2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

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2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

 2021
1 May 2025
2029 

All 69 seats to Oxfordshire County Council
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.6% (Decrease4.8 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Liz Leffman Liz Brighouse Eddie Reeves
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Charlbury & Wychwood Churchill & Lye Valley Cropredy & Hook Norton (lost)
Last election 21 seats, 25.8% 16 seats, 21.4% 21 seats, 36.9%
Seats before 20 14 19
Seats won 36 12 10
Seat change Increase 16 Decrease 2 Decrease 9
Popular vote 57,679 24,604 40,867
Percentage 30.1% 12.8% 21.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ian Middleton Felix Bloomfield Anne Gwinnett
Party Green Reform IOA
Leader's seat Kidlington East Wallingford (lost) None
Last election 3 seats, 12.0% 0 seats, 0.2% Did not exist
Seats before 3 2 0
Seats won 7 1 1
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 22,919 34,148 5,161
Percentage 12.0% 17.8% 2.7%

Map showing the results of the 2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

Council composition after the election

Leader before election

Liz Leffman
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Liz Leffman
Liberal Democrats

The 2025 Oxfordshire County Council election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Oxfordshire County Council in Oxfordshire, England.[1] All 69 seats were elected.[2] This was on the same day as a by-election for the Oxford City Council ward of Headington Hill and Northway, as well as other local elections nationwide. The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Green Party coalition, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Leffman. The election saw the Liberal Democrats win overall control of the council for the first time.

The council had been under no overall control since 2013.[3] Following the previous full council election in 2021,[4] a coalition of the Liberal Democrats, Labour, and the Green Party formed to run the council, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Leffman. Labour withdrew from the coalition in September 2023, after which the Liberal Democrats and Greens ran the council as a minority administration.[5]

The 2025 election was held under new ward boundaries.[2]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election Before 2025 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 21 Liberal Democrats 20
Conservative 21 Conservative-Independent Alliance 19
Labour 16 Labour 14
Green 3 Green 3
Henley Residents 1 Henley Residents 1
Independent 1 Independent 6

Changes 2021–2025

  • November 2022: Hannah Banfield (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[7]
  • January 2023: Michele Paule (Labour) resigns - by-election held March 2023[8]
  • March 2023: Trish Elphinstone (Labour) wins by-election[9]
  • September 2023: Damian Haywood (Labour) leaves party to sit as an independent[10]
  • December 2023: Sally Povolotsky (Liberal Democrats) leaves party to sit as an independent[11]
  • March 2024: Kevin Bulmer (Conservative) suspended from party[12]
  • May 2024: Richard Webber (Liberal Democrats) resigns - by-election held June 2024;[13] Jane Murphy (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[14]
  • June 2024: Peter Stevens (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election[15]
  • March 2025: Felix Bloomfield and Kevin Bulmer (both Conservative) join Reform UK.[16]

Summary

Election result

2025 Oxfordshire County Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 68 36 +16 52.2 30.08 57,679
  Labour 69 12 -2 17.4 12.83 24,604
  Conservative 69 10 -9 14.5 21.31 40,867
  Green 69 7 +4 10.1 11.95 22,919
  Reform 64 1 +1 1.4 17.81 34,148
  Independent 13 1 0 1.4 2.32 4,448
  Independent Oxford Alliance 9 1 +1 1.4 2.69 5,161 N/A
  TUSC 7 0 0.09 173
  Animal Welfare 1 0 0.01 10
  Henley Residents 1 1 0 1.4 0.77 1,483
  Heritage 1 0 0.01 15
  Monster Raving Loony 1 0 0.01 37
  Oxford Community Socialists 1 0 0.08 147
  SDP 1 0 0.05 90

Aftermath

The Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats at the elections. It was the first time the party had won a majority on the council.[3] At the subsequent annual council meeting on 20 May 2025, a new cabinet consisting entirely of Liberal Democrats was appointed, with Liz Leffman retaining her position as leader of the council.[17][18]

Candidates by division

See also

References

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