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Oxford City Council is a District Council, with responsibilities for running services such as local planning, housing, environmental health, electoral registration, refuse collection, leisure and parks services, markets and fairs, tourism and cemeteries. Visit our Who We are and What We Do page for further details on the two-tier system of local government in Oxford.
Oxford City Council is composed of 48 Councillors, representing 24 Wards (two Councillors for each Ward), with half elected two years in four. Councillors are democratically accountable to residents of their Ward. The overriding duty of Councillors is to the whole community, but they have a special duty to their constituents, including those who did not vote for them. To find out who your councillors are and what wards all councillors represent, visit our Councillors page.
Oxford City Council's current political make-up is as follow:
| Party | Number of Seats |
| Labour | 23 Seats |
| Liberal Democrat | 16 Seats |
| Green | 7 Seats |
| Independent Working Class Association | 2 Seats |
The Labour Group currently run the administration at Oxford City Council.
Oxford City Council has a constitution which sets out how the Council operates, how decisions are made, and the procedures which are followed, to ensure that these are efficient, transparent and accountable to local people. Visit our Constitution page to view our constitution online.
The decision-making structure has four key elements, as shown below:
Information about Area Committees, their make-up and responsibilities
Oxford City Council has produced area plans for each of the six areas in Oxford City. These plans outline our priorities for each area over the next 3 years.
This page describes what is meant by Corporate Governance, and details the dimensions which can be covered in our local code.
Information about our Forward Plan
Information about our Scrutiny committees who review decisions made by the executive bodies of the Council
The Management structure of the council can be downloaded on this page.
Page last reviewed 13 Jun 2008