Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

alt=Location of the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire within England.|thumb|The county of [[Oxfordshire in relation to England]]

The county of Oxfordshire is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies: 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|-

!Constituency

!Electorate

!Majority

!colspan=2 class=unsortable|Member of Parliament

!colspan=2 class=unsortable|Nearest opposition

!class=unsortable|Electoral wards

The following constituencies resulted from the review:

Containing electoral wards from Cherwell

• Banbury (part)
• Bicester and Woodstock (part)

Containing electoral wards from Oxford

• Oxford East
• Oxford West and Abingdon (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Oxfordshire

• Henley and Thame
• Didcot and Wantage (part)

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

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2024

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Oxfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

{| class="wikitable"

!Party

!Votes

!%

!Change from 2019

!Seats

!Change from 2019

|-

|Liberal Democrats

|117,151

|34.7%

|5.3%

|5

|4

|-

|Conservative

|92,622

|27.4%

|19.2%

|0

|4

|-

|Labour

|68,618

|20.3%

|0.5%

|2

|1

|-

|Reform

|33,776

|10.0%

|9.5%

|0

|

|-

|Greens

|19,693

|5.8%

|3.6%

|0

|

|-

|Others

|10,350

|3.1%

|2.6%

|0

|

|-

|Total

|337,751

|100.0

|

|7

|1

|}

Percentage votes

{| class="wikitable"

!Election year

!1983

!1987

!1992

!1997

!2001

!2005

!2010

!2015

!2017

!2019

!2024

|-

|Liberal Democrat¹

|29.3

|26.6

|23.5

|24.7

|27.3

|29.0

|28.0

|12.8

|18.1

|29.4

|style="background:#ffebcc"|34.7

|-

|Conservative

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|51.5

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|52.7

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|51.3

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|38.0

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|37.9

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|40.9

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|47.2

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|49.0

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|48.4

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|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

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Included in Other

Seats

{| class="wikitable"

!Election year

!1983

!1987

!1992

!1997

!2001

!2005

!2010

!2015

!2017

!2019

!2024

|-

|Liberal Democrat¹

|0

|0

|0

|1

|1

|1

|0

|0

|1

|1

|style="background:#ffebcc"|5

|-

|Labour

|0

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|1

|2

|-

|Conservative

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|6

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|5

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|5

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|4

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|4

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|4

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|5

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|5

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|4

|style="background:#B3E0FF"|4

|0

|-

|Total

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|6

|7

|}

¹1983 & 1987– SDP–Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

<gallery mode="packed" heights="205">

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg|1885

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1886Results.svg|1886

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1885Results.svg|1892

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1895Results.svg|1895

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1895Results.svg|1900

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1906Results.svg|1906

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1895Results.svg|Jan 1910

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1910DResults.svg|Dec 1910

</gallery>

1918-1945

<gallery mode="packed" heights="205">

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1918Results.svg|1918

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1922Results.svg|1922

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1923

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1924

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1929

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1931

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1935

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1923Results.svg|1945

</gallery>

1950-1979

<gallery mode="packed" heights="255">

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1950

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1951

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1955

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1959

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1964

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1966Results.svg|1966

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1950Results.svg|1970

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1974FResults.svg|Feb 1974

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1974OResults.svg|Oct 1974

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1974FResults.svg|1979

</gallery>

1983-present

<gallery mode="packed" heights="255">

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1983Results.svg|1983

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg|1987

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency1992Results.svg|1992

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|1997

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2001

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2005Results.svg|2005

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2010

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2010Results.svg|2015

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2017Results.svg|2017

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2017Results.svg|2019

File:OxfordshireParliamentaryConstituency2024Results.svg|2024

</gallery>

Historical representation by party

A 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

{| class="wikitable"

!Constituency

!1885

!1886

!91

!1892

!95

!1895

!1900

!1906

!Jan 1910

!Dec 1910

!17

!18

|-

|Banbury

| colspan="5" bgcolor="" |Samuelson

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |A. Brassey

| bgcolor="" |Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

| bgcolor="" |R. Brassey

| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes

|bgcolor=""|Rhys-Williams

|-

|Henley

| bgcolor="" |Harcourt

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Parker

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Hodge

| bgcolor="" |P. Morrell

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Fleming

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Hermon-Hodge

|-

|Oxford

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Hall

| bgcolor="" |Chesney

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Annesley

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Marriott

|-

|Woodstock

| bgcolor="" |Maclean

| bgcolor="" |→

| bgcolor="" |G. Morrell

| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Benson

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |G. Morrell

| bgcolor="" |Bennett

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Hamersley

|}

1918 to 1983

{| class="wikitable"

!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

|-

|Banbury

| bgcolor="" |Rhys-Williams

| bgcolor="" colspan="9" |Edmondson

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Dodds-Parker

| bgcolor="" colspan="7" |Marten

|-

|Henley

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Terrell

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Henderson

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Fox

| bgcolor="" colspan="8" |Hay

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Heseltine

|-

|Oxford

| bgcolor="" |Marriott

| colspan="2" bgcolor="" |Gray

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Bourne

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Hogg

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Turner

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Woodhouse

| bgcolor="" |Luard

| bgcolor="" colspan="2" |Woodhouse

| bgcolor="" |Luard

| bgcolor="" |Patten

|-

|Oxfordshire Mid

| colspan="19" |

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Hurd

|}

Since 1983

{| class="wikitable"

!Constituency

!1983

!1987

!1992

!1997

!99

!2001

!05

!2005

!08

!2010

!2015

!16

!2017

!2019

!2024

|-

|Banbury

| bgcolor="" colspan="10" |Baldry

| bgcolor="" colspan="4" |Prentis

| bgcolor="" |Woodcock

|-

|Henley / Henley & Thame (2024)

| bgcolor="" colspan="5" |Heseltine

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Johnson

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Howell

| bgcolor=" |Van Mierlo

|-

|Oxford East

| bgcolor="" |Norris

| bgcolor="" colspan="11" |Smith

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Dodds

|-

|Oxford West and Abingdon

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Patten

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Harris

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Blackwood

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Moran

|-

|Wantage / Didcot & Wantage ('24)

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Jackson

| bgcolor="" |→

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Vaizey

| bgcolor="" |Johnston

| bgcolor=" |Glover

|-

|Witney

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Hurd

| bgcolor="" |Woodward

| bgcolor="" |→

| bgcolor="" colspan="6" |Cameron

| bgcolor="" colspan="3" |Courts

| bgcolor=" |Maynard

|-

|Bicester and Woodstock

| colspan="14" |

| bgcolor=" |Miller

|}

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Oxfordshire

Notes

References