Oxford East is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Anneliese Dodds of the Labour Party, who also serves as party chair.[n 2]
Oxford East | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundaries since 2024 | |
![]() Boundary of Oxford East in South East England | |
County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 72,371 (2023) [1] |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of Parliament | Anneliese Dodds (Labour Co-op) |
Seats | One |
Created from |
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Created in 1983, the constituency covers the eastern and southern parts of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It borders Oxford West and Abingdon to the west and Henley to the north, east and south.
Constituency profile
editThe seat includes Cowley (containing a large car factory) and adjoining parts of the city including a broad area of mid-to-low rise council-built housing, Blackbird Leys, which has kept varying amounts of social housing (see Right to Buy) as well as Headington and the two major hospitals in Oxford (the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Churchill Hospital)
A large percentage of the seat's electorate consists of students from Oxford and Oxford Brookes universities (the latter being in the seat). Areas in the seat with a high proportion of private housing include Headington, which is mainly a mixture of student tenants and relatively high-income families, and the similarly prosperous areas of Grandpont and New Hinksey in the south of the city. At the end of 2010 unemployment claimant count was 2.3%, 45th of the 84 South East constituencies and close to the mean of 2.45%.[3]
History
editFrom 1885 until 1983 the vast bulk of the area of the seat, as it has variously been drawn since 1983, was in the abolished Oxford constituency, historically Liberal then for some decades Conservative, and which then alternated with the Labour Party, who took that seat in the late 1960s and late 1970s.
For the first four years (from 1983) Oxford East was served by Conservative Steven Norris. He was defeated by Labour candidate Andrew Smith who held the seat for the next 30 years before retiring. The Conservative share of the vote fell to a low to date, of 16.7%, in 2005, a year when the seat became an emphatic Labour–Liberal Democrat contest, and the votes for Andrew Smith were only 963 more than the "Lib Dem" candidate: a majority of 2.3% of the votes (electorate voting).
Smith held the seat in 2015 with a much increased majority; it was the 80th-safest of Labour's 232 seats won that year by percentage of majority.[4] On his retirement the local Labour party selected Anneliese Dodds. At the 2017 general election she took the seat with a majority of 23,284 votes (43.2%) - reduced to 17,832 (36.1%) in 2019. From 2015 the runner-up returned to being a Conservative.[clarification needed]
The Green Party's candidate has stood in all eight contests since the party was branded as such, once retaining its deposit, in 2015, with almost 12% of the vote.
Ousted ex-MP Norris won the largest runner-up's share of the vote to date (40.4%) during the 1987 general election. Turnout has ranged between 78.9% in 1987 and 55.8% in 2001.
Boundaries and boundary changes
edit1983–1997
edit- The City of Oxford wards of Blackbird Leys, East, Headington, Iffley, Marston, Quarry, St Clement's, Temple Cowley, and Wood Farm; and
- The District of South Oxfordshire wards of Littlemore, Marston, and Risinghurst.[5]
The constituency was formed largely from the majority of the abolished Borough Constituency of Oxford. it also included three wards in the District of South Oxfordshire, previously part of Henley (Littlemore) and the abolished constituency of Mid-Oxon (Marston and Risinghurst).
1997–2010
edit- The City of Oxford wards of Blackbird Leys, East, Headington, Iffley, Littlemore, Marston, Old Marston and Risinghurst, Quarry, St Clement's, South, Temple Cowley, and Wood Farm.[6]
The 1997 boundary changes reflected changes to local government boundaries with the majority of the area comprising the three South Oxfordshire wards having been absorbed into the City of Oxford. The remaining, semi-rural Conservative-leaning areas were transferred back to Henley. The urban City of Oxford South ward, which was strong for the Liberal Democrats and Labour, was transferred from Oxford West and Abingdon.
2010-2024
edit- The City of Oxford wards of Barton and Sandhills, Blackbird Leys, Carfax, Churchill, Cowley, Cowley Marsh, Headington, Headington Hill and Northway, Hinksey Park, Holywell, Iffley Fields, Littlemore, Lye Valley, Marston, Northfield Brook, Quarry and Risinghurst, Rose Hill and Iffley, St Clement's, and St Mary's.[7]
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the constituency was slightly altered, in order to equalise electorates and take account of changes to the City's ward structure. These changes added Carfax and Holywell wards from Oxford West and Abingdon; this meant that Oxford city centre and the majority of Oxford colleges, which had previously been mainly in Oxford West and Abingdon, now fell into Oxford East.
2024-present
editFurther to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, from the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The City of Oxford wards of: Barton & Sandhills; Blackbird Leys; Churchill; Cowley; Donnington; Headington; Headington Hill & Northway; Hinksey Park; Littlemore; Lye Valley; Marston; Northfield Brook; Quarry & Risinghurst; Rose Hill & Iffley; St. Clement’s; St. Mary’s; Temple Cowley.[8]
The electorate will be reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring areas to the west of the River Cherwell, including the city centre and Oxford University colleges, back to Oxford West and Abingdon.
Members of Parliament
editElection | Member[9] | Party | |
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1983 | Steve Norris | Conservative | |
1987 | Andrew Smith | Labour | |
2017 | Anneliese Dodds | Labour Co-op |
Elections
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Anneliese Dodds | 19,541 | 49.7 | −6.7 | |
Green | Sushila Dhall | 5,076 | 12.9 | +8.2 | |
Conservative | Louise Brown | 4,739 | 12.0 | −9.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Theodore Jupp | 3,437 | 8.7 | −5.3 | |
IOA | David Henwood | 2,381 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Amir Ali | 1,761 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Workers Party | Zaid Marham | 615 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Jabu Nala-Hartley | 600 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Rejoin EU | Andrew Smith | 425 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Party of Women | Katherine Longthorp | 337 | 0.9 | N/A | |
SDP | Benjamin Adams | 232 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Workers Revolutionary | Brandon French | 197 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 14,465 | 36.8 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,341 | 54.0 | –9.0 | ||
Registered electors | 71,845 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 7.5 |
Elections in the 2010s
edit2019 notional result[12] | |||
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Party | Vote | % | |
Labour | 25,738 | 56.4 | |
Conservative | 9,779 | 21.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | 6,391 | 14.0 | |
Green | 2,143 | 4.7 | |
Brexit Party | 1,048 | 2.3 | |
Others | 499 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 45,598 | 63.0 | |
Electorate | 72,371 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Anneliese Dodds | 28,135 | 57.0 | 8.2 | |
Conservative | Louise Staite | 10,303 | 20.9 | 1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alistair Fernie | 6,884 | 13.9 | 4.8 | |
Green | David Williams | 2,392 | 4.8 | 1.5 | |
Brexit Party | Roger Carter | 1,146 | 2.3 | New | |
Independent | David Henwood | 238 | 0.5 | New | |
Independent | Chaka Artwell | 143 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
Independent | Phil Taylor | 118 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 17,832 | 36.1 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 49,359 | 63.3 | 5.5 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 3.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Anneliese Dodds[16] | 35,118 | 65.2 | 15.2 | |
Conservative | Suzanne Bartington[17] | 11,834 | 22.0 | 2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Johnson[18] | 4,904 | 9.1 | 1.7 | |
Green | Larry Sanders[19] | 1,785 | 3.3 | 8.3 | |
Independent | Chaka Artwell | 255 | 0.5 | 0.2 | |
Majority | 23,284 | 43.2 | 13.1 | ||
Turnout | 53,896 | 68.8 | 4.6 | ||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | 6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Smith | 25,356 | 50.0 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Melanie Magee | 10,076 | 19.9 | +1.1 | |
Green | Ann Duncan[21] | 5,890 | 11.6 | +9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alasdair Murray[22] | 5,453 | 10.8 | −22.8 | |
UKIP | Ian Macdonald[23] | 3,451 | 6.8 | +4.5 | |
Independent | Chaka Artwell[24] | 160 | 0.3 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Mad Hatter[24] | 145 | 0.3 | New | |
TUSC | James Morbin[25] | 108 | 0.2 | New | |
Socialist (GB) | Kevin Parkin[26] | 50 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 15,280 | 30.1 | +21.2 | ||
Turnout | 50,689 | 64.2[27] | +1.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Smith | 21,938 | 42.5 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Goddard | 17,357 | 33.6 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Argar | 9,727 | 18.8 | +1.5 | |
Green | Sushila Dhall[29] | 1,238 | 2.4 | −2.1 | |
UKIP | Julia Gasper | 1,202 | 2.3 | +0.6 | |
Socialist Equality | David O'Sullivan | 116 | 0.2 | New | |
Equal Parenting Alliance | Roger Crawford | 73 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 4,581 | 8.9 | +6.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,651 | 63.1 | +5.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.45 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Smith | 15,405 | 36.9 | −12.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Goddard | 14,442 | 34.6 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Virginia Morris | 6,992 | 16.7 | −2.0 | |
Green | Jacob Sanders | 1,813 | 4.3 | +0.5 | |
Independent ('New Loony') | Honest Blair | 1,485 | 3.6 | New | |
Ind. Working Class | Maurice Leen | 892 | 2.1 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Gardner | 715 | 1.7 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Pathmanathan Mylvaganam | 46 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 963 | 2.3 | −23.7 | ||
Turnout | 41,790 | 57.9 | +2.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Smith | 19,681 | 49.4 | −7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Goddard | 9,337 | 23.4 | +8.7 | |
Conservative | Cheryl Potter | 7,446 | 18.7 | −3.3 | |
Green | Pritam Singh | 1,501 | 3.8 | +1.8 | |
Socialist Alliance | John Lister | 708 | 1.8 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Gardner | 570 | 1.4 | +0.9 | |
Socialist Labour | Fahim Ahmed | 274 | 0.7 | New | |
ProLife Alliance | Linda Hodge | 254 | 0.6 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Pathmanathan Mylvaganam | 77 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
Majority | 10,344 | 26.0 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 39,848 | 55.8 | −12.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Andrew Smith | 27,205 | 56.8 | +6.6 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Djanogly | 10,540 | 22.0 | −11.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Kershaw | 7,038 | 14.7 | +0.7 | |
Referendum | John Young | 1,391 | 2.9 | New | |
Green | Craig Simmons | 975 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
ProLife Alliance | David Harper-Jones | 318 | 0.7 | New | |
UKIP | Peter Gardner | 234 | 0.5 | New | |
Natural Law | John Thompson | 108 | 0.2 | New | |
Independent Anti-majority Democracy | Pathmanathan Mylvaganam | 68 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 16,665 | 34.8 | +18.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,877 | 68.4 | −5.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +9.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Smith | 23,702 | 50.4 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Mark Mayall | 16,164 | 34.3 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood | 6,105 | 13.0 | −2.6 | |
Green | Caroline Lucas | 933 | 2.0 | +1.1 | |
Natural Law | Ann Wilson | 101 | 0.2 | New | |
Revolutionary Communist | Keith Thompson | 48 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,538 | 16.1 | +13.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,053 | 74.6 | −4.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +6.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Smith | 21,103 | 43.0 | +5.7 | |
Conservative | Steven Norris | 19,815 | 40.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Margaret Godden | 7,648 | 15.6 | −7.1 | |
Green | Dave Dalton | 441 | 0.9 | New | |
Independent | Pathmanathan Mylvaganam | 60 | 0.1 | New | |
Majority | 1,288 | 2.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 49,067 | 78.9 | +5.0 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Steven Norris | 18,808 | 40.0 | ||
Labour | Andrew Smith | 17,541 | 37.3 | ||
Liberal | Margaret Godden | 10,690 | 22.7 | ||
Majority | 1,267 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 47,039 | 73.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Neighbouring constituencies
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
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- ^ Oxfordshire Green Party news release, 4 February 2010. Peter Tatchell was the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Green Party until withdrawing in December 2009 for health reasons.
- ^ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1997. Politics Resources. 1 May 1997. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
- ^ Rallings, C; Thrasher, M (1995). The Media Guide to the New Parliamentary Constituencies. Plymouth: LGC Elections Centre. p. 131.
- ^ The 1997 election result is calculated relative to the notional, not the actual, 1992 result.
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- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
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Sources
edit- Election result 2015
- Election result, 2015 (BBC)
- Election result, 2010 (BBC)
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997–2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997–2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1983–1992 (Election Demon)
External links
edit- Oxford East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- Oxford East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK