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 (1295)–1983 (1983)
Number of members 1295–1885: Two
1885–1983: One

Oxford 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.

Contents

[edit] Members of Parliament

[edit] 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 I 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 Knollys		 William 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

[edit] 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 Protectorate
1654 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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%

[edit] References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ^ 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. 
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Whitelocke was returned for four different constituencies; he chose to sit for Buckinghamshire
  6. ^ Stonor's election was declared void on petition and a by-election was held
  7. ^ Neate's election was declared void on petition and a by-election was held
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Hall's election was declared void, the writ was suspended and a Royal Commission appointed to investigate
  10. ^ 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
  11. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge79/i16.htm
  12. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74b/i16.htm
  13. ^ http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge74a/i16.htm

[edit] Sources

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Coordinates: 51°45′N 1°16′W / 51.75°N 1.26°W / 51.75; -1.26

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