Current and future elections
Have you got Voter ID? - Voters are now required to show photographic identity in the polling stations, further information can be found at www.westoxon.gov.uk/voterid
Woodstock Town Council
A request from Woodstock electors has been received to fill the TWO Town Council vacancies by holding an Election. Nomination Packs will be available from the Returning Officer (elections@westoxon.gov.uk) or The Town Clerk for Woodstock from Thursday 9 October. If more than two valid nominations are received an Election will be held on Thursday 13 November 2025.
Notice of Election (Woodstock) - pdf - 95 Kb
Statutory deadlines for absent voting and registration will be:
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Notice of Election |
Thursday 9 October 2025 |
| Receipt of Candidate Nominations |
4pm Friday 17 October 2025 |
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Last day for Registration to Vote |
Tuesday 28 October 2025 |
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Receipt of Postal Vote Applications (and to amend or cancel existing absent voting arrangements) |
5pm Wednesday 29 October |
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Receipt of Proxy Voter Applications |
5pm Wednesday 5 November |
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Receipt of Voter Identification/Authority Certificate Applications |
5pm Wednesday 5 November |
Wootton Parish Council
Local District and Parish Council Elections – Thursday 7 May 2026
District and Parish/Town Council elections will be held for a third of West Oxfordshire District Council on Thursday 7 May 2026.
16 Scheduled District Council Elections (one seat):
Ascott and Shipton ward; Bampton and Clanfield ward; Brize Norton and Shilton ward; Burford ward; Carterton North East ward; Carterton North West ward; Carterton South ward; Chipping Norton ward; Ducklington ward; Eynsham and Cassington ward; Freeland and Hanborough ward; Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt ward; The Bartons; West East ward; Witney South ward AND Woodstock and Bladon ward
Parish/Town Council scheduled elections will be held for:
Ascott under Wychwood (5); Asthal (5); Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (7); Bampton (11); Bladon (6); Brize Norton (7); Burford (11); Cassington (5); Curbridge (5) and Lew (1); Ducklington (9); Fulbrook (5); Sandford St Martin (5); Shilton (5); Shipton under Wychwood (7); Standlake (7); Steeple Barton (9); AND Swinbrook and Widford (5).
Further details will be posted during March 2026