Parliamentary general election - Thursday 4 July 2024

There will be a parliamentary general election held on Thursday 4 July 2024.

Oxford is covered by two constituencies: Oxford East and Oxford West and Abingdon.

Oxford East is wholly contained within Oxford and is made up of seventeen of the City Council’s wards (Barton & Sandhills, Blackbird Leys, Churchill, Cowley, Donnington, Headington, Headington Hill & Northway, Hinksey Park, Littlemore, Lye Valley, Marston, Northfield Brook, Quarry & Risinghurst, Rose Hill & Iffley, St. Clement's, St. Mary's and Temple Cowley). Oxford City Council is responsible for organising the poll.

Oxford West and Abingdon contains the following seven City Council wards: Wolvercote, Cutteslowe & Sunnymead, Summertown, Walton Manor, Osney & St. Thomas, Carfax & Jericho and Holywell, plus parts of the Vale of White Horse District Council’s area. As the majority of the constituency is in the Vale’s area, it is responsible for its running. For further details visit the Vale of White Horse District Council website.

Under the 2023 review of parliamentary boundaries parts of the centre of Oxford moved from Oxford East into Oxford West and Abingdon, in order to improve electoral equality. You can look at the new boundaries on the Boundary Commission's website.

Key Dates

Below are the key dates for the election (each notice will be under a link as they are published):

Find your polling station on the Where do I vote? website. You must be on the electoral roll in order the vote on 4 July 2024.

Registering, Voter ID and absent voting

All electors who are registered and eligible to vote will receive a poll card in early June. Those that re-register after 29 May will receive a poll card nearer the poll.

If you’ve recently moved or turned 18, you may not be registered. You can do this online at Register to Vote.

If you wish to vote at the polling station you will be required to show an accepted form of photographic ID before being issued with a ballot paper, to find out more information on what forms of ID are accepted or how to apply for a Voter Authority Certificate visit our Voter ID page.

If you are unable to attend the polling station, you can apply to vote by post 

The City Council will process all new postal vote applications for those in the city. However, the postal packs will be issued by each Returning Officer. If you are going away, you should consider whether you will receive the pack in time to return it. If the timescales are too tight, you might consider a proxy vote, see below.

They will dispatched as follows:

Oxford East (Polling districts HA-YC)

When an application is processed

Dispatched into Royal Mail (first class)

Up to 6 June

21 June

7 June to 19 June

25 June

Oxford West and Abingdon (Polling districts AA-GC)

When an application is processed

Dispatched into Royal Mail (first class)

Up to 5 June

20 June

6 June to 19 June

24 June

Proxy voting

You can apply to appoint a proxy. These links are to pages that enable you to apply online, which is a new provision. If you need a form then you can download a postal vote form or proxy vote form or contact us for paper form to be sent.

EU citizens' voting rights at parliamentary elections

EU citizens cannot vote in UK parliamentary elections. Exceptions are citizens of the Republic of Ireland, Malta and Cyprus who can. Irish citizens due a separate arrangement and Maltese and Cypriots because they are members of the Commonwealth.

The Count

This will take place following the close of polling at 10pm. The result will be published on our website as soon as it is announced.

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