Photo: Motacilla · CC BY-SA 4.0No party holds a majority on Oxford City Council
Wolvercote is run by Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council. No party holds a majority on Oxford City Council. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on Oxfordshire County Council. Its MP is Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat), member for Oxford West and Abingdon.
£2,672
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Wolvercote’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Oxford City Council
Labour, the largest group, holds 21 of its 49 seats as elected, 4 short of the 25 needed. The Greens hold 13, the Liberal Democrats 9 and independents 6. Who’s in charge ↓
Oxfordshire in 2025
Oxfordshire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, has a Liberal Democrat majority at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 36 of 69 seats. Oxfordshire ↓
The 2026 vote
Across Wolvercote’s wards, the Liberal Democrats took 43%, independents took 27% and the Greens took 14.6% of votes in May 2026. In 2024, the Liberal Democrats had 50.3%. How Wolvercote has voted ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Wolvercote is £2,672 for 2026–27; Oxford City Council keeps 14% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 54% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Wolvercote’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 25 of Oxford’s 49 or 35 of Oxfordshire’s 69 seats to run the council alone.
- Labour21
- Green13
- Liberal Democrat9
- Independent6
Latest election: May 2026.
- Liberal Democrat36
- Labour12
- Conservative10
- Green7
- Independent2
- Henley Residents Group1
- Reform UK1
Latest election: May 2025.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, no parish tier
Wolvercote has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
All of Wolvercote is unparished: there is no parish or town council, so the council runs local matters itself and no parish precept is added to the bill.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the council to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Wolvercote, from the most recent elections.
- 1Oxford City Council1 ward · 2 councillorsElizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson WoodSteve Goddard
- 2Oxfordshire County Council1 division · 1 councillorAndrew John Gant
- 3Police and crime commissionerThames Valley Police · elected May 2024Matthew Barber
- 4House of CommonsOxford West and Abingdon
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
2 councillors for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson WoodLiberal Democrat · May 2026
- Steve GoddardLiberal Democrat · May 2024
Show as a table, with Oxfordshire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolvercote27% in Wolvercote · 1,328 residents2 seats · May 2026, May 2024 | 2 | Elizabeth Asabea Abena Turkson WoodSteve Goddard | May 2026, May 2024 |
Oxfordshire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolvercote & Cutteslowe ED11% in Wolvercote · 1,328 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Andrew John Gant | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Oxford City Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
The Liberal Democrats have led every council vote since 2021
Share of all votes cast for candidates in Wolvercote’s wards at each scheduled council election since 2021. A gap is a year with no election here.
Seats won at each election
Show as a table
| Party | 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 16.9% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 14.6% |
| Labour | 16.8% | 21% | 22.9% | 5.9% |
| Liberal Democrat | 51.2% | 55.7% | 50.3% | 43% |
| Independent | 0% | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| Conservative | 15.1% | 13.8% | 16.5% | 4.2% |
| Reform UK | 0% | 0% | 0% | 5.4% |
In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 1 of the 1 seats up in Wolvercote’s wards.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.
Oxford council election, May 2026
Results in the wards that make up Wolvercote, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Not every seat in the town’s wards was up this time.
No election is scheduled yet for Wolvercote’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗2,113 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Wolvercote is in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Wolvercote).
45,998 votes for candidates · majority 14,894
Liberal Democrat, MP since 8 June 2017.
turnout in July 2024: 45,998 votes from 69,851 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 14,894 of 45,998 votes (32.4%): wider than in 88% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Wolvercote’s Band D council tax is £2,672 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Oxford City Council keeps £367.38 of a Band D bill (14%); the rest goes to Oxfordshire County Council and the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 1993
Oxford’s Band D bill has risen 54% in ten years, from £1,737.64 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £588.38 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in the unparished part of Oxford, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Oxfordshire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,400.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Oxfordshire
| Oxford + Oxfordshire | Wolvercote’s councils | Oxfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £418 | £418 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £259 | £259 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £52 | £60 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £68 | £41 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £155 | £132 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £81 | £41 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £34 | £35 | £26 |
| Public health | £55 | £55 | £78 |
| Running the council | £99 | £65 | £59 |
| Other | £39 | £13 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,304 | £1,162 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Oxford per its residents plus Oxfordshire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Oxfordshire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Wolvercote is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
oxford.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
oxford.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Wolvercote is run
Which council runs Wolvercote?
The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Wolvercote have a town council?
No. Wolvercote is unparished, so there is no town or parish council and no parish precept.
Who is the MP for Wolvercote?
Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, which covers Wolvercote.
How many councillors does Wolvercote have?
2 ward councillors represent Wolvercote’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Wolvercote?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Wolvercote’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Wolvercote?
Band D council tax in Wolvercote is £2,672 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Oxford City Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Labour 21 · Green 13 · Liberal Democrat 9 · Independent 6 of 49 seats; a majority needs 25. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Oxfordshire County Council?
The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 36 of 69 seats as elected.
Who won the 2026 council election in Wolvercote?
In Wolvercote’s wards on 7 May 2026, Liberal Democrat 1 of the 1 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 43%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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