Oxfordshire County Council.
Council with no overall control county. £710m net revenue. 112 wards across 7 parliamentary constituencies. Comprises 5 districts: Cherwell, Oxford, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse, West Oxfordshire.
8 Jun 2026
Council chamber, 2-party MP geography.
Oxfordshire County Council is a county with no overall control. Net revenue is £710m for 2025-26. It covers 112 wards spanning 7 parliamentary constituencies. The MP geography crosses 2 parties — a heterogeneous setup.
| District | Band D bill | County tax sourced | Wards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherwell | £2,463.87 | £114.5m | 16 |
| Oxford | £2,557.13 | £88.5m | 24 |
| South Oxfordshire | £2,474.44 | £122.2m | 21 |
| Vale of White Horse | £2,456.82 | £113.8m | 24 |
| West Oxfordshire | £2,443.88 | £93.2m | 27 |
Band D is the full household bill (county + district + police + fire + parish). “County tax sourced” is Oxfordshire County Council’s own precept (£1911.40/yr at Band D) collected through each district’s tax base — totalling £532.4m.
Who sits in the chamber.
Councillors — the people.
Councillor data not yet ingested for Oxfordshire County Council.
Where revenue comes from.
This is a high-council-tax councils (county): 75% of revenue from council tax, above the cohort median (66%).
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £1,911 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Oxfordshire County Council split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (county)-class councils? Each row is one of the ten standard service buckets. The vertical line at the centre is the cohort median share; the coloured square is where this council sits. Squares to the right of centre mean a bigger share of revenue than the median peer; to the left, a smaller share.
The subtitle on each row (“X% of net spend”) is what share of this council’s revenue goes to that service. The rank (“15 of 61”) is where this council sits within the cohort, sorted by that share descending. The delta (“+26% vs median”) is a relative reading: the council allocates 26% more of its revenue to that service than the median peer would. A small absolute difference can still be a big relative one.
Higher share doesn’t mean waste — it can reflect demographic need (more older residents), rurality, or a policy choice (e.g. keeping a service in-house). Lower share doesn’t mean efficiency — some councils move costs to fees, ringfenced accounts, or grants. £-per-head would be sharper than share-of-revenue; LAD population is pending ingest. Comparisons are within the same council type only.
Every invoice over £500, published under the Local Government Transparency Code. Best-effort, not statutory — counts and totals net negatives (refunds/reversals).
Top by total — last 180 days
| Supplier | Paid | Share | Pmts |
|---|---|---|---|
| M GROUP HIGHWAYS LIMITED | £9.93m | 8.3% | 197 |
| HM REVENUE & CUSTOMS ONLY | £7.79m | 6.5% | 1 |
| OXFORDSHIRE CC PENSION FUND | £4.76m | 4.0% | 3 |
| REDACTED DATA | £4.09m | 3.4% | 1,187 |
| ACTIVATE LEARNING | £3.32m | 2.8% | 359 |
| HAYS SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £2.86m | 2.4% | 5 |
| ORDERS OF ST JOHN | £2.73m | 2.3% | 523 |
| ABINGDON & WITNEY COLLEGE | £2.24m | 1.9% | 405 |
| CHILWORTH HOUSE SCHOOL | £2.01m | 1.7% | 60 |
| VIRIDOR OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED | £1.74m | 1.4% | 1 |
By service area · top supplier
| Service | Top supplier | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate And Central | ACTIVATE LEARNING | £3.29m |
| Adult Social Care | ORDERS OF ST JOHN | £2.42m |
| Education | OXON TRANSPORT SERVICES LTD | £0.34m |
| Highways And Transport | PULHAM & SONS (COACHES) LTD | £0.09m |
Oxfordshire County Council’s territory crosses 7 Westminster constituencies, with 2 MP parties represented. The middle column shows how much of the council each seat carries.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Witney | 21 | 19% | Charlie Maynard | LD |
| Oxford East | 17 | 15% | Anneliese Dodds | Ind |
| Oxford West and Abingdon | 17 | 15% | Layla Moran | LD |
| Didcot and Wantage | 16 | 14% | Olly Glover | LD |
| Henley and Thame | 15 | 13% | Freddie van Mierlo | LD |
| Banbury | 13 | 12% | Sean Woodcock | Lab |
| Bicester and Woodstock | 13 | 12% | Calum Miller | LD |
This council holds 5 LD and 1 Lab MPs. That’s an unusually heterogeneous geography for a -controlled county — most weeks one MP is asking the council for something and another is praising it.
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 20 other councils (county)
13,847 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level