William Oakeley (March 1635 – 1695) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1695.
His father was MP for Bishops Castle in 1624, and acted as a royalist commissioner during the Civil War, which resulted in a fine of £460 for his delinquency.
Oakeley attended Balliol College, Oxford and Middle Temple in 1651.
Although he was appointed Sheriff of Shropshire in March 1660, he was not prevented from taking his seat in April 1660 when he was elected MP for Bishop's Castle again in the Convention Parliament.
He became a freeman of Ludlow in 1661; In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Bishop's Castle in the Cavalier Parliament.