2024 Oxford City Council election
May 2, 2024 (2024-05-02)
24 out of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Susan Brown Christopher Smowton Chris Jarvis
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Leader's seat Churchill Headington St Mary's
Current seats 22 9 6
Seats needed Increase 3 Increase 16 Increase 19
 
Party Independent
Current seats 11
Seats needed Increase 14
Incumbent Leader

Susan Brown
Labour


The 2024 Oxford City Council election is scheduled to be 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]

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 being 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 Sir Keir Starmer's refusal to call for a ceasefire in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[6] The council is currently under no overall control, with a Labour leader.[7]

Pre-Election Composition[2][8]
Party Seats
Labour Party 22
Liberal Democrats 9
Green Party 6
Independents 11

References

  1. ↑ "Next Election for Oxford City Council". Oxford City Council - oxford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 Jan 2024. Retrieved 7 Jan 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Composition of Oxford City Council". Open Council Data UK - opencouncildata.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 Jan 2024. Retrieved 7 Jan 2024.
  3. ↑ "Oxford result - Local Elections 2022". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  4. ↑ Council, Oxford City. "Oxford City Council Election results - 5 May 2022". www.oxford.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Full breakdown of Oxford City Council local election results 2022". Oxford Mail. 2022-05-06. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  6. ↑ "Labour Loses Oxford City Council Over Gaza". tribunemag.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Labour loses Oxford council majority after ninth Gaza resignation". BBC News. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  8. ↑ "Political Make-up of the Council". Oxford City Council - oxford.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 Jan 2024. Retrieved 7 Jan 2024.
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