Your Councillors

Your Councillors

City Councillors

Oxford has a total of 48 City Councillors, with two Councillors elected for each of the 24 wards.

The City Council normally elects half the council every two years (one councillor in each ward). Following to a ward boundary review carried out by the Local Government Boundary Commission all seats were up for election on 6 May 2021 on the new ward boundaries. Outgoing councillors retire on Monday 10 May so between the declaration of results and 10 May both incoming and outgoing councillors show on this page

The next election, to elect half the council, is in May 2022.

More details about each City Councillor are below.

Political make-up

Following the election on 6 May 2021 and the confirmation of political groups at Annual Council on 19 May 2021:

  • Labour Group - 34 seats
  • Liberal Democrat Group - 9 seats
  • Green Group - 3 seats
  • Independent Group - 2 seats

What councillors do

Councillors are democratically accountable to residents of their ward. The overriding duty of Councillors is to the whole community, but they have a special duty to their constituents, including those who did not vote for them.

They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these may take place on a regular basis.

Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form.

County Councillors and MPs

City Councillors' details