2026 LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS – Oxford City Council
Oxford City Council
Election: Oxford City Council election, Thursday 7 May 2026
Seats contested: all 24 wards
Results declared: 24 of 24 wards
Overall turnout: 43.5%
Overall control/status: Labour remained the largest party, with the post-election political composition listed by the council as Labour 20, Green 13, Liberal Democrat 9, Independent Oxford Alliance 4 and Real Independents 2.
Seat summary from the 24 wards contested:
Labour / Labour and Co-operative: 10
Green: 9
Liberal Democrats: 4
Independent: 1
Reform UK: 0
Conservative: 0
Independent Oxford Alliance: 0
Workers Party: 0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition: 0
Barton and Sandhills
Result: Labour and Co-operative HOLD
Elected: Mike Rowley, Labour and Co-operative Party
Turnout: 33.9%
Rejected ballots: 4
Majority: 242
Candidates: Mike Rowley, Labour and Co-operative Party, 578; Felix Peter Bloomfield, Reform UK, 336; Tariq Saeed, Green Party, 237; Artwell, Independent, 165; Vernon Porter, The Conservative Party Candidate, 124; Paul Rogers, Liberal Democrat, 96; Boris Fedorov, Workers Party, 29.
Blackbird Leys
Result: Labour and Co-operative HOLD
Elected: Lubna Arshad, Labour and Co-operative Party
Turnout: 29.7%
Rejected ballots: 9
Majority: 251
Candidates: Lubna Arshad, Labour and Co-operative Party, 588; Kornel Schesztak, Reform UK, 337; Indigo Haynes, Green Party, 151; Fay Lana Sims, The Conservative Party Candidate, 71; Alexandrine Kantor, Liberal Democrat, 49; James Morbin, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 17.
Carfax and Jericho
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Sushila Devi Dhall, Green Party
Turnout: 48.9%
Rejected ballots: 12
Majority: 288
Candidates: Sushila Devi Dhall, Green Party, 811; Alex Hollingsworth, Labour and Co-operative Party, 523; John Orrell Howson, Liberal Democrats, 123; Harriet Georgia Sophie Dolby, The Conservative Party Candidate, 84; Vittorio Peter Cuneo-Flood, Reform UK, 75.
Churchill
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Susan Woolford Brown, Labour Party
Turnout: 29.5%
Rejected ballots: 11
Majority: 173
Candidates: Susan Woolford Brown, Labour Party, 570; Ines Carmen Wilhelm, Green Party, 397; Michael Sakkalli, Reform UK, 231; Tim Patmore, The Conservative Party Candidate, 133; Peter Charles Coggins, Liberal Democrat, 75.
Cowley
Result: Green GAIN
Elected: Edward Mundy, Green Party
Turnout: 45.5%
Rejected ballots: 8
Majority: 466
Candidates: Edward Mundy, Green Party, 1,031; Ajaz Ur Rehman, Independent, 565; Michael William Boyd, Labour Party, 291; Ian Szwajca, Reform UK, 219; George Busby, Liberal Democrat, 69; Andrea Louise Stephenson, The Conservative Party Candidate, 58.
Cutteslowe and Sunnymead
Result: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Elected: Laurence George Fouweather, Liberal Democrats
Turnout: 48.1%
Rejected ballots: 13
Majority: 648
Candidates: Laurence George Fouweather, Liberal Democrats, 1,044; Andrea Schiavi, Green Party, 396; David John Cunningham, The Conservative Party Candidate, 388; Nancy Lynn Cartwright, Labour Party, 351; Michael William Andrews, Reform UK, 165.
Donnington
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Rosie Rawle, Green Party
Turnout: 43.3%
Rejected ballots: 7
Majority: 518
Candidates: Rosie Rawle, Green Party, 986; Saqib Faradoon, Independent, 468; Ralph Amory Noble, Labour and Co-operative Party, 267; Anna Marie Avila Taylor, Reform UK, 109; Graham Roderick Jones, Liberal Democrat, 58; Simon James Bazley, The Conservative Party Candidate, 41.
Headington
Result: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Elected: Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton, Liberal Democrat
Turnout: 48.8%
Rejected ballots: 12
Majority: 416
Candidates: Christopher Stephen Frederick Smowton, Liberal Democrat, 927; Emily Lygo, Labour Party, 511; Neil Doig, Green Party, 422; James Peter Jackson, The Conservative Party Candidate, 185; Sandhya Sunkara, Reform UK, 181.
Headington Hill and Northway
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: James Taylor, Labour Party
Turnout: 40.1%
Rejected ballots: 3
Majority: 223
Candidates: James Taylor, Labour Party, 650; Nasreen Majeed, Independent Oxford Alliance, 427; Sam Alston, Green Party, 238; Tenson Jacob, Reform UK, 137; George Edward Silvanus Robinson, The Conservative Party Candidate, 85; Eleonore Rebekka Vogel, Liberal Democrat, 48; Agnieszka Kowalska, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, 8.
Hinksey Park
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Siobhan Ann Lancaster, Labour Party
Turnout: 47.8%
Rejected ballots: 7
Majority: 347
Candidates: Siobhan Ann Lancaster, Labour Party, 1,012; Hannah Scott, Green Party, 665; Rick Tanner, Liberal Democrat, 127; Geoffrey Brian Ager, Reform UK, 122; Amy Olivia Campbell, The Conservative Party Candidate, 107.
Holywell
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Alfie Davis, Green Party
Turnout: 46%
Rejected ballots: 8
Majority: 622
Candidates: Alfie Davis, Green Party, 808; Awab Ramadan Yahia Kazuz, Labour Party, 186; Ian Corthan Bearder, Liberal Democrats, 120; Harry Richardson, The Conservative Party Candidate, 75.
Littlemore
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Tiago Corais, Labour Party
Turnout: 38.1%
Rejected ballots: 5
Majority: 326
Candidates: Tiago Corais, Labour Party, 726; David Stares, no description listed, 400; Tamsin Sky Tristram Blaxter, Green Party, 251; James Charles Baker, Reform UK, 210; Daniel Stafford, The Conservative Party Candidate, 89; Liz Wood, Liberal Democrat, 27.
Lye Valley
Result: Green GAIN
Elected: James Richard Harry Thorniley, Green Party
Turnout: 35.6%
Rejected ballots: 12
Majority: 26
Candidates: James Richard Harry Thorniley, Green Party, 500; Stephen Douglas Harwood, Labour Party, 474; Jakub Zagdanski, Reform UK, 248; Gary William Dixon, The Conservative Party Candidate, 124; Maria Bourbon, Liberal Democrat, 76.
Marston
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Kate Josephine Robinson, Green Party
Turnout: 51.78%
Rejected ballots: 2
Majority: 220
Candidates: Kate Josephine Robinson, Green Party, 969; Emily Frances Scaysbrook, Independent Oxford Alliance, 749; Charlotte Louise Vinnicombe, Labour Party, 369; Richard Lewin, Reform UK, 146; Duncan Valentine Hatfield, The Conservative Party Candidate, 69; Andy McKay, Liberal Democrat, 44.
Northfield Brook
Result: Labour and Co-operative HOLD
Elected: Trish Elphinstone, Labour and Co-operative Party
Turnout: 27.4%
Rejected ballots: 9
Majority: 121
Candidates: Trish Elphinstone, Labour and Co-operative Party, 488; Dianne Copestake, Reform UK, 367; David Newman, Green Party, 207; Paul John Sims, The Conservative Party Candidate, 82; Rosemary Anne Beatrice Morlin, Liberal Democrat, 62.
Osney and St Thomas
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Lois Knight Muddiman, Green Party
Turnout: 42.9%
Rejected ballots: 6
Majority: 318
Candidates: Lois Knight Muddiman, Green Party, 912; David Calonge, Labour Party, 594; Rose-Marie Wheeler, Reform UK, 114; Louis Watteau Williams, The Conservative Party Candidate, 101; Harry Roy Morgan, Liberal Democrats, 84.
Quarry and Risinghurst
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Chewe Edgar Munkonge, Labour Party
Turnout: 50.1%
Rejected ballots: 8
Majority: 375
Candidates: Chewe Edgar Munkonge, Labour Party, 943; Kai Ruediger Zolleis, Liberal Democrat, 568; Stephen Robert Hurt, Green Party, 344; Alison Kahn, Independent Oxford Alliance, 317; Cristina Parau, Reform UK, 255; Edmund Charles Annandale Johnstone, The Conservative Party Candidate, 96.
Rose Hill and Iffley
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Edward Owen Turner, Labour Party
Turnout: 44.9%
Rejected ballots: 8
Majority: 494
Candidates: Edward Owen Turner, Labour Party, 952; Zack Iqbal, Independent Oxford Alliance, 458; Luke Barbanneau, Green Party, 299; Prudence Mary Prior Dailey, Reform UK, 203; Suresh Lal, The Conservative Party Candidate, 60; Geraldine Anne Coggins, Liberal Democrat, 59.
St Clement’s
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Ahalya Bala, Green Party
Turnout: 39%
Rejected ballots: 5
Majority: 472
Candidates: Ahalya Bala, Green Party, 875; Thomas Ayudthaya Boyd, Labour and Co-operative Party, 403; Martin Young, Reform UK, 88; Vinay Raniga, The Conservative Party Candidate, 72; Pippa Hitchcock, Liberal Democrat, 65.
St Mary’s
Result: Green HOLD
Elected: Emily Jane Elisabeth Kerr, Green Party
Turnout: 31.4%
Rejected ballots: 16
Majority: 681
Candidates: Emily Jane Elisabeth Kerr, Green Party, 1,154; Toby Stephen William James, Labour Party, 473; Richard Whelan, Liberal Democrat, 105; Paula Jane Macfarlane, Reform UK, 86; Gloria Croxall, The Conservative Party Candidate, 82.
Summertown
Result: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Elected: Katherine Sarah Miles, Liberal Democrats
Turnout: 50%
Rejected ballots: 2
Majority: 350
Candidates: Katherine Sarah Miles, Liberal Democrats, 836; Freda Janet Wolfenden, Labour Party, 486; James Hewett, Green Party, 318; Christopher David Edward Fox, The Conservative Party Candidate, 254; Fee Yin, Reform UK, 96.
Temple Cowley
Result: Independent HOLD
Elected: Saj Malik, Independent
Turnout: 37.4%
Rejected ballots: 3
Majority: 165
Candidates: Saj Malik, Independent, 700; Heather Laura Stallard, Green Party, 535; Joseph Robert McManners, Labour Party, 331; Michael Sargent, Reform UK, 109; Tony Brett, Liberal Democrat, 69; Patricia Gwendoline Mary Jones, The Conservative Party Candidate, 39.
Walton Manor
Result: Labour HOLD
Elected: Louise Upton, Labour Party
Turnout: 50.6%
Rejected ballots: 5
Majority: 221
Candidates: Louise Upton, Labour Party, 664; Joanne Louise Bowlt, Liberal Democrats, 443; Zelalemawee Asheber, Green Party, 422; Penelope Anne Lenon, The Conservative Party Candidate, 134; David Charles Lincoln, Reform UK, 60.
Wolvercote
Result: Liberal Democrat HOLD
Elected: Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson Wood, Liberal Democrats
Turnout: 54.4%
Rejected ballots: 5
Majority: 337
Candidates: Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson Wood, Liberal Democrats, 908; Richard Peter Garbutt, Independent Oxford Alliance, 571; Cristina Palamini, Green Party, 308; Bev Humberstone, Labour Party, 124; Stuart David Jolley, Reform UK, 114; Paul Dean Morris, The Conservative Party Candidate, 88.