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Green councillors are doing a fantastic job of bringing good ideas, hard work and green values to local government across Oxfordshire. Over the last few years, we have shown time after time that with a committed local candidate and a strong local campaign, we can get Greens elected. If you might be interested in serving your community as a Green councillor, we would love to hear from you.
If you are selected as a ‘target’ candidate, your local party will work with you to campaign for you to win!
This is hard work both for you and for your volunteer team, but we know we can do it.
This will probably include :
BOLD is were we have a Green Party Councillor campaigning to retain their seat.
The usual term as a councillor is 4 years, however as the Government is pushing through major local government reform the term for councillors who take their seat in 2026 may well only be in place for two years – depending on the progress towards establishing local unitary authorities. The time scale is far from certain at the moment.
West Oxfordshire District Councillors receive a Basic Allowance, currently around £5,221 (from 2023/24), plus Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs) for roles like Cabinet members, plus Travel & Subsistence and Dependent Carers’ Allowances. For details please visit https://www.westoxon.gov.uk/media/a44cf5j0/members-allowances-scheme-2023-to-2027.pdf
Cherwell District Council Councillors recieve a Basic Allowance of £5,220. Full details and SRA allowances are https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/188/councillors-and-mps/1019/members-allowances-scheme
All candidates are selected by the local party membership.
If you are interested and would like to be considered as a Green Party target candidate in any of the local elections please complete our target candidate application form and return it to elections@northandwestoxon-greens.uk. If you have questions or would like to find out more about what’s involved, please email elections@northandwestoxon-greens.uk.
Once we have received your nomination form the elections team will contact you to answer any of your questions.
We will then organise an on-line hustings where you can introduce yourself to our members and answer questions.
Immediately after the hustings we will open polling to our members and the results of the poll will be announced within 48 hours.
Many district and town council seats in both Cherwell and West Oxfordshire will be up for election in May 2026 and all seats will likely be up in 2027 (if there are any elections) when we start to move to Unitary Authorities are brought in. In which case the elections would be shadow unitary elections. Now is the ideal time to find serious candidates for these elections so that we can lay the groundwork for a strong and successful campaigns.
We currently have 4 Green councillors on each of Cherwell and West Oxfordshire District Councils. District councillors are responsible for planning, waste collection, promoting biodiversity and more.
Town & parish councillors are responsible for managing town funds, liasing with district and county councils, providing and maintaining local amenities such as monuments, playing fields, footpaths and churchyards. They also have a duty to conserve and enhance biodiversity. Most smaller town and parish councils are non-party political, but you can still bring green ideas and values as an independent councillor.
By-elections can be called at almost anytime at all levels of local government. When they are, we need to be ready with candidates. The next by-election that we are aware of will be for the Carterton Town Council.
If you would like to be considered as a Green Party target candidate in any of the local elections please complete our target candidate application form and return it to elections@northandwestoxon-greens.uk. If you have questions or would like to find out more about what’s involved, please email elections@northandwestoxon-greens.uk
