2018 Oxford City Council election

2018 Oxford City Council election
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24 of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 18 seats, 47.0% 4 seats, 18.1% 1 seat, 16.9%[note 1]
Seats before 34 (16 up) 8 (4 up) 4 (3 up)
Seats won 18 5 1
Seats after 36 9 2
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 18,227 8,892 5,535
Percentage 47.8% 23.3% 14.5%
Swing Increase 0.8% Increase 5.1% Decrease 2.5%
The wards of Oxford City Council
Leader of the Council before election

Susan Brown
Labour

Elected Leader of the Council

Susan Brown[2]
Labour

The 2018 Oxford City Council election took place on 3 May 2018, to elect 24 of the 48 members of Oxford City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections in England. Each of Oxford's 24 wards elected one councillor, with the other seat in each ward next due for election in May 2020.[3]

The Labour Party sought to defend its majority on the council, which it had controlled since 2008. Key issues in the election campaign included affordable housing, homelessness and air pollution. The results saw Labour gain two seats from the Green Party while losing one to the Liberal Democrats. This left Labour with 36 seats, the Liberal Democrats with 9 and the Greens with 2.

  1. ^ "Election of city councillors for the wards of [sic]: summary of results" (PDF). Oxford: Elections Office. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Oxford City Council Executive Board announced". Oxford City Council. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Local elections in May 2018". Oxford City Council. Retrieved 9 April 2018.


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