Oxfordshire County Council Elections 2025
Elections for Oxfordshire County Council are scheduled for 1 May 2025. Cherwell District Council will be running the County Council Elections in the Cherwell District on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council but will be reporting to the Oxfordshire County Council Returning Officer. A centralised count will take place on the 2 May 2025.
Further information for prospective candidates and agents is available on the Electoral Commission website
The County Council Returning Officer will be holding briefings for prospective candidates and agents Thursday 6 March 2025 at 5pm. Attendance can be virtually or in person at County Hall, Oxford. If you would like to attend the briefing, please email the Cherwell District Council Democratic and Elections Team advising if you will attend in person or virtually (colleagues at OCC will then send the link for virtual attendance).
There are no scheduled elections for the District Council or Parish Councils for 1 May 2025.
The timetable for the 1 May 2025 elections is:-
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Event |
Date |
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Publication of notice of election |
Tuesday 25 March |
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Delivery of nomination papers |
From 10am to 4pm weekdays by hand from Wednesday 26 March to Wednesday 2 April |
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Deadline for withdrawals of nomination |
4pm on Wednesday 2 April |
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Deadline for the notification of appointment of election agent |
4pm on Wednesday 2 April |
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Publication of statement of persons nominated |
Not later than 4pm on Thursday 3 April |
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Deadline for receiving applications for registration |
Friday 11 April |
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Deadline for receiving new postal vote and postal proxy applications, and for changes to existing postal or proxy votes |
5pm on Monday 14 April |
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Deadline for receiving new applications to vote by proxy (not postal proxy or emergency proxies) |
5pm on Wednesday 23 April |
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Deadline for receiving applications for Voter Authority Certificates |
5pm on Wednesday 23 April |
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Publication of notice of poll |
Not later than Wednesday 23 April |
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Publication of final election notice of alteration |
Thursday 24 April |
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Deadline for notification of appointment of polling and counting agents |
Thursday 24 April |
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First date that electors can apply for a replacement for lost postal votes |
Friday 25 April |
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Polling day |
7am to 10pm on Thursday 1 May |
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Last time that electors can apply for a replacement for spoilt or lost postal votes |
5pm on Thursday 1 May |
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Deadline for emergency proxy applications |
5pm on Thursday1 May |