| Election Name: | 2017 Oxfordshire County Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Flag Image: | County Flag of Oxfordshire.svg |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Oxfordshire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2021 Oxfordshire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Seats For Election: | All 63 seats to Oxfordshire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 32 |
| Election Date: | 4 May 2017 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,438 |
| Percentage1: | 41.3% |
| Swing1: | 6.8% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 43,172 |
| Percentage2: | 22.2% |
| Swing2: | 0.9% |
| Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats3: | 13 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 47,799 |
| Percentage3: | 24.5% |
| Swing3: | 8.6% |
| Party4: | Independent (politician) |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 6,689 |
| Percentage4: | 3.4% |
| Swing4: | 0.4% |
| Colour5: | 666666 |
| Party5: | Henley Residents |
| Seats5: | 1 |
| Seat Change5: | 1 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,747 |
| Percentage5: | 0.9% |
| Swing5: | 0.4% |
| Party6: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Seats6: | 0 |
| Seat Change6: | 2 |
| Popular Vote6: | 13,978 |
| Percentage6: | 7.2% |
| Swing6: | 1.8% |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall Control (Con minority) |
| After Election: | No Overall Control (Con/Ind coalition) |
The 2017 Oxfordshire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.[1] All 63 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.
The Conservatives won the same number of seats as they did in 2013, one seat short of a majority.
For the past four years, the Conservatives had been able to govern in a minority administration with the support of three of the four independent councillors - Lynda Atkins, Mark Gray and Les Sibley. In 2016, one of these independents, Cllr. Atkins, left the alliance.[2] [3]
All three of these independent councillors were re-elected in these elections, alongside Cllr Neville Harris, who was elected for the first time in 2013 but had previously declined to support the Conservatives.
After talks with the independent councillors, two - Mark Gray and Les Sibley - agreed to continue to support the Conservatives with Cllr. Gray given the cabinet role as member for local communities.[4] [5] This gave the Conservative/Independent coalition a majority of 33 out of the 63 seats.