2021 Oxford City Council election explained

Election Name:2021 Oxford City Council election
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2018 Oxford City Council election
Previous Year:2018
Election Date:6 May 2021
Next Election:2022 Oxford City Council election
Next Year:2022
Seats For Election:all 48 seats to Oxford City Council
Majority Seats:25
1Blank:Seats up
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election1:18 seats, 47.8%
Seats Before1:36
Seats After1:34
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:32,654
Percentage1:44.9%
Swing1: 2.9%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election2:9 seats, 23.3%
Seats Before2:9
Seats After2:9
Popular Vote2:13,340
Percentage2:18.4%
Swing2: 4.9%
Party3:Green Party of England and Wales
Last Election3:1 seats, 14.5%
Seats Before3:2
Seats After3:3
Seat Change3: 1
Popular Vote3:15,337
Percentage3:21.1%
Swing3: 6.6%
Leader of the Council
Before Election:Susan Brown
Before Party:Labour Party (UK)
After Election:Susan Brown
After Party:Labour Party (UK)
Map Size:350px

The 2021 Oxford City Council election took place on 6 May 2021, due to the postponement of local elections due to be held in 2020,[1] and was to elect all 48 members of Oxford City Council. This was on the same day as the other local elections in England. Each of Oxford's 24 wards elect two councillors.

The Labour Party was again defending its majority on the council, which it had controlled since 2008.

Background

Oxford City Council was subject to a boundary review following the 2018 election[2] and thus all the seats were up for election. This was the first election held with new boundaries since 2002.[3]

Results

Results by ward

Candidates are taken from the attached source.[4]

Results are taken from the Oxford City Council website.[5]

Wolvercote

Notes and References

  1. News: Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year . BBC News . 13 March 2020 . 19 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Briant . Nathan . How Oxford City Council's wards will look in 2020 . Oxford Mail . 19 April 2021.
  3. legislation.gov.uk – The City of Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Lynch . David . Elections 2021: The candidates for Oxford listed . 12 April 2021 . Oxford Mail . 2 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Oxford City Council Election results - 6 May 2021 . Oxford City Council . 8 May 2021.