Witney (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Witney in Oxfordshire.
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Location of Oxfordshire within England.
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County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 78,220 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Witney, Carterton, Charlbury |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1983 |
Member of parliament | David Cameron (Conservative) |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Mid Oxfordshire |
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European Parliament constituency | South East England |
Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election, and was created for the 1983 general election.
The constituency is currently represented by the Prime Minister, David Cameron.[2]
Contents
History
The constituency is a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Its first MP was Douglas Hurd, who served as a cabinet minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and stood down in 1997.
Hurd was succeeded by Shaun Woodward at the 1997 general election. However, Woodward defected to the Labour Party in 1999,[3] and Witney unexpectedly had a Labour MP. Woodward chose not to stand in Witney as a Labour candidate and moved to the Labour safe seat of St Helens South instead, following the practice of Alan Howarth in 1997.
At the 2001 general election, David Cameron was elected as MP for Witney and has held the seat since then. He has been the leader of the Conservative Party since December 2005, and Prime Minister since May 2010. Cameron was re-elected to a fourth term as MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with a majority of 25,155, the highest in his political career; on that occasion his Conservative Party won a surprise majority in the House of Commons, taking 330 seats to the opposition Labour Party's 232, and enabling them to become a majority government.
Boundaries
1983–1997: The District of West Oxfordshire wards of Ascott and Shipton, Aston Bampton and Standlake, Bampton, Bladon and Cassington, Brize Norton and Curbridge, Burford, Carterton North, Carterton South, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Clanfield and Shilton, Combe and Stonesfield, Ducklington, Enstone, Eynsham, Filkins and Langford, Finstock and Leafield, Freeland and Hanborough, Hailey, Kingham, Milton-under-Wychwood, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Rollright, Stanton Harcourt, Witney East, Witney North, Witney South, Witney West, and Woodstock, and the District of Cherwell wards of Gosford, North West Kidlington, South East Kidlington, and Yarnton.
1997–2010: The District of West Oxfordshire (the wards of Ascott and Shipton, Aston Bampton and Standlake, Bampton, Bartons and Tackley, Bladon and Cassington, Brize Norton and Curbridge, Burford, Carterton North, Carterton South, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Clanfield and Shilton, Combe and Stonesfield, Ducklington, Enstone, Eynsham, Filkins and Langford, Finstock and Leafield, Freeland and Hanborough, Hailey, Kingham, Milton-under-Wychwood, Minster Lovell, North Leigh, Rollright, Stanton Harcourt, Witney East, Witney North, Witney South, Witney West, Woodstock, and Wootton), and the District of Cherwell ward of Yarnton.
2010–present: The District of West Oxfordshire (the wards of Alvescot and Filkins, Ascott and Shipton, Bampton and Clanfield, Brize Norton and Shilton, Burford, Carterton North East, Carterton North West, Carterton South, Chadlington and Churchill, Charlbury and Finstock, Chipping Norton, Ducklington, Eynsham and Cassington, Freeland and Hanborough, Hailey, Minster Lovell and Leafield, Kingham, Rollright and Enstone, Milton-under-Wychwood, North Leigh, Standlake, Aston and Stanton Harcourt, Stonesfield and Tackley, The Bartons, Witney Central, Witney East, Witney North, Witney South, Witney West, and Woodstock and Bladon).
As part of the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the Boundary Commission reported in 2004[4] that the seat of Witney could be composed from the entire district of West Oxfordshire.[5] Seven years later[6] the Commission recommended no change.[7]
In the late 19th century, the civil parish of Brampton East with Witney at its heart formed one part of the Woodstock constituency.[8]
Until 1974, much of the seat remained as part of the Woodstock and latterly Banbury constituency.[9] From 1974 to 1983, the area was included in the Mid Oxfordshire seat along with parts of Bullingdon and Ploughley[citation needed]. Since 1983, Witney has been a full parliamentary seat in its own right and comprises the whole of the District of West Oxfordshire with surrounding villages attached until 1997.
Carterton is the second largest populated town with 14,000[citation needed] and is situated alongside RAF Brize Norton which is vital to the local economy, being one of the largest and busiest Royal Air Force stations in the country[citation needed].
For the 2010 general election, the Witney Parliamentary Constituency boundaries changed and it become co-terminous with the boundaries of West Oxfordshire District Council.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[10] | Party | Notes | |
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1983 | Douglas Hurd | Conservative | Later Baron Hurd of Westwell; Cabinet minister 1984–95 | |
1997 | Conservative | MP for St Helens South from 2001; later Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | ||
1999[3] | Labour | |||
2001 | David Cameron | Conservative | Leader of the Conservative Party 2005–present; Prime Minister 2010–present |
Elections
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Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ±% | ||
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General election, May 2015 [12][13][14] Turnout: 58,482 (73.3%) +0.0 |
Conservative hold Majority: 25,155 (43.0%) +3.6 |
David Cameron | Conservative | 35,201 | 60.2 | +1.4 | ||
Duncan Enright[15] | Labour | 10,046 | 17.2 | +4.2 | ||||
Simon Strutt[16] | UKIP | 5,352 | 9.2 | +5.7 | ||||
Andy Graham | Liberal Democrat | 3,953 | 6.8 | -12.7 | ||||
Stuart Sutherland MacDonald[17] | Green | 2,970 | 5.1 | +0.9 | ||||
Clive Peedell[18] | National Health Action | 616 | 1.1 | N/A | ||||
Colin Roland Bex | Wessex Regionalist | 110 | 0.2 | +0.1 | ||||
Christopher Tompson[19] | Independent | 94 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Vivien Inez Saunders | Reduce VAT in Sport | 56 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Bobby Smith | Give Me Back Elmo | 37 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Deek Jackson [14] | Land Party | 35 | 0.1 | +0.1 | ||||
Nathan Paul Handley [11] | Independent | 12 | 0.0 | N/A | ||||
General election, May 2010 [20][21][22] Turnout: 57,769 (73.3%) +4.3 |
Conservative hold Majority: 22,740 (39.4%) +12.5 Swing: 6.3% from Lib Dem to Con |
David Cameron | Conservative | 33,973 | 58.8 | +9.4 | ||
Dawn Barnes | Liberal Democrat | 11,233 | 19.4 | −3.1 | ||||
Joe Goldberg | Labour | 7,511 | 13.0 | −9.4 | ||||
Stuart Macdonald | Green | 2,385 | 4.1 | +1.0 | ||||
Count Nikolai Tolstoy | UKIP | 2,001 | 3.5 | +0.9 | ||||
Howling Laud Hope | Monster Raving Loony | 234 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
Paul Wesson | Independent | 166 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
Johnnie Cook | Independent | 151 | 0.3 | N/A | ||||
Colin Roland Bex | Wessex Regionalist | 62 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
Aaron Barschak | Independent | 53 | 0.1 | N/A | ||||
General Election, May 2005 [23] Turnout: 53,869 (69.0%) +3.1 |
Conservative hold Majority: 14,156 (26.3%) +10.1 Swing: 0.8% from Lib Dem to Con |
David Cameron | Conservative | 26,571 | 49.3 | +4.3 | ||
Liz Leffman | Liberal Democrat | 12,415 | 23.0 | +2.7 | ||||
Tony Gray | Labour | 11,845 | 22.0 | −6.8 | ||||
Richard Dossett-Davies | Green | 1,682 | 3.2 | +0.9 | ||||
Paul Wesson | UKIP | 1,356 | 2.5 | +0.9 | ||||
General election, June 2001 [24] Turnout: 49,203 (65.9%) −10.8 |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,973 (16.2%) +3.8 Swing: 1.9% from Lab to Con |
David Cameron | Conservative | 22,153 | 45.0 | +2.0 | ||
Michael Bartlet | Labour | 14,180 | 28.8 | −1.8 | ||||
Gareth Epps | Liberal Democrat | 10,000 | 20.3 | +0.5 | ||||
Mark Stevenson | Green | 1,100 | 2.2 | +1.1 | ||||
Barry Beadle | Independent | 1,003 | 2.0 | N/A | ||||
Kenneth Dukes | UKIP | 767 | 1.6 | +0.2 | ||||
General election, May 1997 [25][26][27][28] Turnout: 56,401 (76.7%) |
Conservative hold Majority: 7,028 (12.4%) −27.3 Swing: 13.7% from Con to Lab |
Shaun Woodward | Conservative | 24,282 | 43.0 | −14.8 | ||
Alexander J. Hollingsworth | Labour | 17,254 | 30.6 | +12.5 | ||||
Mrs. Angela Lawrence | Liberal Democrat | 11,202 | 19.9 | −2.7 | ||||
Geoffrey M. Brown | Referendum | 2,262 | 4.0 | N/A | ||||
Michael Montgomery | UKIP | 765 | 1.4 | N/A | ||||
Sue N. Chapple-Perrie | Green | 636 | 1.1 | +0.0 | ||||
General election, April 1992 [29][30] Turnout: 64,306 (81.9%) +4.7 |
Conservative hold Majority: 22,568 (35.1%) +3.4 Swing: 2.8% from Con to Lab |
Douglas Hurd | Conservative | 36,256 | 56.4 | −1.1 | ||
James Plaskitt | Labour | 13,688 | 21.3 | +4.6 | ||||
Ian M. Blair | Liberal Democrat | 13,393 | 20.8 | −4.9 | ||||
Ms. Charlotte Beckford | Green | 716 | 1.1 | N/A | ||||
Ms. Sally B. Catling | Natural Law | 134 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
Mrs Marilyn C.C. Brown | Independent Conservative | 119 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
General election, June 1987 [31][32] Electorate: 75,284 Turnout: 58,185 (77.3%) +2.6 |
Conservative hold Majority: 18,464 (31.7%) +7.2 Swing: 3.6% from Lib to Con |
Douglas Hurd | Conservative | 33,458 | 57.5 | +2.1 | ||
Muriel Eda Burton | Liberal | 14,994 | 25.8 | −5.1 | ||||
Christine Frances Collette | Labour | 9,733 | 16.7 | +2.9 | ||||
General election, June 1983 [33][34] New constituency Electorate: 69,362 Turnout: 51,823 (74.7%) |
Conservative win Majority: 12,712 (24.5%) |
Douglas Hurd | Conservative | 28,695 | 55.4 | N/A | ||
J. Baston | Liberal | 15,983 | 30.8 | N/A | ||||
Carole B. Douse | Labour | 7,145 | 13.8 | N/A |
Neighbouring constituencies
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Stratford-on-Avon, Banbury | |||
The Cotswolds | Banbury Henley Oxford West and Abingdon |
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Wantage |
See also
- List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
- Henley (UK Parliament constituency)
- Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)
- Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)
- Wantage (UK Parliament constituency)
Notes and references
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- ↑ Final Recommendations – Oxfordshire BCE via National Archives
- ↑ What's Proposed – Oxfordshire Boundary Commission for England
- ↑ South West recommendations BCE
- ↑ 1885 Boundary Commission map Vision of Britain
- ↑ 1917 Boundary Commission map Vision of Britain
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)[self-published source][better source needed]
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Succeeded by Camberwell and Peckham |
Preceded by | Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 2010 – present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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