Elections to Oxford City Council were held on 10 June 2004. The council is elected by halves, so one seat in each ward was up for election (except in St Clements, where both seats were contested). Labour lost majority control of the council but remained in minority administration. Overall turnout was 37.6%, with the lowest turnout (26.5%) in Carfax ward and the highest (49.5%) in Wolvercote.
Note: three Independents stood in 2004, compared with one in 2002.
The total number of seats on the Council after the election was:
Sources: BBC Oxford City Council
All results from Oxford City Council.
<nowiki>*</nowiki>John Rose stood on the platform "Local Government Reform"
Because both seats were up for election each voter had two votes (i.e. plurality-at-large). Turnout has been estimated by halving the number of votes cast.