Oxfordshire County Council (FER)
Final recommendations on future electoral arrangements in Oxfordshire
On 17 January 2012 we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Oxfordshire. These are available through the links below:
- Final recommendations for Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
- Summary of the report (PDF)
- Read our news release
- Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
You can view the maps of the proposed recommended boundaries below:
- Map 1 - Overview map of Oxfordshire (PDF)
- Map 2 - Map of Banbury (PDF)
- Maps 3a, 3b and 3c - Maps of Bicester, Kidlington and Wallingford (PDF)
- Maps 4a and 4b - Maps of Witney, and Cumnor and North Hinksey (PDF)
- Map 5 - Map of the west of Oxford (PDF)
- Map 6 - Map of the east of Oxford (PDF)
- Maps 7a and 7b - Maps of Abingdon and Didcot (PDF)
Please note: some of the maps are very large and may take some time to download.
We have now completed our electoral review of Oxfordshire County Council. The changes we have made must be approved by Parliament. A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will be laid in Parliament. The draft Order will provide for new electoral arrangements for the council to be implemented at the local elections in 2013.
Opinion Survey
We would like to invite you to participate in our opinion survey. This survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, in order to identify improvements that can be made. We would be grateful if you could spare some time to complete the survey. Click here to go to the opinion survey.
Stage Three
Draft Recommendations
On 19 July 2011 we published our draft recommendations for the electoral review of Oxfordshire County Council. Between 19 July and 10 October we invited comments on the division boundaries in the authority.
Consultation closed on 10 October
Below are the submissions we received:
Local authority
Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
Cherwell District Council (PDF)
Oxfordshire City Council (PDF)
West Oxfordshire District Council (PDF)
MPs, councillors and political groups
All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions
MP's Councillors and Political groups (PDF)
Local organisations
Oxfordshire Association of Local Councils (PDF)
Parish and town councils
All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions
Parish and town councils (PDF)
Cumnor Parish council Petition (PDF)
Local residents
All the submissions are contained in the documents below. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions
Our draft recommendations can be found using the links below.
Draft recommendations for Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
Clarification to the draft recommendations report: In paragraph 110 of the report (page 20) the name “Botley Row” should instead read “Cumnor Hill”.
News release on draft recommendations for Oxfordshire
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
Maps of the area recommendations:
Map 1 - Overview of Oxfordshire (PDF)
Maps 3a and 3b - maps of Bicester, and Kidlington (PDF)
Maps 4a and 4b - maps of Witney, and Cumnor and North Hinksey (PDF)
Map 5 - map of the west of Oxford (PDF)
Map 6 - map of the east of Oxford (PDF)
Maps 7a and 7b - maps of Abingdon, and Didcot (PDF)
Please note: some of these maps are very large and may take some time to download.
Stage One
On 11 January 2011, we started the second period of consultation for a pattern of divisions for Oxfordshire County Council. Between 11 January and 4 April, we are inviting comments on the division boundaries for the authority.
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
Consultation closed on 4 April 2011.
Below are the submissions we received:
Local authorities
Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
West Oxfordshire District Council (PDF)
Councillors, MPs and Political Groups
Oxford City Liberal Democrat Group (PDF)
Oxfordshire County Labour Party (PDF)
Oxfordshire Labour Group (PDF)
West Oxfordshire Conservatives (PDF)
Parish and Town Councils
All Parish and Town Council submissions (PDF)
Two further submissions were received from Parish and Town Councils:
Nuneham Courtenay Parish Council (PDF)
Local Residents
Preliminary council size consultation
On 12 October 2010 we started an electoral review of Oxfordshire County Council. From 12 October 2010 to 22 November 2010 we invited proposals for the council size of the council.
We only considered comments on council size at this time, and we will consider detailed electoral arrangements for Oxfordshire during two further periods of consultation later in 2011.
Local authorities:
Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
West Oxfordshire District Council (PDF)
Councillors
Parish and town councils
All the submissions are contained in one PDF document. At the front of the document there is a list of names with internal links to the relevant submissions.
Parish and town councils (PDF)
Local residents
The below links contain information on this review:
Letter sent to the Chief Executive of Oxfordshire County Council (PDF)
You may find maps of Oxfordshire's parishes (PDF) and unparished areas (PDF) useful. Click here for the electorate figures of the Oxfordshire parishes(PDF) in the maps.
Click here to use our online form to give your views on Oxfordshire.
We produced two different documents to support people where there is an electoral review being conducted in their area:
- Electoral reviews: what they are and how you can get involved (PDF) provides straightforward information for members of the public who want to get involved in the review.
- Electoral reviews: technical guidance (PDF) contains more detailed guidance on the review process and includes details of the legislation that reviews are conducted under.