Oxford council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 24 wards · 24 seats contested

Most seats
10
Labour Party
Seats contested
24
across 24 wards
Turnout
42.3%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 10 -1 12,554 28.6% -9.6
Green Party 9 +5 13,236 30.2% +13.1
Liberal Democrats 4 -1 6,082 13.9% -1.3
Independent 1 +0 2,298 5.2% -0.8
Reform UK 0 +0 4,008 9.1% —
Independent Oxford Alliance 0 -4 2,980 6.8% -8.7
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 2,641 6.0% -0.9
Workers Party of Britain 0 +0 29 0.1% -0.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 25 0.1% -0.9

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 24
Conservative and Unionist Party 24
Green Party 24
Labour and Co-operative Party 24
Liberal Democrats 24
Reform UK 23
Independent Oxford Alliance 6
Independent 5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Workers Party of Britain 1

A party standing a full slate could field 24 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Barton & Sandhills

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mike Rowley Elected 578 36.9% +1.1
Reform UK Felix Peter Bloomfield 336 21.5% —
Green Party Tariq Saeed 237 15.1% —
Independent Chaka Artwell 165 10.5% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Vernon Porter 124 7.9% -1.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Rogers 96 6.1% -3.2
Workers Party of Britain Boris Fedorov 29 1.9% —
Majority242
Turnout33.9%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,565

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Blackbird Leys

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Lubna Arshad Elected 588 48.5% +2.6
Reform UK Kornel Schesztak 337 27.8% —
Green Party Indigo Haynes 151 12.4% +6.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Fay Lana Sims 71 5.9% -2.0
Liberal Democrats Alexandrine Kantor 49 4.0% -0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition James Morbin 17 1.4% -4.2
Majority251
Turnout29.7%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,213

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Carfax & Jericho

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Sushila Devi Dhall Elected 811 50.2% +23.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Alex Hollingsworth 523 32.4% -24.3
Liberal Democrats John Orrell Howson 123 7.6% -1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Harriet Georgia Sophie Dolby 84 5.2% -2.4
Reform UK Vittorio Peter Cuneo-Flood 75 4.6% —
Majority288
Turnout48.9%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,616

Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Churchill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Susan Woolford Brown Elected 570 40.5% -10.9
Green Party Ines Carmen Wilhelm 397 28.2% +15.2
Reform UK Michael Sakkalli 231 16.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Patmore 133 9.5% -7.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Charles Coggins 75 5.3% -3.4
Majority173
Turnout29.5%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,406

Labour Party hold

Cowley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Edward Mundy Elected 1,031 46.2% +40.9
Independent Ajaz Ur Rehman 565 25.3% —
Labour Party Michael William Boyd 291 13.0% -15.6
Reform UK Ian Szwajca 219 9.8% —
Liberal Democrats George Busby 69 3.1% -19.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Louise Stephenson 58 2.6% -0.4
Majority466
Turnout45.5%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,233

Green Party gain from Independent Oxford Alliance

Cutteslowe & Sunnymead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Laurence George Fouweather Elected 1,044 44.5% +2.7
Green Party Andrea Schiavi 396 16.9% +4.5
Conservative and Unionist Party David John Cunningham 388 16.6% -3.4
Labour Party Nancy Lynn Cartwright 351 15.0% -10.9
Reform UK Michael William Andrews 165 7.0% —
Majority648
Turnout48.1%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,344

Liberal Democrats hold

Donnington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Rosie Rawle Elected 986 51.1% +11.7
Independent Saqib Faradoon 468 24.3% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Ralph Amory Noble 267 13.8% -16.3
Reform UK Anna Marie Avila Taylor 109 5.7% —
Liberal Democrats Graham Roderick Jones 58 3.0% +1.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon James Bazley 41 2.1% -1.9
Majority518
Turnout43.3%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,929

Green Party hold

Headington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Smowton Elected 927 41.6% +2.0
Labour Party Emily Lygo 511 23.0% +0.3
Green Party Neil Doig 422 19.0% +11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party James Peter Jackson 185 8.3% +5.2
Reform UK Sandhya Sunkara 181 8.1% —
Majority416
Turnout48.8%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,226

Liberal Democrats hold

Headington Hill & Northway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party James Taylor Elected 650 40.8% +4.0
Independent Oxford Alliance Nasreen Majeed 427 26.8% -8.7
Green Party Sam Alston 238 14.9% +2.3
Reform UK Tenson Jacob 137 8.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party George Edward Silvanus Robinson 85 5.3% -2.5
Liberal Democrats Eleonore Rebekka Vogel 48 3.0% -1.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Agnieszka Kowalska 8 0.5% -1.9
Majority223
Turnout40.1%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,593

Labour Party hold

Hinksey Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Siobhan Ann Lancaster Elected 1,012 49.8% -1.2
Green Party Hannah Scott 665 32.7% +14.0
Liberal Democrats Rick Tanner 127 6.2% +1.0
Reform UK Geoffrey Brian Ager 122 6.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Amy Olivia Campbell 107 5.3% +2.0
Majority347
Turnout47.8%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,033

Labour Party hold

Holywell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Alfie Davis Elected 808 68.0% +21.9
Labour Party Awab Ramadan Yahia Kazuz 186 15.6% -22.3
Liberal Democrats Ian Corthan Bearder 120 10.1% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Harry Richardson 75 6.3% —
Majority622
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,189

Green Party hold

Littlemore

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tiago Corais Elected 726 42.6% +0.3
Independent David Stares 400 23.5% —
Green Party Tamsin Sky Tristram Blaxter 251 14.7% +9.1
Reform UK James Charles Baker 210 12.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Daniel Stafford 89 5.2% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Wood 27 1.6% -1.3
Majority326
Turnout38.1%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,703

Labour Party gain from Independent Oxford Alliance

Lye Valley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party James Richard Harry Thorniley Elected 500 35.2% +27.1
Labour Party Stephen Douglas Harwood 474 33.3% -6.6
Reform UK Jakub Zagdanski 248 17.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary William Dixon 124 8.7% +4.0
Liberal Democrats Maria Bourbon 76 5.3% +2.2
Majority26
Turnout35.6%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,422

Green Party gain from Independent Oxford Alliance

Marston

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Kate Josephine Robinson Elected 969 41.3% +6.8
Independent Oxford Alliance Emily Frances Scaysbrook 749 31.9% -0.2
Labour Party Charlotte Louise Vinnicombe 369 15.7% -10.9
Reform UK Richard Lewin 146 6.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Duncan Valentine Hatfield 69 2.9% -0.8
Liberal Democrats Andy McKay 44 1.9% -1.1
Majority220
Turnout51.8%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,346

Green Party hold

Northfield Brook

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Trish Elphinstone Elected 488 40.5% +0.2
Reform UK Dianne Copestake 367 30.4% —
Green Party David Newman 207 17.2% +10.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul John Sims 82 6.8% -0.2
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin 62 5.1% +1.3
Majority121
Turnout27.4%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,206

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Osney & St Thomas

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Lois Knight Muddiman Elected 912 50.5% +16.2
Labour Party David Calonge 594 32.9% -21.6
Reform UK Rose-Marie Wheeler 114 6.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Louis Watteau Williams 101 5.6% +0.5
Liberal Democrats Harry Roy Morgan 84 4.7% -1.4
Majority318
Turnout42.9%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,805

Green Party gain from Labour Party

Quarry & Risinghurst

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Chewe Edgar Munkonge Elected 943 37.4% +2.9
Liberal Democrats Kai Zolleis 568 22.5% -12.2
Green Party Stephen Robert Hurt 344 13.6% +7.5
Independent Oxford Alliance Alison Kahn 317 12.6% -7.9
Reform UK Cristina Parau 255 10.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Edmund Charles Annandale Johnstone 96 3.8% -0.4
Majority375
Turnout50.1%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,523

Labour Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Rose Hill & Iffley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Edward Owen Turner Elected 952 38.2% -3.0
Independent Oxford Alliance Zack Iqbal 458 18.4% -25.7
Independent Oxford Alliance Zaheer Iqbal 458 18.4% —
Green Party Luke Barbanneau 299 12.0% +4.0
Reform UK Prudence Mary Prior Dailey 203 8.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Suresh Lal 60 2.4% -0.7
Liberal Democrats Geraldine Anne Coggins 59 2.4% -0.5
Majority494
Turnout44.9%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,489

Labour Party gain from Independent Oxford Alliance

St Clement's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ahalya Bala Elected 875 58.2% +25.3
Labour and Co-operative Party Thomas Ayudthaya Boyd 403 26.8% -3.0
Reform UK Martin Young 88 5.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Vinay Raniga 72 4.8% —
Liberal Democrats Pippa Hitchcock 65 4.3% +0.4
Majority472
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,503

Green Party hold

St Mary's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Emily Jane Elisabeth Kerr Elected 1,154 60.7% +14.1
Labour Party Toby Stephen William James 473 24.9% -2.2
Liberal Democrats Richard Whelan 105 5.5% +3.3
Reform UK Paula Jane MacFarlane 86 4.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gloria Croxall 82 4.3% +2.8
Majority681
Turnout31.4%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,900

Green Party hold

Summertown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Katherine Sarah Miles Elected 836 42.0% +3.7
Labour Party Freda Janet Wolfenden 486 24.4% -9.6
Green Party James Hewett 318 16.0% +4.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Christopher David Edward Fox 254 12.8% -3.3
Reform UK Fee Yin 96 4.8% —
Majority350
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,990

Liberal Democrats hold

Temple Cowley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Saj Malik Elected 700 39.3% -9.3
Green Party Heather Laura Stallard 535 30.0% +22.9
Labour Party Joe McManners 331 18.6% -17.4
Reform UK Michael Sargent 109 6.1% —
Liberal Democrats Tony Brett 69 3.9% -0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Patricia Gwendoline Mary Jones 39 2.2% -0.7
Majority165
Turnout37.4%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,783

Independent hold

Walton Manor

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Louise Upton Elected 664 38.5% -19.3
Liberal Democrats Joanne Louise Bowlt 443 25.7% +8.7
Green Party Zelalemawee Asheber 422 24.5% +8.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Penelope Anne Lenon 134 7.8% -1.3
Reform UK David Charles Lincoln 60 3.5% —
Majority221
Turnout50.6%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,723

Labour Party hold

Wolvercote

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson Wood Elected 908 43.0% -7.3
Independent Oxford Alliance Richard Peter Garbutt 571 27.0% —
Green Party Cristina Palamini 308 14.6% +4.3
Labour Party Bev Humberstone 124 5.9% -17.1
Reform UK Stuart David Jolley 114 5.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Dean Morris 88 4.2% -12.4
Majority337
Turnout54.4%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,113

Liberal Democrats hold

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