Katherine Miles, a city councillor who is standing for the Liberal Democrats in Summertown and Walton Manor, said she was "determined and resilient" and liked to build consensus.
She said she had suffered multiple pregnancy losses, but had come through those experiences and hoped to make the world a better place.
David Rogers is the Conservative candidate for Chipping Norton and said he got involved in local politics after an ambulance was unable to collect his ill son because of snow.
"I said to myself: 'right, I have got to do something about this,'" he said.
"So I joined the parish council because I wanted to set up a snow warden scheme and that happened, it flourished and it was my first step into local politics."
Hao Du, Reform UK's candidate in Didcot South, said he wants to make a difference for the youngest in society.
"I became a father in 2023 and, honestly, time has flown by," he said.
"It's a bit of a cliché but she is the light of my day. She is the reason I wake up every day energised to do the best that I can.
"I want to give her the chance to grow up in a safe, prosperous and green and pleasant land that I enjoyed as a child."
In Marston and Northway, the other candidates are: Rachel Cox (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Duncan Hatfield (Local Conservatives), Harry Knipe-Gibbs (Reform UK), Nasreen Majeed (Independent Oxford Alliance), Alistair Morris (Green) and Eleonore Vogel (Lib Dem).
In Shrivenham, the other candidates are: David Brook (Lib Dem), Richard Johnson (Labour), Gordon Lundie (Local Conservatives) and Sarah von Simson (Reform UK).
In Parks, the other candidates are: Anna Avila Taylor (Reform), Dane Comerford (Lib Dem), Harriet Dolby (Local Conservatives), Rosie Douglas-Brown (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Emma Garnett (Green), Gavin Ridley (Animal Welfare Party) and Louise Upton (Labour).
In Summertown and Walton Manor, the other candidates are: Mark Beer (Independent Oxford Alliance), James Fry (Labour and Co-Op), Penelope Lenon (Local Conservatives), John Lord (Reform UK) and Indrani Sigamany (Green).
In Chipping Norton, the other candidates are: Leslie Channon (Lib Dems), Claire Lasko (Green), Geoff Saul (Labour and Co-Op) and Henry Watt (Reform UK).
In Didcot South, the other candidates are: Mocky Khan (Labour and Co-Op), Peter Kirby-Harris (Lib Dem), Peter Sims (Green) and Alan Thompson (Local Conservatives).
