Oxford local elections for the Oxford City Council

Oxford City Council

The Oxford City Council provides local government for the city of Oxford in England.- Overview :Between the 2004 local elections, and 2010 the council was in minority administration, first by councillors from the Labour Party, with the Liberal Democrats being the official opposition...

 in Oxford

Oxford

The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, take place every two years when half of the 48 seats in the City Council are up for election. Elections are held in even-numbered years; the next is due to take place in 2012. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds.

As vacancies arise between elections, by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

s are held to elect a replacement councillor.

Election results

Detailed results are available, by year, as follows:

• Oxford City Council election, 2010
  Oxford City Council election, 2010
  Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 6 May 2010. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards was up for election....
  
  
• Oxford City Council election, 2008
  Oxford City Council election, 2008
  Elections for Oxford City Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. As Oxford City Council is elected by halves, one seat in each of the 24 wards is up for election.Overall turnout was 32.6%, down from 35.8% in 2006...
  
  
• Oxford City Council election, 2006
• Oxford City Council election, 2004
• Oxford City Council election, 2002
• Oxford City Council election, 2000
• Oxford City Council election, 1999
• Oxford City Council election, 1998

Political control

Since the foundation of the council, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Majority control of Oxford City Council

Years	Party
2010–present
2004–2010
2002–2004
2000–2002
1980–2000
1976–1980
1973–1976

By-election results