The county of Oxfordshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies — 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.
Constituencies
edit† Conservative ‡ Labour ¤ Liberal Democrat ♣ Green
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority | Member of Parliament | Nearest opposition | Electoral wards[1] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banbury CC | 69,943 | 3,256 | Sean Woodcock‡ | Victoria Prentis† | Cherwell District Council: Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote; Banbury Calthorpe & Easington; Banbury Grimsbury & Hightown; Banbury Cross & Neithrop; Banbury Hardwick; Banbury Ruscote; Cropredy, Sibfords & Wroxton; Deddington. West Oxfordshire District Council: Chadlington and Churchill; Charlbury and Finstock; Chipping Norton; Kingham, Rollright and Enstone; The Bartons. |  | ||
| Bicester and Woodstock CC | 70,389 | 4,958 | Calum Miller¤ | Rupert Harrison† | Cherwell District Council: Bicester East; Bicester North & Caversfield; Bicester South & Ambrosden; Bicester West; Fringford & Heyfords; Kidlington East; Kidlington West; Launton & Otmoor. West Oxfordshire District Council: Eynsham and Cassington; Freeland and Hanborough; North Leigh; Stonesfield and Tackley; Woodstock and Bladon. |  | ||
| Didcot and Wantage CC | 74,356 | 6,233 | Olly Glover¤ | David Johnston | South Oxfordshire District Council: Cholsey; Didcot North East; Didcot South; Didcot West; Sandford & the Wittenhams; Wallingford. Vale of White Horse District Council: Blewbury & Harwell; Drayton; Grove North; Hendreds; Ridgeway; Stanford; Steventon & the Hanneys; Sutton Courtenay; Wantage & Grove Brook; Wantage Charlton. |  | ||
| Henley and Thame CC | 70,626 | 6,267 | Freddie Van Mierlo¤ | Caroline Newton | South Oxfordshire District Council: Benson & Crowmarsh; Berinsfield; Chalgrove; Chinnor; Forest Hill & Holton; Garsington & Horspath; Goring; Haseley Brook; Henley-on-Thames; Kidmore End & Whitchurch; Sonning Common; Thame; Watlington; Wheatley; Woodcote & Rotherfield. |  | ||
| Oxford East BC | 72,371 | 14,465 | Anneliese Dodds‡ | Sushila Dhall♣ | Oxford City Council: 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. |  | ||
| Oxford West and Abingdon CC | 72,004 | 14,894 | Layla Moran¤ | Vinay Raniga | Oxford City Council: Carfax & Jericho; Cutteslowe & Sunnymead; Holywell; Osney & St Thomas; Summertown; Walton Manor; Wolvercote. Vale of White Horse District Council: Abingdon Abbey Northcourt; Abingdon Caldecott; Abingdon Dunmore; Abingdon Fitzharris; Abingdon Peachcroft; Botley & Sunningwell; Cumnor; Kennington & Radley; Marcham; Wootton. |  | ||
| Witney CC | 70,042 | 4,339 | Charlie Maynard¤ | Robert Courts | Vale of White Horse District Council: Faringdon; Kingston Bagpuize; Thames; Watchfield & Shrivenham. West Oxfordshire District Council: Alvescot and Filkins; Ascott and Shipton; Bampton and Clanfield; Brize Norton and Shilton; Burford; Carterton North East; Carterton North West; Carterton South; Ducklington; Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield; Milton-under-Wychwood; Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt; Witney Central; Witney East; Witney North; Witney South; Witney West. |  | ||
2024 changes
editSee 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
| Former name | Boundaries 2010-2024 | Current name | Boundaries 2024–present |
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For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England increased the number of seats in Oxfordshire from six to seven, due to the electorates of all six existing constituencies being above the maximum allowed quota. This resulted in the formation of the new constituency of Bicester and Woodstock. Wantage was renamed Didcot and Wantage, and Henley renamed Henley and Thame.[2][3]
The following constituencies resulted from the review:
Containing electoral wards from Cherwell
- Banbury (part)
- Bicester and Woodstock (part)
Containing electoral wards from Oxford
Containing electoral wards from South Oxfordshire
Containing electoral wards from Vale of White Horse
- Didcot and Wantage (part)
- Oxford West and Abingdon (part)
- Witney (part)
Containing electoral wards from West Oxfordshire
- Banbury (part)
- Bicester and Woodstock (part)
- Witney (part)
Results history
editPrimary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[4]
2024
editThe number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Oxfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
| Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 117,151 | 34.7% |  5.3%
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5 | 4
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| Conservative | 92,622 | 27.4% |  19.2%
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0 | 4
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| Labour | 68,618 | 20.3% | 0.5%
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2 | 1
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| Reform | 33,776 | 10.0% | 9.5%
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0 | 
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| Greens | 19,693 | 5.8% | 3.6%
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0 |
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| Others | 10,350 | 3.1% | 2.6%
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0 |
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| Total | 337,751 | 100.0 | 7 | 1
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Percentage votes
edit| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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| Liberal Democrat1 | 29.3 | 26.6 | 23.5 | 24.7 | 27.3 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 12.8 | 18.1 | 29.4 | 34.7 |
| Conservative | 51.5 | 52.7 | 51.3 | 38.0 | 37.9 | 40.9 | 47.2 | 49.0 | 48.4 | 46.6 | 27.4 |
| Labour | 18.4 | 20.3 | 23.7 | 31.7 | 29.5 | 23.4 | 18.0 | 21.1 | 29.4 | 20.8 | 20.3 |
| Reform2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 10.0 |
| Green Party | - | * | * | * | * | * | 2.5 | 6.2 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 5.8 |
| UKIP | - | - | - | * | * | * | 3.5 | 10.1 | 1.6 | * | - |
| Other | 0.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
1pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987– SDP-Liberal Alliance 22019: Brexit Party
* Included in Other
Seats
edit| Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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| Liberal Democrat1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Labour | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Conservative | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
11983 & 1987– SDP-Liberal Alliance
Maps
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Historical representation by party
editA cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1918
editConservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
| Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 91 | 1892 | 95 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 1910 | Dec 1910 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banbury | Samuelson | A. Brassey | Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | R. Brassey | Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes | Rhys-Williams | ||||||
| Henley | Harcourt | Parker | Hodge | P. Morrell | Fleming | Hermon-Hodge | ||||||
| Oxford | Hall | Chesney | Annesley | Marriott | ||||||||
| Woodstock | Maclean | → | G. Morrell | Benson | G. Morrell | Bennett | Hamersley | |||||
1918 to 1983
editCoalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922-23) Conservative Labour Liberal
| Constituency | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 24 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 32 | 1935 | 38 | 1945 | 1950 | 50 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 1979 |
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| Banbury | Rhys-Williams | Edmondson | Dodds-Parker | Marten | ||||||||||||||||||
| Henley | Terrell | Henderson | Fox | Hay | Heseltine | |||||||||||||||||
| Oxford | Marriott | Gray | Bourne | Hogg | Turner | Woodhouse | Luard | Woodhouse | Luard | Patten | ||||||||||||
| Oxfordshire Mid | Hurd | |||||||||||||||||||||
Since 1983
editConservative Labour Liberal Democrats
| Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 99 | 2001 | 05 | 2005 | 08 | 2010 | 2015 | 16 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banbury | Baldry | Prentis | Woodcock | ||||||||||||
| Henley / Henley & Thame (2024) | Heseltine | Johnson | Howell | Van Mierlo | |||||||||||
| Oxford East | Norris | Smith | Dodds | ||||||||||||
| Oxford West and Abingdon | Patten | Harris | Blackwood | Moran | |||||||||||
| Wantage / Didcot & Wantage ('24) | Jackson | → | Vaizey | Johnston | Glover | ||||||||||
| Witney | Hurd | Woodward | → | Cameron | Courts | Maynard | |||||||||
| Bicester and Woodstock | Miller | ||||||||||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
References
edit- ^ a b "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. 2023.
- ^ "Big changes for Bicester as constituency boundary proposals revealed". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1054-1071. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".