Elections are taking place for councils in Cherwell, South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and West Oxfordshire next month. 

The county will be going to the polls on Thursday, May 4.

Councillors are elected for four year terms and the electoral cycles vary according to the council.

These elections also mark the first time voters will need to bring photographic identification at polling stations before being given a ballot paper to vote.

This is a result of the Elections Act 2022 and an elector’s chosen proxy will also be required to show photo ID before they vote.

Here is our full list of all the wards and the candidates who are contesting these wards.

Cherwell District Council wards and candidates:

Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote: David Bunn (CON); Helen Oldfield (LAB); Robert Pattenden (LIB DEM); Paul Tucker (IND)

Banbury Calthorpe and Easington: Fiaz Ahmed (CON); John Brown (IND); Julia Middleton (GREEN); Lynne Parsons (LAB); David Yeomans (LIB DEM)

Banbury Cross and Neithrop: Tim Barrett (IND); Becky Clarke (LAB); Adrian Dongo Munoz (CON); Simon Garrett (IND); Andrew Raisbeck (LIB DEM); Linda Ward (GREEN)

Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown: Zeeshan Ahmed (CON); Karl Kwiatkowski (GREEN); Sophie Parker-Manuel (LIB DEM); Cassi Perry (IND); Sean Woodcock (LAB)

Banbury Hardwick: Besmira Brasha (LAB); Tony Ilott (CON); Amanda Maguire (GREEN)

Banbury Ruscote: Julie Battison (IND); Carol Broom (GREEN); Isabel Creed (LAB); Mark Petterson (LIB DEM); Jayne Strangwood (CON)

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Bicester East: Tom Beckett (GREEN); Jane Clements (LAB); Sam Holland (CON); Robert Peckham (IND)

Bicester North and Caversfield: Arjun Bais (LAB); Simon Lytton (LIB DEM); Jason Slaymaker (CON)

Bicester South and Ambrosden: Nick Cotter (LIB DEM); Robert Nixon (LAB); Sammy Omotayo (CON)

Bicester West: Martin Chadwick (LIB DEM); Christopher Howells (LAB); Harry Knight (IND); Damien Maguire (GREEN); Alex Thrupp (CON)

Cropredy, Sibfords and Wroxton: Victoria Campbell (GREEN); Xenia Huntly (LIB DEM); Sian Tohill-Martin (LAB); Douglas Webb (CON)

Deddington: James Hartley (LIB DEM); Andrew McHugh (CON); Annette Murphy (LAB); Linda Newbery (GREEN)

Fringford and Heyfords: Mark Chivers (LIB DEM); Nigel Simpson (CON); Jenny Tamblyn (GREEN); Alex Williams (LAB)

Kidlington East: Philip Brown (IND); Ian Middleton (GREEN); Tony Puffer (CON); Barry Richards (LAB)

Kidlington West: Matthew Bevington (LAB); Rosie Hilliard (CON); Lesley McLean (LIB DEM) Launton and Otmoor: David Hughes (CON); Naomi Karslake (LAB); Julian Nedelcu (LIB DEM)

South Oxfordshire District Council wards and candidates:

Benson & Crowmarsh: Felix Bloomfield (CON); Sue Cooper (LIB DEM); Gary Flux (CON); Andrea Powell (GREEN)

Berinsfield: Robin Bennett (GREEN); Bob Dhillon (CON) Chalgrove: Jit Patel (CON); David Turner (LIB DEM)

Chinnor: James Endean-Mills (CON); Ali Gordon-Creed (GREEN); Louise Heathcote (CON); Ed Sadley (LIB DEM) Cholsey: Paul Jackson (CON); Ben Manning (LIB DEM); Jane Murphy (CON); Kym Pomlett (SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC); Sue Roberts (IND)

Didcot North East: Annah Francisco (CON); Zia Mohammad (LIB DEM); David Rouane (LIB DEM); George Ryall (LAB); Alan Thompson (CON); Andrew Tinsley (LIB DEM); Andrea Warren (CON); Phill Wheeler (LAB); Craig Wilson (LAB)

Didcot South: Anthony Dearlove (CON); Owen Edwards (SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC); Mocky Khan (LAB); Jim Loder (LIB DEM); Axel Macdonald (LAB); Denise Macdonald (LAB); Hugh Macdonald (LIB DEM); Sarah Nohre (GREEN); Peter Shields (REFORM); Thomas Skuse (CON); Tom Wiltshire (CON)

Didcot West: James Broadbent (LAB); Adam Grindey (GREEN); Nick Hards (LAB); Lee Marsden (CON); Ian Snowdon (CON); Tony Worgan (LIB DEM)

Forest Hill & Holton: Tim Bearder (LIB DEM); Greg Flynn (CON)

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Garsington & Horspath: Fiona Ardem (CON); Sam James-Lawrie (LIB DEM); Sue Lawson (IND); Stuart Macbeth (LAB); James Meyer-Bejdi (GREEN); Adrian Townsend (IND)

Goring: Kevin Bulmer (CON); Maggie Filipove-Rivers (LIB DEM) Haseley Brook: Georgina Heritage (LIB DEM); Richard Newman (CON)

Henley-on-Thames: Dave Adkins (CON); Ken Arlett (HENLEY RESIDENTS GROUP); Helen Fraser (GREEN); Stefan Gawrysiak (HENLEY RESIDENTS GROUP); Lorraine Hillier (CON); Kellie Hinton (HENLEY RESIDENTS GROUP); Hugh Legh (CON); John Powell (LIB DEM)

Kidmore End & Whitchurch: Jim Donahue (CON); Peter Dragonetti (GREEN) Sandford & the Wittenhams: Sam Casey- rerhaye (GREEN); Edwin Samu (CON)

Sonning Common: David Bartholomew (CON); Mike Giles (LIB DEM); Bruce Harrison (CON); Leigh Rawlins (LIB DEM) Thame: Pieter-Paul Barker (LIB DEM); David Bretherton (LIB DEM); David Dodds (CON); Kate Gregory (LIB DEM); William Hall (CON); Steven Hatridge (LAB); Dylan Thomas (CON)

Wallingford: James Barlow (GREEN); Katharine Keats-Rohan (LIB DEM); Adrian Lloyd (CON); Chidinma Okolo (CON)

Watlington: Harry Petano-Heathcote (CON); Freddie van Mierlo (LIB DEM) Wheatley: Alexandrine Kantor (LIB DEM); Lizzie Tully (CON)

Woodcote & Rotherfield: David Carpin (REFORM); Jullian Kingsbury (CON); James Norman (GREEN); Jo Robb (GREEN); Pauline Vahey (CON)

Vale of White Horse District Council wards and candidates:

Abingdon Abbey Northcourt: Cheryl Briggs (GREEN); Vicky Jenkins (CON); Elizabeth Pighills (LIB DEM); Vikay Srao (CON); Stephen Webb (LAB); Nathan Webslade (LAB)

Abingdon Caldecott: Alica Badock (CON); Neil Fawcett (LIB DEM); Alexandra Green (CON); Sayantani (LAB); Aidan Reilly (GREEN); Andrew Skinner (LIB DEM)

Abingdon Dunmore: Paul Burton (LAB); Oliver Forder (LIB DEM); Andy Foulsham (LIB DEM); Christopher McCarthy (CON); Andrew Packard (CON)

Abingdon Fitzharris: Eric De La harpe (LIB DEM); Moira Drysdale (LAB); Robert Maddison (LIB DEM); Chris Palmer (CON); Julian Pierce (LAB); David Pope (CON); Steven Rogers (GREEN)

Abingdon Peachcroft: Warren Brooker (CON); Mike Pighills (LIB DEM); Cavan Pirouet (CON); Edward Shelton (LAB); Max Thompson (LIB DEM)

Blewbury & Harwell: Cath Convery (CON); Debra Dewhurst (LIB DEM); Hayleigh Gascoigne (LIB DEM); Joe Murphy (CON); Peter Shields (REFORM)

Botley & Sunningwell: Nekisa Gholami-Babaahmady (LAB); Debby Hallett (LIB DEM); Alexander Horsfall-Turner (CON); Elina Horsfall-Turner (CON); Katherine Phillips (GREEN); Emily Smith (LIB DEM); Jamie Spooner (LAB)

Cumnor: Erica Davis (LAB); Antony Scott (LIB DEM); Mohinder Kainth (CON); Judy Roberts (LIB DEM); Craig Robinson (CON) Drayton: Christopher Campbell (CON); Andy Cooke (LIB DEM)

Faringdon: Lucy Edwards (LIB DEM); James Famakin (CON); Robin Morrisen (CON); Adam Swallow (GREEN); Bethia Thomas (LIB DEM)

Grove North: Ron Batstone (LIB DEM); Kiera Bentley (LIB DEM); Craig Brown (CON); Ben Mabbett (CON)

Hendreds: Sarah James (GREEN); Janet Shelley (CON)

Kennington & Radley: David Brown (CON); Charles Couper (GREEN); James Cox (LIB DEM); Christopher Henderson (GREEN); Gareth Jennings (CON); Dianna Lugova (LIB DEM); Ruth Mayne (LAB)

Kingston Bagpuize: Jill Rayner (LIB DEM); Dianna Swale (CON) Marcham: Robert Clegg (LIB DEM); James Plumb (CON)

Ridgeway: Dr Paul Brrow (LIB DEM); Amos Lundie (CON)

Stanford: Nathan Boyd (CON); James Brooks (GREEN); Sue Caul (LIB DEM)

Steventon & the Hanneys: Louise Brown (CON); Sally Povolotsky (LIB DEM)

Sutton Courtenay: Patrick Atkinson (CON); Michel Grandjean (GREEN); Richard Webber (LIB DEM)

Thames: Jerry Avery (IND); Mark Coleman (LIB DEM); Daniel Crouch (LAB); Richard Swale (CON)

Wantage & Grove Brook: Clare Boyd (CON); Amos Duveen (LIB DEM); Thomas Gaston (GREEN); Jenny Hannaby (LIB DEM); Gabriella Turnbull (CON)

Wantage Charlton: Andy Crawford (LIB DEM); Charles Dickson (CON); Charlotte Dickson (CON); Patrick O'Leary (LIB DEM); Darshana Patel (GREEN)

Watchfield & Shrivenham: Katherine Foxhall (GREEN); Simon Howell (CON); Viral Patel (GREEN); Elaine Ware (CON)

Wootton: Chris Hall (LAB); George Robinson (CON); Val Shaw (LIB DEM); Anna Thomas (GREEN)

West Oxfordshire District Council wards and candidates:

Alvescot and Filkins: Miles Gibson (GREEN); Pete Handley (IND); Edward James (CON); George Richmond (LAB)

Bampton and Clanfield: Ted Fenton (CON); Georgia Meadows (LAB); Matt Morton (GREEN); Alistair Wray (LIB DEM)

Carterton North East: Steephen Breedon (HERITAGE); Shaun Harley (LAB); Emma Leeming (CON); David Melvin (LIB DEM)

Carterton North West: Tony Barrett (GREEN); Jill Bull (CON); David Cox (HERITAGE); Phil Godfrey (LIB DEM); Dave Wesson (LAB)

Carterton South: Marion Harley (LAB); Lynn Little (IND); Michele Mead (CON); Liz Wood (LIB DEM)

Charlbury and Finstock: Andy Graham (LIB DEM); Caspar Morris (CON); Sian O'Neill (LAB); Liz Reason (GREEN)

Chipping Norton: Ivan Aguado Melet (LIB DEM); Arron Baker (GREEN); Peter Burns (CON); Mike Cahill (IND); Mark Walker (LAB)

Ducklington: Stephen Cosier (LIB DEM); Reuben Oreffo (LAB); Adrian Walsh (CON)

Eynsham and Cassington: Nicholas Goodwin (GREEN); Sean Grace (CON); Dan Levy (LIB DEM); Ricardo Silva (IND); Jacob Withington (LAB)

Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield: Paul Marsh (LIB DEM); Georgia Mazower (LAB); Liam Walker (CON)

Kingham, Rollright and Enstone: Andrew Beaney (CON); David Heyes (LAB); Barry Wheatley (GREEN)

Stonesfield and Tackley: Genny Early (GREEN); Kate England (LAB); Richard Jackson (CON); Tim Sumner (LIB DEM)

Witney Central: Harriet Kopinska (GREEN); Andrew Lyon (LAB); Mark Morgenroth (LIB DEM); Abdul Mubin (CON)

Witney East: Joy Aitman (LAB); Hannah Bailey (LIB DEM); Ben Fleetwood (GREEN); James Robertshaw (CON)

Witney North: Andy Bailey (LAB); Richard Langridge (IND) Toby Morris (CON); Sandra Simpson (GREEN)