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Review Body

The Commission is carrying out an electoral review of Oxford City Council.

The aim of the electoral review is to recommend ward boundaries that mean each councillor represents approximately the same number of voters. We also aim to ensure that the pattern of wards reflect the interests and identities of local communities as well as promoting effective local government. To achieve these aims, we need to re-draw ward boundaries across Oxford.

Please note that due to the large number of submissions we received during our consultation on draft recommendations we will be holding a period of further limited consultation. This will involve our proposals for wards in the southern part of east Oxford. This consultation will run between the 6 November 2018 and the 4 December 2018. 

Review Dates
  Date From: Date To:
Consultation on warding arrangements 9 January 2018 2 April 2018
Consultation on draft recommendations 5 June 2018 13 August 2018
Consultation on further draft recommendations 6 November 2018 4 December 2018
Final recommendations 5 February 2019  

 

Latest Information:

The Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2019, to implement recommendations made by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) for new electoral arrangements in Oxford, was made on 24 July 2019.  

New ward arrangements for Oxford have now successfully completed a 40 day period of Parliamentary scrutiny and will come into force at the local elections in May 2020.

The Order for Oxford can be viewed through the following link.

Previous Steps:

On 22 May 2019, the Oxford (Electoral Changes) Order 2019 was laid in draft in Parliament.

The draft order, if made, would give effect to the final recommendations that were consulted on during the Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s review of electoral arrangements in Oxford and published on 5 February 2019.

The draft order will be laid in Parliament for a period of 40 sitting days. Parliament can either accept or reject our recommendations. If accepted, the new electoral arrangements will come into force at the next scheduled elections for Oxford in May 2020.

The draft order can be viewed here.

The draft order refers to a map which can be viewed here.

On 5 February 2019, we published final recommendations for future electoral arrangements in Oxford City Council.

We have now completed our electoral review of Oxford.

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

To view an interactive map of the final recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, and search by area or postcode.

The changes we have proposed must now be approved by Parliament.

A draft Order - the legal document which brings into force our recommendations - will now be laid before Parliament.

The draft Order will provide for the new electoral arrangements for Oxford City Council to come into effect at the local elections in 2020.

Opinion Survey

We would be grateful if you could please spare some time to participate in our online survey. The survey seeks feedback on the review processes and procedures, to identify improvements that can be made.

 

*This data has been derived by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) from the OS OpenData Boundary-Line product during the course of its electoral review of this authority. Its use is governed by the terms of the OS OpenData Licence Agreement. The data is provided in good faith by the LGBCE and is provided for information purposes only. It should not be used for canvasing or other purpose that might give the user any commercial gain.

The consultation on the Commission’s further limited draft recommendations for Oxford City Council closed on 4 December 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Political Groups:

Councillors:

Local Organisations:

Local Residents:*

*Please note this will download as a zip file

This stage of consultation has now closed

From 6 November 2018 to 4 December 2018, we are accepting opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on changed draft recommendations for Oxford City Council.

The consultation focuses on new proposals for City ward boundaries, in the following areas:

  • Cowley
  • Donnington & Iffley
  • Littlemore
  • Rose Hill
  • St Clement's 
  • St Mary's 
  • Temple Cowley

The Commission has listened to the views of the public put to it during an earlier consultation, and now proposes to change its plans, to reflect the significance of the evidence we received.

Due to the significance of the proposed changes in south east Oxford, the Commission is now accepting additional opinions and comments (submissions) from local people about the areas affected. 

The Commission is satisfied with the evidence received for the rest of the City, and is therefore not seeking further opinions and comments (submissions) on areas other than those listed above.

The Commission plans to publish its final recommendations for the whole City on 5 February 2019.

For more information, see our:

To view an interactive map of the further limited draft recommendations, visit our consultation area. You can view both the existing and proposed boundaries, and search by area or postcode. 

You can make a submission to the Oxford electoral review:

  1. through our consultation area,
  2. by e-mailing [email protected], or
  3. writing to the following address:

   The Review Officer (Oxford)

   Local Government Boundary Commission for England

   1st Floor, Windsor House

   50 Victoria Street

   London

   SW1H 0TL

Information on how reviews work is available on our How Reviews Work Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

The consultation on draft reccommendations for Oxford City Council closed on 13 August 2018.

All submissions (this will download all submissions received into a zip file)

The consultation on warding arrangements for Oxford City Council closed on 2 April 2018.

Listed below are the submissions we received:

Local Authority:

Oxford City Council

Political Groups:

Oxford and District Labour Party

Councillors:

Cllr D Henwood

Cllr S Pressel

Parish and Town Councils:

Littlemore Parish Council

Local Residents:

Bray T

Donaldson C

Hardee F

Maton T

The consultation on warding arrangements for Oxford City Council has now closed.

From 9 January 2018 to 2 April 2018, we accepted opinions and comments (submissions) from the public on where they believed ward boundaries should be in Oxford City Council.

The Commission is minded to recommend that Oxford City Council should have 48 councillors in the future. This is no change from the current number of councillors.

For more information, see our:

To view an interactive map of the existing warding boundaries, visit our consultation area. You can search by area or postcode. A non-interactive image of the current ward boundaries is also available.

Information on how reviews work is available on our Guidance Page.

You may also wish to read our document Electoral Reviews: Technical Guidance, which contains guidance on the review process and information on the legislation reviews are carried out under.

As part of the preliminary process we consulted with Oxford City Council on the most appropriate council size (the number of councillors on Oxford City Council). We received one submission on council size:

Previous Reviews

This review was carried out by the Local Government Commission for England (LGCE), and was started on 25 July 2000.

Final report (PDF), published on 7 August 2001.

Map 1 Existing wards in Oxford; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's final recommendations for Oxford; (PDF)

Large map (8.11 Mb) illustrating the proposed ward boundaries for Oxford City; (PDF)

Draft report (PDF), Published on 20 February 2001.

Map 1 Existing wards in Oxford City; (PDF)

Map 2 The Commission's draft recommendations for Oxford City; (PDF)

Large map (7.1 Mb) illustrating the existing and proposed ward boundaries for Oxford. This may take some time to download; (PDF)