Composition
The council currently consists of seventy-four county councillors and is controlled by the Conservative Party, which has fifty-two members, with ten Liberal Democrats, and nine Labour, two Greens, and one Independent.
| Oxfordshire County Council election, 2009 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 52 | 8 | +8 | 70 | 42.81% | |||||
| Liberal Democrat | 10 | 5 | -5 | 13.5 | 23.87% | |||||
| Labour | 9 | 1 | +1 | 12.2 | 15.09% | |||||
| Green | 2 | 3 | -3 | 2.7 | 13.87% | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1.35 | 3.96% | |||||
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