Oxfordshire

A review of the number of councillors, divisions and division names for Oxfordshire County Council
Currently in review

Latest Information

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral and boundary arrangements.

Dates: 30 Jul 2024

Previous stages

We may consult on revisions to our original proposals.

Dates: 27 Feb 2024 - 22 Apr 2024

We consult with local people and organisations to help us refine our proposals.

Dates: 3 Oct 2023 - 11 Dec 2023

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Dates: 28 Feb 2023 - 8 May 2023

We decide how many councillors an authority should have.

Dates: 28 Feb 2023 - 28 Feb 2023

We review the electoral and boundary arrangements of councils to make sure they are fair. Our reviews include at least two rounds of public consultation before we make recommendations for change. 

We are carrying out an electoral review of Oxfordshire because it has been a long time since the last review and the Council has asked us to carry out a review.  

8 February 2023                  We decide how many councillors there should be
28 February - 8 May 2023 We carry out an initial public consultation on communities
3 October - 11 December 2023 We carry out a public consultation on our proposals
27 February 2024 We carry out a further draft recommendations stage
30 July 2024 We publish our recommendations
TBD We ask Parliament to approve our recommendations
2025      New arrangements apply to local elections

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Latest Information

Final report

Our recommendations for new electoral arrangements were published on 30 July 2024.

As a result of our final recommendations, we are making changes to the electoral arrangements for the following parish/town councils:

Previous stages

Consultation on revised proposals

Local views on our revised proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our revised proposals.

We have proposed a new pattern of divisions. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change in Cherwell and Vale of White Horse.

Consultation on proposals

We have proposed a new pattern of divisions. We want to hear the views of local people and organisations to help us produce our recommendations for change. 

As a result of our draft recommendations on new division patterns, we are making changes to the parish electoral arrangements for the following parish and town councils:

Local views given during our consultation on proposals

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about our proposals.

Initial consultation

We ask local people and organisations to tell us about their communities.

Local views given during our initial consultation

You can see comments received from local people and organisations about their communities.

Councillor numbers

We have decided that Oxfordshire County Council should have 69 councillors.

Previous Reviews

Previous reviews are held on the UK Government Web Archive

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