Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Banbury
Map1 = Banbury
Map2 = Oxfordshire
Entity = Oxfordshire
Type = County
Year = 1553
Entity = Oxfordshire
County = Oxfordshire
EP = South East England
MP = Tony Baldry
Party = Conservative

Banbury is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is a strongly Conservative seat.

There has been a Banbury constituency since 1553. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough, consisting only of the town of Banbury; since then it has been a county constituency, consisting of the northern part of Oxfordshire. It was the constituency represented by Lord North, the Prime Minister during the American War of Independence.

Boundaries

The constituency covers the north-east of Oxfordshire, around Banbury and largely corresponds to the Cherwell local government district, with the principal exception of the large village of Kidlington on the outskirts of Oxford which lies in the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency, and some smaller villages to the north-east of Oxford that lie in the Henley constituency.

Boundary Review

Following its review of parliamentary representation in Oxfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations (transfer of the Cherwell district wards of Otmoor and Kirtlington to Henley) to the existing arrangement as a result of a population increase within previous boundaries. The electoral wards used in this modified constituency are:

*Twenty-three wards from the district of Cherwell - Adderbury, Ambrosden and Chesterton, Banbury Calthorpe, Banbury Easington, Banbury Grimsbury and Castle, Banbury Hardwick, Banbury Neithrop, Banbury Ruscote, Bicester East, Bicester North, Bicester South, Bicester Town, Bicester West, Bloxham and Bodicote, Caversfield, Cropredy, Deddington, Fringford, Hook Norton, Launton, Sibford, The Astons and Heyfords, and Wroxton.

Members of Parliament

Banbury borough (until 1885)

1553-1660

"Constituency created 1553. (Even before the Reform Act of 1832, Banbury only returned one member to Parliament [http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Oxfordshire/banbury.htm] )"

Notes

Elections

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Baldry
votes = 26,382
percentage = 46.9
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Sibley
votes = 15,585
percentage = 27.7
change = −7.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Zoe Patrick
votes = 10,076
percentage = 17.9
change = +2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Alyson Duckmanton
votes = 1,590
percentage = 2.8
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Diana Heimann
votes = 1,241
percentage = 2.2
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = British National Front
candidate = James Starkey
votes = 918
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Your Party
candidate = Chris Rowe
votes = 417
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 10,797
percentage = 19.2
change =Election box turnout
votes = 56,209
percentage = 64.5
change = +3.4Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +4.5

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: BanburyElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Baldry
votes = 23,271
percentage = 45.2
change = +2.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Leslie Sibley
votes = 18,052
percentage = 35.0
change = +0.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Tony Worgan
votes = 8,216
percentage = 15.9
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Bev Cotton
votes = 1,281
percentage = 2.5
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Stephen Harris
votes = 695
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.7Election box majority
votes = 5,219
percentage = 10.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 51,515
percentage = 61.1
change = -14.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

See also

* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

References

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