- Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Not to be confused with Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency).
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons County Oxfordshire Major settlements Oxford 1295–1983 Number of members 1295–1885: Two
1885–1983: OneOxford was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire, and elected two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1295 until 1881. From 1885, the seat elected only one member.
In 1983, Oxford was split into two separate constituencies: Oxford West and Abingdon and Oxford East.
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Members of Parliament
1295-1640
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Parliament First member Second member 1386 Edmund Kenyan Thomas Houkyn[1] 1388 (Feb) John Hickes Thomas Somerset [1] 1388 (Sep) John Shawe Thomas Baret [1] 1390 (Jan) Richard Garston Alan Lekensfeld [1] 1390 (Nov) Edmund Kenyan Adam de la River [1] 1391 Edmund Kenyan John Ottworth [1] 1393 Richard Garston John Merston [1] 1394 Edmund Kenyan John Forster [1] 1395 John Ludlow Adam de la River [1] 1397 (Jan) Walter Benham Adam de la River [1] 1397 (Sep) John Ottworth Adam de la River [1] 1399 John Spicer John Burbridge [1] 1401 Thomas Forsthull Adam de la River [1] 1402 Walter Benham John Spicer [1] 1404 (Jan) Thomas Coventre John Spicer [1] 1404 (Oct) John Merston Michael Salisbury [1] 1406 John Ottworth Thomas Cowley [1] 1407 Thomas Coventre Hugh Benet [1] 1410 Thomas Coventre Hugh Benet [1] 1411 1413 (Feb) 1413 (May) Thomas Coventre Hugh Benet [1] 1414 (Apr) John Shawe II Walter Colet [1] 1414 (Nov) Thomas Coventre John Merston [1] 1415 1416 (Mar) Thomas Coventre William Brampton [1] 1416 (Oct) 1417 Thomas Coventre Hugh Benet [1] 1419 Thomas Coventre William Brampton [1] 1420 Thomas Coventre William Offord [1] 1421 (May) Thomas Coventre William Brampton [1] 1421 (Dec) John Quarane William Offord [1] 1510-1523 No names known[2] 1529 Johm Latton William Fleming [2] 1536 ?Johm Latton ?William Fleming [2] 1539 Thomas Denton Richard Gunter [2] 1542 ? 1545 ? 1547 Ralph Flaxney Edward Frere [2] 1553 (Mar) Christopher Edmonds Edward Glynton [2] 1553 (Oct) John Wayte Thomas Williams [2] 1554 (Apr) Thomas Mallinson Edward Glynton [2] 1554 (Nov) John Wayte William Tylcock [2] 1555 John Wayte William Pantre [2] 1558 John Barton Richard Williams [2] 1559 (Jan) Thomas Wood Roger Taylor [3] 1562 (Dec) William Page Thomas Wood [3] 1571 Edward Knollys William Frere [3] 1572 (Apr) Edward Knollys, died
and replaced 1576 by Francis KnollysWilliam Owen, died
and replaced Jan 1581 by Edward Norris [3]1584 (Oct) Francis Knollys William Noble [3] 1586 (Sep) Francis Knollys George Calfield [3] 1588 (Oct) Francis Knollys George Calfield [3] 1593 Sir Edmund Carey George Calfield [3] 1597 (Aug) Anthony Bacon George Calfield [3] 1601 (Sep) Sir Francis Leigh George Calfield [3] 1604 Francis Leigh Thomas Wentworth 1614 Sir John Ashley Thomas Wentworth 1621-1622 Sir John Brooke Thomas Wentworth 1624 John Whistler Thomas Wentworth 1625 John Whistler Thomas Wentworth 1626 John Whistler Thomas Wentworth 1628 John Whistler Thomas Wentworth 1629–1640 No Parliaments convened 1640-1832
Year First member First party Second member Second party April 1640 Viscount Andover [4] Royalist John Whistler Royalist 1640 (Nov) John Smith Royalist 1644 Smith and Whistler disabled from sitting - both seats vacant 1645 John Nixon John Doyley December 1648 Nixon and Doyley excluded in Pride's Purge - both seats vacant 1653 Oxford was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament 1654 Bulstrode Whitelocke [5] Oxford had only one seat in the First and
Second Parliaments of the Protectorate1654 Richard Croke 1656 Richard Croke January 1659 Major Unton Croke May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump April 1660 The Viscount Falkland James Huxley 1661 Richard Croke Brome Whorwood 1679 William Wright 1685 Hon. Henry Bertie Sir George Pudsey 1689 Sir Edward Norreys 1695 Thomas Rowney 1701 Francis Norreys 1706 Sir John Walter March 1722 Thomas Rowney, junior October 1722 Francis Knollys 1734 Matthew Skinner 1739 James Herbert 1740 Philip Herbert 1749 The Viscount Wenman 1754 Hon. Robert Lee 1759 Sir Thomas Stapleton 1768 George Nares Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Harcourt 1771 Lord Robert Spencer 1774 Captain the Hon. Peregrine Bertie June 1790 Francis Burton December 1790 Arthur Annesley 1796 Henry Peters 1802 John Atkyns-Wright 1807 John Ingram Lockhart 1812 John Atkyns-Wright 1818 Frederick St John 1820 Charles Wetherell John Ingram Lockhart 1826 James Haughton Langston Whig 1830 William Hughes Hughes 1832 Thomas Stonor [6] Whig 1833 William Hughes Hughes Whig 1835 Donald Maclean Conservative Conservative 1837 William Erle Whig 1841 James Haughton Langston Whig 1847 (Sir) William Page Wood Whig 1853 Edward Cardwell Peelite March 1857 Charles Neate [7][8] Whig July 1857 Edward Cardwell Peelite 1859 Liberal Liberal 1863 Charles Neate Liberal 1868 (Sir) William Vernon Harcourt Liberal 1874 Alexander William Hall Conservative April 1880 Joseph William Chitty Liberal May 1880 Alexander William Hall [9] Conservative 1881 Writ suspended - seat vacant September 1881 Writ suspended - seat vacant [10] 1885 Representation reduced to one member 1885-1983
Election Member Party 1885 Alexander William Hall Conservative 1892 Sir George Tomkyns Chesney Conservative 1895 Arthur Annesley Conservative 1917 by-election John Arthur Ransome Marriott Coalition Conservative 1922 Frank Gray Liberal 1924 by-election Robert Croft Bourne Unionist 1938 by-election Quintin Hogg Conservative 1950 by-election Lawrence Turner Conservative 1959 Montague Woodhouse Conservative 1966 Evan Luard Labour 1970 Montague Woodhouse Conservative Oct 1974 Evan Luard Labour 1979 John Patten Conservative 1983 constituency abolished: see Oxford East & Oxford West and Abingdon Elections
General Election 1979: Oxford[11] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative John Patten 27,459 45.3 Labour Evan Luard 25,962 42.83 Liberal Dermot Roaf 6,234 10.28 Oxford Ecological Movement A Cheeke 887 1.46 Independent B Smith 72 0.12 Majority 1,497 2.47 Turnout 60,610 74.18 General Election, October 1974: Oxford[12] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Evan Luard 23,359 42.71% Conservative C. M. Woodhouse 22,323 40.82% Liberal MS Butler 8,374 15.31% National Front Ian Anderson 572 1.05% Independent B Smith 64 0.12% Majority 1,036 1.89% Turnout 54,691 70.78% General Election, February 1974: Oxford[13] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative C. M. Woodhouse 23,967 39.81% Labour Evan Luard 23,146 38.44% Liberal M Butler 13,094 21.75% Majority 821 1.36% Turnout 60,204 78.55% References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1386-1421/constituencies/oxford. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/constituencies/oxford. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "History of Parliament". http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/constituencies/oxford. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ Andover was summoned to the Lords by writ of acceleration in his father's barony as Lord Howard of Charlton before the House of Commons had met
- ^ Whitelocke was returned for four different constituencies; he chose to sit for Buckinghamshire
- ^ Stonor's election was declared void on petition and a by-election was held
- ^ Neate's election was declared void on petition and a by-election was held
- ^ Neate was elected for Oxford in 1863 and sat until 1868: ODNB article by A. C. Howe, ‘Neate, Charles (1806–1879)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 28 Dec 2009
- ^ Hall's election was declared void, the writ was suspended and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate
- ^ Chitty's election in April 1880 had not been questioned, but when he was appointed a judge and therefore vacated his seat, no election was held to replace him
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i16.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i16.htm
- ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i16.htm
Sources
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- Election results, 1951–1979
- 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]
- F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
- Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [3]
- J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)
Categories:- Districts of Oxford
- Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire (historic)
- Politics of Oxford
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1983
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