Oxford, in the Oxfordshire council area — Oxford: a photograph of the Oxfordshire area, not of Chesterton & Launton itself. Diliff / CC BY-SA 4.0

Chesterton & Launton by-election

Polls closed on 3 September 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Oxfordshire, contested by 5 candidates.

Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.

Who is standing

Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.

Gregory Michael FishLabour Party
Ian Richard HodgsonReform UK
James Henry Dean HartleyLiberal Democrats
Meri MosharrafaGreen Party
Sandy Lewis DallimoreConservative and Unionist Party

Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.

Every by-election, ward by ward