The elections for Oxford City Council took place on Thursday 22 May 2014. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election, apart from in Summertown ward where both seats are up for election following the resignation of Councillor Stuart McCready on 3 April 2014.[1]
Overall turnout was 37%, up from 29.4% in 2012.
Note: six UKIP candidates stood in this election, compared with three in 2012 and one in 2010. One candidate stood for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, compared with none in either 2010 or 2012. Four independent candidates were standing, compared with one each in 2012 and 2010. Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2012 Oxford City Council election.
Total number of seats on the Council after the election:
| valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px" | Party | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Previous council | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Staying councillors | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Seats up for election | valign=top style="width: 30px" | Election result | valign=top style="width: 30px" | New council |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 30 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 33 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | 12 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Green | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 48 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 48 | ||||||
Plus/minus percentages are calculated with respect to the 2010 Oxford City Council election.
Note: Nicholas Fell was originally intending to stand for UKIP, but then was not nominated in time.
Note: gain/hold and percentage change calculated with respect to the by-election of 19 September 2013.[3] In 2010, the seat was won by the Liberal Democrats.