Oxfordshire Council election, 2013

Oxfordshire County Council election, 2013

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All 63 seats to Oxfordshire County Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrat Seats won 31 15 11 Seat change 13 7 2
Map showing the results of the 2013 Oxfordshire County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No Overall Control

Conservative

No Overall Control

An election to Oxfordshire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the United Kingdom local elections, 2013. 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Following a boundary review, the electoral divisions were not the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council as the party found itself one seat short of an overall majority.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.