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2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

The 2025 Oxfordshire County Council election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Oxfordshire County Council in Oxfordshire, England. All 69 seats were elected. 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.

Background

The council had been under no overall control since 2013. Following the previous full council election in 2021, 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.

The 2025 election was held under new ward boundaries.

Previous council composition

Changes 2021–2025

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

Summary

Election result

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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. 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.

Candidates by division

The Statements of Persons Nominated details the candidates confirmed to be standing in each division. An asterisk (*) indicates an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Cherwell

Oxford

South Oxfordshire

Vale of White Horse

West Oxfordshire

See also

References