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Oxfordshire: 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.

Oxfordshire County Council: County (upper tier), England, South East. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000025.

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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 Oxfordshire for 2026–27: £2,006.78. 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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Changes to schools recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 2 closed (1 academy converter, 1 closure)

John Watson School — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
The ACE Centre Nursery School (nursery) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
John Watson School — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

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

Oxfordshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£517.4 million
Highways and transport services	£48.4 million
Children's social care	£199.4 million
Adult social care	£321.7 million
Public health	£42.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£4.0 million
Cultural and related services	£14.4 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£40.2 million
Planning and development services	£4.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	£33.5 million
Central services	£14.0 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£1,240.3 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).

Life in Oxfordshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: Oxfordshire.

People living here: 769,831 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age: 40 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year: £30,378 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax: £717 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty: 17.6% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits: 2.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home: £418,847 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
How many years of pay a home costs: 9.2 times yearly pay 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsA typical home's price divided by the typical yearly pay of people who live here.
Years in good health: women: 66.6 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men: 65.4 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person: 5.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband: 85.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars: 175.4 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here: 32,860 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for Oxfordshire from the ONS

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

69 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 35, Labour Party 12, Conservative and Unionist 10, Green Party (E&W) 7, Independent / Other 2, Reform UK 1, Henley Residents Group 1, Independent Oxford Alliance 1.

Next scheduled council election: 3 May 2029.

All 69 councillors, by ward

Tom Greenaway (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon East
Nathan Ley (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon North
Neil Fawcett (Liberal Democrats) — Abingdon South
David Hingley (Liberal Democrats) — Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote
Ted Fenton (Conservative and Unionist) — Bampton & Carterton South
Izzy Creed (Labour Party) — Banbury Calthorpe
Kieron Mallon (Conservative and Unionist) — Banbury Easington
Paul-Austin Sargent (Conservative and Unionist) — Banbury Grimsbury & Castle
Andrew Crichton (Labour Party) — Banbury Hardwick
Mark Cherry (Labour Party) — Banbury Ruscote
Emily Kerr (Green Party (E&W)) — Bartlemas
Glynis Phillips (Labour Party) — Barton, Sandhills & Risinghurst
Gavin McLauchlan (Green Party (E&W)) — Benson & Crowmarsh
Robin Jones (Green Party (E&W)) — Berinsfield & Garsington
Sean Gaul (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester East
Matt Webb (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester North
Nick Cotter (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester South
John Shiri (Liberal Democrats) — Bicester West
Toyah Overton (Liberal Democrats) — Brize Norton & Carterton East
Nick Field-Johnson (Conservative and Unionist) — Burford & Carterton West
Judith Edwards (Liberal Democrats) — Chalgrove & Thame West
Liz Leffman (Liberal Democrats) — Charlbury & Wychwood
Jane Hanna (Liberal Democrats) — Charlton, Ardington & Hendreds
Will Boucher-Giles (Liberal Democrats) — Chesterton & Launton
Georgina Heritage (Liberal Democrats) — Chinnor
Geoff Saul (Labour Party) — Chipping Norton
Johnny Hope-Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Cholsey & The Hagbournes
Liz Brighouse (Labour Party) — Churchill & Lye Valley
Saj Malik (Independent / Other) — Cowley
Chris Aramini-Brant (Liberal Democrats) — Cropredy & Hook Launton
Gareth Epps (Liberal Democrats) — Deddington
Tony Worgan (Liberal Democrats) — Didcot Ladygrove
Hao Du (Reform UK) — Didcot South
Ian Snowdon (Conservative and Unionist) — Didcot West
Peter Stevens (Liberal Democrats) — Drayton, Sutton Courtenay & Steventon
Dan Levy (Liberal Democrats) — Eynsham
Bethia Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — Faringdon
Maggie Filipova-Rivers (Liberal Democrats) — Goring & Woodcote
Ron Batstone (Liberal Democrats) — Grove
Liam Walker (Conservative and Unionist) — Hanborough & Hailey
Rebekah Fletcher (Liberal Democrats) — Harwell, Western Valley & Blewbury
Roz Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Headington & Quarry
Stefan Gawrysiak (Henley Residents Group) — Henley
Brad Baines (Labour Party) — Isis
Susanna Pressel (Labour Party) — Jericho & Osney
Diana Lugova (Liberal Democrats) — Kennington & Radley
Ian Middleton (Green Party (E&W)) — Kidlington East
Laura Gordon (Liberal Democrats) — Kidlington North & Otmoor
Lesley McLean (Liberal Democrats) — Kidlington West
Lee Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingston & Stanford
Imade Edosomwan (Labour Party) — Leys
James Plumb (Conservative and Unionist) — Marcham & Cumnor
Mark Lygo (Labour Party) — Marston & Northway
Judy Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — North Hinksey
Emma Garnett (Green Party (E&W)) — Parks
David Henwood (Independent Oxford Alliance) — Rose Hill & Littlemore
Emma Markham (Green Party (E&W)) — Shrivenham
Leigh Rawlins (Liberal Democrats) — Sonning Common & Henley South
James Fry (Labour Party) — Summertown & Walton Manor
Kate Gregory (Liberal Democrats) — Thame
James Barlow (Green Party (E&W)) — Wallingford
Jenny Hannaby (Liberal Democrats) — Wantage West
Ben Higgins (Independent / Other) — Watlington & Rotherfield
Tim Bearder (Liberal Democrats) — Wheatley
James Robertshaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney North & East
Andrew Coles (Labour Party) — Witney South & Central
Thomas Ashby (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney West & Ducklington
Andrew Gant (Liberal Democrats) — Wolvercote & Cutteslowe
Andy Graham (Liberal Democrats) — Woodstock

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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