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Cherwell: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Cherwell District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South East; within the county of OXF. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Oxfordshire County Council. ONS code E07000177.

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Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Cherwell for 2026–27: £163.50 of a £2,582.96 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Cherwell reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Cherwell: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£20,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£6.2 million
Cultural and related services	£2.9 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£9.3 million
Planning and development services	£5.5 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£8.9 million
Other services	£3.5 million
Total service expenditure	£36.2 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Cherwell in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 170,426 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 40 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £27,182 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £710 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 19.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.4% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £356,935 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 8.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 88.8% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 203.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 7,340 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

48 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and Greens. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 21, Conservative and Unionist 8, Labour Party 8, Reform UK 6, Green Party (E&W) 4, Independent / Other 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 48 councillors, by ward

David Hingley (Liberal Democrats) — Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote
Gordon Blakeway (Liberal Democrats) — Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote
Rob Pattenden (Liberal Democrats) — Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote
Ian Harwood (Conservative and Unionist) — Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
John Brown (Reform UK) — Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
Kieron Mallon (Conservative and Unionist) — Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
Becky Clarke (Labour Party) — Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Fiaz Ahmed (Conservative and Unionist) — Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Yvonne Greene (Reform UK) — Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Dom Vaitkus (Labour Party) — Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
Henry Elugwu (Labour Party) — Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
Rebecca Biegel (Labour Party) — Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
Besmira Brasha (Labour Party) — Banbury Hardwick
Kerrie Thornhill (Labour Party) — Banbury Hardwick
Paul Jeffreys (Reform UK) — Banbury Hardwick
Isabel Creed (Labour Party) — Banbury Ruscote
Mark Cherry (Labour Party) — Banbury Ruscote
Mark Gorman (Reform UK) — Banbury Ruscote
Bryonie Wells (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester East
Robert Parkinson (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester East
Tom Beckett (Green Party (E&W)) — Bicester East
John Willett (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester North and Caversfield
Julius Parker (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester North and Caversfield
Simon Lytton (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester North and Caversfield
Chris Pruden (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester South and Ambrosden
Frank Ideh (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester South and Ambrosden
Nick Cotter (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester South and Ambrosden
G.A. Popescu (Reform UK) — Bicester West
Les Sibley (Independent / Other) — Bicester West
Michael Wilson (Reform UK) — Bicester West
Chris Aramini-Brant (Liberal Democrats) — Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton
Douglas Webb (Conservative and Unionist) — Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton
Nicola Borkmann (Liberal Democrats) — Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton
David Rogers (Conservative and Unionist) — Deddington
Edward Reeves (Conservative and Unionist) — Deddington
Zoe McLernon (Conservative and Unionist) — Deddington
Grace Conway-Murray (Liberal Democrats) — Fringford and Heyfords
Jean Conway (Liberal Democrats) — Fringford and Heyfords
Nigel Simpson (Conservative and Unionist) — Fringford and Heyfords
Fiona Mawson (Green Party (E&W)) — Kidlington East
Ian Middleton (Green Party (E&W)) — Kidlington East
Linda Ward (Green Party (E&W)) — Kidlington East
Dorothy Walker (Liberal Democrats) — Kidlington West
Lesley McLean (Liberal Democrats) — Kidlington West
Lisa Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Kidlington West
Alisa Russell (Liberal Democrats) — Launton and Otmoor
Julian Nedelcu (Liberal Democrats) — Launton and Otmoor
Timothy Faltermeyer (Liberal Democrats) — Launton and Otmoor

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.