2022 Oxford City Council election explained

Election Name:2022 Oxford City Council election
Previous Election:2021 Oxford City Council election
Previous Year:2021
Next Election:2024 Oxford City Council election
Next Year:2024
Seats For Election:24 of 48 seats to Oxford City Council
Majority Seats:25
Election Date:5 May 2022
Type:Parliamentary
Party Colour:yes
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats Before1:34 (17 up)
Seats1:15
Seats After1:32
Seat Change1:2
Popular Vote1:17,615
Percentage1:43.9%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before2:9 (4 up)
Seats2:4
Seat Change2:0
Seats After2:9
Popular Vote2:6,780
Percentage2:16.9%
Party3:Green Party of England and Wales
Seats Before3:3 (1 up)
Seats3:4
Seat Change3:3
Seats After3:6
Popular Vote3:7,319
Percentage3:18.3%
Party4:Independent (politician)
Seats Before4:2 (2 up)
Seats4:1
Seat Change4:1
Seats After4:1
Popular Vote4:4,932
Percentage4:12.3%
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:TBC

The 2022 Oxford City Council election took place on 5 May 2022 as part of the 2022 local elections to elect councillors to Oxford City Council, the district council for the city of Oxford, England. Half of the 48 seats on the council were up for election, one councillor for each of the 24 wards.[1]

Background

Oxford City Council is a district council which elects 24 of its 48 members every two years. In the 2021 election, all 48 members were elected after boundary changes in the first full election to the council since 2002. Labour won an outright majority, with 34 seats.[2]

The 2022 local elections are seen as a wider indication of public opinion on Boris Johnson's government and the Partygate scandal, as well as the leadership of Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, and Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats.[3]

Ward Results

Results are taken from the Oxford City Council website.

Wolvercote

By-elections

Littlemore

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Your Councillors . . 12 March 2022.
  2. Web site: David Lynch . Labour wins majority in Oxford City Council election . . 12 March 2022 . 9 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Ian Jones . Countdown to 2022 local elections about to begin . . 12 March 2022 . 24 January 2022.