- Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)
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Oxfordshire, Mid or Woodstock Division Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1918 Number of members one Woodstock Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1571–1885 Number of members two until 1832; then one Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire and (from 1832) the surrounding countryside and villages, and elected two Members of Parliament from its re-enfranchisement in 1553 until 1832. From 1832 until its abolition in 1918, the seat elected only one member.
In 1885, the Woodstock borough was abolished but the name was transferred to a county constituency, one of the three divisions into which the previous Oxfordshire constituency had been divided; this constituency was alternatively called Mid Oxfordshire. In 1918, Oxfordshire lost one county seat, and the Woodstock constituency was divided between Banbury and Henley.
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Members of Parliament
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1553-1640
Parliament First member Second member 1553 (Oct) William Cooke Sir Ralph Chamberlain [1] 1554 (Apr) Sir Ralph Chamberlain William Johnson [1] 1554 (Nov) Anthony Restwold George Chamberlain [1] 1571 Thomas Peniston Martin Johnson [2] 1572 George Whiton Martin Johnson [2] 1584 Lawrence Tanfield Henry Unton [2] 1586 Lawrence Tanfield Francis Stonor [2] 1588 Lawrence Tanfield John Lee [2] 1593 Lawrence Tanfield John Lee [2] 1597 Lawrence Tanfield John Lee [2] 1601 Lawrence Tanfield William Scott [2] 1604 Sir Richard Lee Thomas Spencer 1614 Sir James Whitelocke Sir Philip Carew 1621 Sir James Whitelocke Sir Philip Carew 1624 Sir Philip Carew William Lenthall 1625 Sir Philip Carew Sir Gerard Fleetwood 1626 Edward Tavernor Sir Gerard Fleetwood 1628 Edward Tavernor William Fleetwood 1629–1640 No Parliaments summoned 1640-1832
Year First member First party Second member Second party April 1640 William Lenthall Parliamentarian William Fleetwood November 1640 Hon. William Herbert [3] Royalist December 1640 Sir Robert Pye Parliamentarian December 1648 Pye excluded in Pride's Purge - seat vacant 1653 Woodstock was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament 1654 Lieutenant General Charles Fleetwood Woodstock had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1656 Major General William Packer January 1659 Sir Jerome Sankey Miles Fleetwood May 1659 William Lenthall One seat vacant April 1660 Sir Thomas Spencer Edward Atkyns 1661 Sir William Fleetwood 1674 Thomas Howard 1679 Sir Littleton Osbaldeston Nicholas Bayntun 1681 Henry Bertie 1685 Richard Bertie Sir Littleton Osbaldeston 1689 Sir Thomas Littleton Sir John D'Oyly 1690 Thomas Wheate 1695 James Bertie 1702 Sir William Glynne 1705 Lieutenant General William Cadogan Whig Hon. Charles Bertie 1708 Sir Thomas Wheate 1716 William Clayton 1721 Charles Crisp 1722 Samuel Trotman Sir Thomas Wheate 1727 Marquess of Blandford Whig 1732 Hon. John Spencer 1734 James Dawkins 1746 Hon. John Trevor, KC 1747 The Viscount Bateman 1753 Anthony Keck 1767 Hon. William Gordon 1768 Lord Robert Spencer 1771 John Skynner 1774 William Eden 1777 Viscount Parker Tory 1784 Sir Henry Watkin Dashwood Tory Francis Burton 1790 Lord Henry John Spencer 1795 The Rt. Hon. The Lord Lavington KB PC 1799 Charles Moore 1802 Charles Abbot Speaker 1806 Hon. William Eden 1810 Hon. George Eden Whig 1812 William Thornton 1813 Hon. George Eden Whig 1814 William Thornton 1818 Lord Robert Spencer 1820 John Gladstone Tory James Haughton Langston 1826 Marquess of Blandford Tory Lord Ashley Tory 1830 Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Tory 1831 Viscount Stormont Tory 1832 Constituency abolished 1832-1918
Year Member Party 1832 George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford Conservative 1835 Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill Conservative 1837 Henry Peyton Conservative 1838 George Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford Conservative 1840 Frederic Thesiger Conservative 1844 John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford Conservative May 1845 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus Conservative December 1845 Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill Conservative 1847 John Spencer-Churchill, Marquess of Blandford Conservative 1857 Lord Alfred Spencer-Churchill Conservative 1865 Henry Barnett Conservative 1874 Lord Randolph Churchill Conservative 1885 Francis William Maclean Liberal 1886 Liberal Unionist 1891 George Herbert Morrell Conservative 1892 Godfrey Rathbone Benson Liberal 1895 George Herbert Morrell Conservative 1906 Ernest Nathaniel Bennett Liberal January 1910 Alfred St. George Hamersley Conservative 1918 Constituency abolished Notes
- ^ a b c "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/new-woodstock. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/new-woodstock. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Herbert was also elected for Monmouthshire, which he chose to represent, and did not sit for Woodstock
References
- Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
- D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
- Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
- The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- J Holladay Philbin, Parliamentary Representation 1832 - England and Wales (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 5)
Towns Burford (Signet, Upton) • Carterton • Charlbury • Chipping Norton (Southcombe) • Witney (Cogges, Madley Park) • Woodstock (Hensington, Old Woodstock)
Large Villages Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Aston, Cote, Shifford, Chimney) • Bampton (Lower Haddon, Weald) • Brize Norton • Ducklington • Enstone (Church Enstone, Neat Enstone, Chalford, Cleveley, Fulwell, Gagingwell, Lidstone, Radford) • Eynsham (Barnard Gate) • Freeland • Hailey (New Yatt) • Hanborough (Church Hanborough, Long Hanborough) • Milton-under-Wychwood • Minster Lovell • North Leigh (East End, Wilcote) • Shipton-under-Wychwood • Standlake (Brighthampton) • Steeple Barton (Middle Barton) • StonesfieldOther Civil
Parishes
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Villages
and Hamlets)Alvescot • Ascott-under-Wychwood (Ascott d'Oyley, Ascott Earl) • Asthall (Asthall Leigh, Worsham) • Black Bourton • Bladon • Blenheim • Broadwell • Bruern • Cassington (Worton) • Chadlington • Chastleton • Chilson (Shorthampton) • Churchill • Clanfield • Combe • Cornbury and Wychwood (Cornbury, Wychwood) • Cornwell • Crawley • Curbridge • Fawler • Fifield • Filkins and Broughton Poggs (Filkins, Broughton Poggs) • Finstock • Fulbrook • Glympton • Grafton and Radcot (Grafton, Radcot) • Great Tew • Hardwick-with-Yelford (Hardwick, Yelford) • Heythrop (Dunthrop) • Holwell • Idbury (Bould, Foscot) • Kelmscott • Kencot • Kiddington with Asterleigh (Asterleigh, Kiddington, Over Kiddington) • Kingham • Langford • Leafield • Lew • Little Faringdon • Little Tew • Lyneham • Northmoor • Over Norton • Ramsden (Mount Skippett) • Rollright (Great Rollright, Little Rollright) • Rousham • Salford • Sandford St. Martin (Ledwell) • Sarsden • Shilton • South Leigh • Spelsbury (Dean, Taston) • Stanton Harcourt • Swerford • Swinbrook and Widford (Swinbrook, Widford) • Tackley • Taynton • Westcott Barton • Westwell • Wootton (Dornford, Hordley) • Worton (Nether Worton, Over Worton)Former Districts
and BoroughsChipping Norton Rural District • Municipal Borough of Chipping Norton • Witney Urban District • Witney Rural District • Municipal Borough of Woodstock • Woodstock Rural DistrictFormer
ConstituenciesOxfordshire County Constituency • Woodstock Borough Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire or Woodstock County Constituency • Banbury County Constituency • Henley County Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire County ConstituencyTowns 
Large Villages Adderbury • Ambrosden • Arncott (Upper Arncott) • Bloxham • Bodicote • Caversfield • Deddington (Clifton, Hempton) • Hook Norton • Kidlington • Launton • Upper Heyford • YarntonOther Civil
Parishes
(Component
Villages
and Hamlets)Ardley with Fewcott (Ardley, Fewcott) • Barford St. John and St. Michael (Barford St. Michael, Barford St. John) • Begbroke • Blackthorn • Bletchingdon (Enslow) • Bourton (Great Bourton, Little Bourton) • Broughton • Bucknell • Charlton-on-Otmoor • Chesterton (Little Chesterton) • Claydon with Clattercot (Claydon, Clattercote) • Cottisford (Juniper Hill) • Cropredy • Drayton • Duns Tew • Epwell • Fencott and Murcott (Fencott, Murcott) • Finmere • Fringford • Fritwell • Godington • Gosford and Water Eaton (Gosford, Water Eaton) • Hampton Gay and Poyle (Hampton Gay, Hampton Poyle) • Hanwell • Hardwick with Tusmore (Hardwick, Tusmore) • Hethe (Willaston) • Horley • Hornton • Horton-cum-Studley • Islip • Kirtlington (Northbrook) • Lower Heyford (Caulcott) • Merton • Middle Aston • Middleton Stoney • Milcombe • Milton • Mixbury • Mollington • Newton Purcell with Shelswell (Newton Purcell, Shelswell) • Noke • North Aston • North Newington • Oddington • Piddington • Prescote • Shenington with Alkerton (Shenington, Alkerton) • Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp (Shipton-on-Cherwell, Thrupp) • Shutford • Sibford Ferris • Sibford Gower (Burdrop) • Somerton • Souldern • South Newington • Steeple Aston • Stoke Lyne (Bainton) • Stratton Audley • Swalcliffe • Tadmarton • Wardington (Lower Wardington, Upper Wardington) • Wendlebury • Weston-on-the-Green • Wigginton • Wroxton (Balscote)Former Districts
and BoroughsMunicipal Borough of Banbury • Banbury Rural District • Bicester Urban District • Ploughley Rural District • Bicester Rural DistrictFormer
ConstituenciesOxfordshire County Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire or Woodstock County Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire County ConstituencyCategories:- Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1571
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1918
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