2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

1 May 2025

All 69 seats to Oxfordshire County Council
35 seats needed for a majority
Turnout35.6% (4.8 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Liz Leffman Liz Brighouse Eddie Reeves
Party Liberal Democrats Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Charlbury & Wychwood Churchill & Lye Valley Cropredy & Hook Norton (lost)
Last election 21 seats, 25.8% 16 seats, 21.4% 21 seats, 36.9%
Seats before 20 14 19
Seats won 36 12 10
Seat change 16 2 9
Popular vote 57,679 24,604 40,867
Percentage 30.1% 12.8% 21.3%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Ian Middleton Felix Bloomfield Anne Gwinnett
Party Green Reform UK IOA
Leader's seat Kidlington East Wallingford (lost) None
Last election 3 seats, 12.0% 0 seats, 0.2% Did not exist
Seats before 3 2 0
Seats won 7 1 1
Seat change 4 1 1
Popular vote 22,919 34,148 5,161
Percentage 12.0% 17.8% 2.7%

Map showing the results of the 2025 Oxfordshire County Council election

Council composition after the election

Leader before election

Liz Leffman
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

Liz Leffman
Liberal Democrats

The 2025 Oxfordshire County Council election was held on 1 May 2025 to elect members to Oxfordshire County Council in Oxfordshire, England. All 69 seats were elected. This was on the same day as a by-election for the Oxford City Council ward of Headington Hill and Northway, as well as other local elections nationwide. The council had been under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Green Party coalition, led by Liberal Democrat councillor Liz Leffman. The election saw the Liberal Democrats win overall control of the council for the first time.