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West 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.

West Oxfordshire 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 E07000181.

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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 West Oxfordshire for 2026–27: £134.38 of a £2,566.95 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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Changes to schools in this area 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: 0 opened, 1 closed (1 closure)

The ACE Centre Nursery School (nursery) — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 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 West Oxfordshire reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

West Oxfordshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£376,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	none budgeted
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.7 million
Cultural and related services	−£754,000
Environmental and regulatory services	£10.5 million
Planning and development services	£2.5 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£4.1 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£20.4 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).

West Oxfordshire in numbers

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

Total population: 120,941 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 43 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £32,992 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £650 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 16.2% 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: 1.8% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £418,586 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 9.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 4.7 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 92.6% 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: 195.1 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: 5,875 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

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

Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 20, Conservative and Unionist 16, Labour Party 8, Green Party (E&W) 4, Reform UK 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 49 councillors, by ward

Edward James (Conservative and Unionist) — Alvescot and Filkins
Jan Lund (Liberal Democrats) — Ascott and Shipton
Alaric Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Bampton and Clanfield
Alistair Wray (Liberal Democrats) — Bampton and Clanfield
Rosie Pearson (Green Party (E&W)) — Brize Norton and Shilton
Nick Field-Johnson (Conservative and Unionist) — Burford
David Melvin (Liberal Democrats) — Carterton North East
Simon Watson (Conservative and Unionist) — Carterton North East
Phil Godfrey (Liberal Democrats) — Carterton North West
Sarah Evans (Reform UK) — Carterton North West
Michele Mead (Conservative and Unionist) — Carterton South
Tammy Abarno (Conservative and Unionist) — Carterton South
Nigel Ridpath (Liberal Democrats) — Chadlington and Churchill
Andy Graham (Liberal Democrats) — Charlbury and Finstock
Liz Leffman (Liberal Democrats) — Charlbury and Finstock
Geoff Saul (Labour Party) — Chipping Norton
Mark Walker (Labour Party) — Chipping Norton
Sandra Coleman (Liberal Democrats) — Chipping Norton
Liam Mackenzie (Conservative and Unionist) — Ducklington
Andy Goodwin (Liberal Democrats) — Eynsham and Cassington
Carl Rylett (Liberal Democrats) — Eynsham and Cassington
Dan Levy (Liberal Democrats) — Eynsham and Cassington
Roger Faulkner (Conservative and Unionist) — Freeland and Hanborough
Toby Morris (Conservative and Unionist) — Freeland and Hanborough
Liam Walker (Conservative and Unionist) — Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
Paul Marsh (Liberal Democrats) — Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield
Alex Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
Andrew Beaney (Conservative and Unionist) — Kingham, Rollright and Enstone
Adam Clements (Liberal Democrats) — Milton-under-Wychwood
Sarah Veasey (Conservative and Unionist) — North Leigh
Sandra Cosier (Liberal Democrats) — Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
Steve Cosier (Liberal Democrats) — Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt
Genny Early (Green Party (E&W)) — Stonesfield and Tackley
Tim Sumner (Liberal Democrats) — Stonesfield and Tackley
David Jackson (Liberal Democrats) — The Bartons
Andrew Coles (Labour Party) — Witney Central
Andrew Lyon (Labour Party) — Witney Central
Duncan Enright (Labour Party) — Witney East
James Robertshaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney East
Joy Aitman (Labour Party) — Witney East
Andrew Prosser (Green Party (E&W)) — Witney North
Sandra Simpson (Green Party (E&W)) — Witney North
Jack Treloar (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney South
Rachel Crouch (Labour Party) — Witney South
Stuart McCarroll (Labour Party) — Witney South
Jane Doughty (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney West
Thomas Ashby (Conservative and Unionist) — Witney West
Elizabeth Poskitt (Liberal Democrats) — Woodstock and Bladon
Hannah Massie (Liberal Democrats) — Woodstock and Bladon

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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