834 41.8 –13.7
Labour Charlotte Vinnicombe 515 25.8 +3.5
Conservative Sam McNeil 397 19.9 +6.8
Green John Fox 247 12.4 +3.3
Majority 319 16.0
Turnout 1,993 40.4 –3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease8.6
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Donnington

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Donnington[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Max Morris 701 39.4 –0.5
Labour Toby James 536 30.1 –1.3
IOA Halima Banaras 414 23.3 N/A
Conservative Simon Bazley 72 4.0 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Pippa Hitchcock 34 1.9 ±0.0
TUSC Kerensa Hone 22 1.2 N/A
Majority 165 9.3
Turnout 1,779 35.2 –11.4
Green hold Swing Increase0.4
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Headington

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Headington[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mohammed Altaf-Khan* 847 39.6 –8.4
Independent Peter West 577 27.0 N/A
Labour Sumukh Kaul 485 22.7 –14.5
Green Ray Hitchins 163 7.6 +1.2
Conservative Harjot Bajaj 67 3.1 –4.0
Majority 270 12.6
Turnout 2,139 45.1 –1.3
Liberal Democrats hold
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Headington Hill and Northway

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Headington Hill and Northway[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Nigel Chapman* 653 53.7 +5.0
Green Stephen Hurt 216 17.8 +8.7
Conservative Alexander Horsfall-Turner 205 16.9 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Hana Packford 141 11.6 +5.5
Majority 437 36.0
Turnout 1,215 29.8 –9.2
Labour hold Swing Decrease1.9
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Hinksey Park

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Hinksey Park[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Anna Railton* 917 51.0 –10.9
IOA Benjamin Christopher 391 21.7 N/A
Green Nuala Young 337 18.7 –1.7
Liberal Democrats Rick Tanner 95 5.3 –6.4
Conservative Simon Howell 59 3.3 –2.7
Majority 526 29.2
Turnout 1,799 41.7 –0.9
Labour hold
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Holywell

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Holywell[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Dianne Regisford 452 46.1 +9.7
Labour Colin Cook 372 37.9 –11.8
Liberal Democrats Heather Judge 98 10.0 –4.0
Independent Emily Scaysbrook 59 6.0 N/A
Majority 80 8.2
Turnout 981 35.3 +2.5
Green gain from Labour Swing Increase10.8
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Littlemore

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Littlemore[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IOA Anne Stares 814 47.2 N/A
Labour Sandy Douglas* 730 42.3 –2.0
Green Tamsin Blaxter 98 5.7 –0.8
Liberal Democrats Eleonore Vogel 50 2.9 –0.5
TUSC Rachel Cox 32 1.9 N/A
Majority 84 4.9
Turnout 1,724 33.7 –6.6
IOA gain from Labour
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Lye Valley

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Lye Valley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IOA Judith Harley 654 44.1 +9.1
Labour Inka Oshodi 593 40.0 –1.3
Green James Thorniley 120 8.1 –2.0
Conservative Timothy Patmore 70 4.7 –4.4
Liberal Democrats Beverley Joshua 47 3.2 –1.3
Majority 61 4.1
Turnout 1,484 36.4 +4.0
IOA gain from Labour Swing Increase5.2
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Marston

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Marston[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Clarkson* 868 44.7 +8.3
Green Kate Robinson 718 37.0 –10.0
Conservative Duncan Hatfield 288 14.8 +1.4
Liberal Democrats Daniel Levy 69 3.6 +0.4
Majority 150 7.7
Turnout 1,943 42.9 –8.7
Labour hold Swing Increase9.2
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Northfield Brook

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Northfield Brook[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Ottino 392 40.3 –26.3
IOA Susana De Sousa 385 39.6 N/A
Green David Newman 68 7.0 –1.3
Conservative Paul Sims 68 7.0 –7.0
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Morlin 37 3.8 –3.1
TUSC Rosie Douglas-Brown 23 2.4 –1.9
Majority 7 0.7
Turnout 973 22.4 +1.8
Labour hold
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Osney and St Thomas

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Osney and St Thomas[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Susanna Pressel* 902 54.5 +8.0
Green Sarah Edwards 567 34.3 –13.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Rosser 100 6.0 N/A
Conservative Caleb Van Ryneveld 85 5.1 –0.7
Majority 335 20.3
Turnout 1,654 37.8 –6.8
Labour hold Swing Increase10.7
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Quarry and Risinghurst

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Quarry and Risinghurst[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roz Smith* 868 34.7 +9.8
Labour Co-op James Taylor 861 34.5 –22.7
IOA Sandra Ramcharan 512 20.5 N/A
Green Liz Taylor 153 6.1 –1.9
Conservative Daniel Stafford 105 4.2 –5.6
Majority 7 0.3
Turnout 2,499 48.4 +1.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Increase16.3
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Rose Hill and Iffley

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Rose Hill and Iffley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IOA David Henwood 870 44.1 N/A
Labour Michele Paule 814 41.2 –5.3
Green Heather Stallard 159 8.1 –5.7
Conservative Jennifer Jackson 61 3.1 –3.3
Liberal Democrats Katherine Norman 56 2.8 –1.9
TUSC Ruben Simwogerere 14 0.7 ±0.0
Majority 56 2.8
Turnout 1,974 43.6 +3.0
IOA gain from Labour
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St Clement's

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St Clement's[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Alex Powell 524 32.9 +12.3
IOA Sal Naqvi 507 31.8 N/A
Labour Jesse Erlam 475 29.8 –16.2
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Coggins 62 3.9 –3.2
TUSC James Bonner 25 1.6 –0.1
Majority 17 1.1 N/A
Turnout 1,593 38.9 +3.3
Green gain from Labour
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St Mary's

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St Mary's[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Chris Jarvis* 890 46.6 +1.3
Labour Matthew Leigh 518 27.1 –2.0
IOA John Skinner 409 21.4 –0.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Whelan 43 2.3 –1.2
Conservative George Robinson 28 1.5 N/A
TUSC Orlando Munoz 22 1.2 N/A
Majority 372 19.5
Turnout 1,910 37.9 –4.9
Green hold Swing Increase1.7
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Summertown

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Summertown[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Theodore Jupp 662 38.3 –8.1
Labour Paul Shuter 589 34.0 –1.8
Conservative David Pope 278 16.1 +5.0
Green Indrani Sigamany 201 11.6 +4.9
Majority 73 4.2
Turnout 1,730 41.4 –6.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.2
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Temple Cowley

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Temple Cowley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mohammed Azad 888 48.6 +1.2
Labour Co-op Charlie Hicks 657 35.9 –4.1
Green Richard Scrase 129 7.1 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Tony Brett 71 3.9 +0.7
Conservative Fay Sims 52 2.8 –0.4
Workers Party Boris Fedorov 31 1.7 N/A
Majority 231 12.6
Turnout 1,828 38.4 –1.9
Independent gain from Labour Swing Increase2.7
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Walton Manor

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Walton Manor[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op James Fry* 837 57.9 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Liz Wade 246 17.0 –11.6
Green Chris Goodall 232 16.0 +4.4
Conservative Penelope Lenon 131 9.1 +0.1
Majority 591 40.9
Turnout 1,446 42.2 –0.9
Labour Co-op hold Swing Increase9.4
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Wolvercote

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Wolvercote[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Goddard* 839 50.3 –5.4
Labour Andrew Siantonas 383 22.9 +1.9
Conservative Daniel Campbell 276 16.5 +2.7
Green Philippa Lanchbery 171 10.2 +0.7
Majority 456 27.3
Turnout 1,669 37.5 –10.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease3.7
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By-elections

Headington Hill & Northway

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Headington Hill & Northway by-election: 1 May 2025
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Taylor 461 36.8 –16.9
IOA Nasreen Majeed 445 35.5 N/A
Green Stephen Hurt 158 12.6 –5.2
Conservative Eric Sukumaran 98 7.8 –9.1
Liberal Democrats Hana Packford 62 4.9 –6.7
TUSC Agnieszka Kowalska 30 2.4 N/A
Majority 16 1.3 –34.7
Turnout 1,254 31.3 +1.5
Labour hold
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