List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

The county of Oxfordshireis divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies— 1 borough constituencyand 6 county constituencies.

Constituencies

  † Conservative  ‡ Labour  ¤ Liberal Democrat  ♣ Green

Proposed boundary changes

See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021.^[2] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that an additional seat is created in Oxfordshire, with the formation of the new constituency of Bicester and Woodstock. Wantage would be renamed Didcot and Wantage, and Henley renamed Henley and Thame.^[3][4]

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing electoral wards from Cherwell

• Banbury (part)
• Bicester and Woodstock (part)

Containing electoral wards from Oxford

• Oxford East
• Oxford West and Abingdon (part)

Containing electoral wards from South Oxfordshire

• Henley and Thame
• Didcot and Wantage (part)

Containing electoral wards from Vale of White Horse

• Didcot and Wantage (part)
• Oxford West and Abingdon (part)
• Witney (part)

Containing electoral wards from West Oxfordshire

• Banbury (part)
• Bicester and Woodstock (part)
• Witney (part)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019^[5]

2019

The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Oxfordshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes

Note that before 1983 Oxfordshire covered a smaller area than it does today, since the Vale of White Horse area was counted as part of Berkshire.

¹pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987– SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Accurate vote percentages are not possible for the elections of 1918 and 1931 since at least one candidate stood unopposed.

Seats

¹1983 & 1987– SDP-Liberal Alliance

Maps

1885-1910

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  1885
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  1886
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  1892
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  1895
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  1900
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  1906
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  Jan 1910
• 
  Dec 1910

1918-1945

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  1918
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  1922
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  1923
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  1924
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  1929
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  1931
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  1935
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  1945

1950-1979

• 
  1950
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  1951
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  1955
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  1959
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  1964
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  1966
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  1970
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  Feb 1974
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  Oct 1974
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  1979

1983-present

• 
  1983
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  1987
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  1992
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  1997
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  2001
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  2005
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  2010
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  2015
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  2017
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  2019
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  2024

Historical representation by party

A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.

1885 to 1918

  Conservative  Liberal  Liberal Unionist

1918 to 1983

  Coalition Liberal (1918–22) / National Liberal (1922-23)  Conservative  Labour  Liberal

Since 1983

  Conservative  Labour  Liberal Democrats

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
• History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Oxfordshire

Notes

1. BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. 2023.
2. "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
3. "Big changes for Bicester as constituency boundary proposals revealed". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
4. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 1054-1071. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
5. Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".