The People Overview & Scrutiny Committee of Oxfordshire Council met on Tuesday 12 May 2026. The meeting's agenda included the election of the committee's Chair and Deputy Chair for the upcoming council year.

Election of Chair and Deputy Chair

The committee was scheduled to elect a Chair and a Deputy Chair for the 2026/27 council year. The report pack did not contain any information about who was nominated or elected to these positions.

Declarations of Interest

The agenda also included a section for councillors to declare any disclosable pecuniary interests or other registrable and non-registrable interests that might be relevant to the matters being discussed. The report pack outlined the council's code of conduct regarding the declaration of interests, which includes interests of a member's spouse, civil partner, or those they live with as if married. It also detailed the procedures for members to follow if they have declared an interest, including whether they must withdraw from discussions and voting. The report pack stated that a reasonable member of the public, knowing all the facts, would need to believe that the matter would affect a councillor's view of the wider public interest for them to be required to withdraw from a meeting after declaring a non-registrable interest.