Oxford.
Labour Party-controlled district. £26m net revenue. 24 wards across 2 parliamentary constituencies.
31 May 2026
Labour Party chamber, opposed area.
Oxford is a district controlled by Labour Party (20 of 48 seats). Net revenue is £26m for 2025-26. It covers 24 wards spanning 2 parliamentary constituencies.
Who sits in the chamber.
Labour Party 42% · last contested 7 May 2026
Councillors — the people.
| Councillor | Ward | Elected | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Rowley | Lab | Barton Sandhills | 2026 |
| Asima Qayyum | Lab | Barton Sandhills | 2024 |
| Lubna Arshad | Lab | Blackbird Leys | 2026 |
| Linda Kay Smith | Lab | Blackbird Leys | 2024 |
| Sushila Devi Dhall | Grn | Carfax Jericho | 2026 |
| Lizzy Diggins | Lab | Carfax Jericho | 2024 |
| Susan Woolford Brown | Lab | Churchill | 2026 |
| Mark Robert Lygo | Lab | Churchill | 2024 |
| Edward Mundy | Grn | Cowley | 2026 |
| Ian Yeatman | Ind | Cowley | 2024 |
| Laurence George Fouweather | LD | Cutteslowe Sunnymead | 2026 |
| Andrew John Gant | LD | Cutteslowe Sunnymead | 2024 |
Where revenue comes from.
Revenue mix is close to the councils (district) median: 63% council tax, 23% central grants.
Source · MHCLG — Final LGFS 2025-26 Core Spending Power table · derived (CT exact; grants/rates split from SFA baseline)
Band-D bill.
| Council slice | £357 |
| County / upper-tier | £1,911 |
| Police | £283 |
| Fire & rescue | £0 |
| GLA precept | £0 |
| Parish average | £6 |
| Total Band-D | £2,557 |
Parish precepts apply on top, vary by parish
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How does Oxford split its revenue across services, compared with peer councils (district)-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LTD - (QL ONLY) | £11.70m | 22.2% | 3,358 |
| OXFORD DIRECT SERVICES LTD | £10.01m | 19.0% | 237 |
| BROWNE JACOBSON LLP | £5.52m | 10.5% | 19 |
| EQUANS REGENERATION LTD | £3.21m | 6.1% | 7 |
| HILL RESIDENTIAL LTD | £1.30m | 2.5% | 2 |
| REED SPECIALIST RECRUITMENT LTD | £0.94m | 1.8% | 55 |
| SCC (SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC) | £0.90m | 1.7% | 60 |
| LIFE BUILD SOLUTIONS LTD | £0.69m | 1.3% | 4 |
| CBRE LTD | £0.62m | 1.2% | 3 |
| NPOWER | £0.55m | 1.0% | 216 |
By service area · top supplier
Service-classified supplier data not yet ingested for this council.
| Constituency | Wards | % of council | Current MP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford East | 17 | 71% | Anneliese Dodds | Ind |
| Oxford West and Abingdon | 7 | 29% | Layla Moran | LD |
Sources, methods & last update
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (historic)
Core Spending Power table · 2025-26
vs 163 other councils (district)
Police, Fire, Parish on top
7,307 payments · 3 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
2023 boundaries
Pending ingest at LAD level