Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Banbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Banbury in Oxfordshire.
Outline map
Location of Oxfordshire within England.
County Oxfordshire
Population 117,928 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 84,063 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements Banbury and Bicester
Current constituency
Created 1553
Member of parliament Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Banbury is an Oxfordshire constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2015 by Victoria Prentis of the Conservative Party.[n 2] The constituency is commonly, but erroneously, referred to as the North Oxfordshire constituency.

In terms of electorate, Banbury was the 13th largest constituency in the United Kingdom and the largest in Oxfordshire at the time of the 2010 general election.[3]

History

The constituency was created January 26, 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford and Thomas Denton.[4] 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. Due to its nature as a safe Conservative seat, its MPs since 1922 have all served long terms in office. Every MP for Banbury since 1922 has been knighted. At the 2010 election, the constituency had the second largest population of any constituency in the United Kingdom after the Isle of Wight.

Constituency profile

The constituency is still heavily involved in agriculture, as well as modern industry, Research and Development, public services and to a lesser extent Defence.[5] Despite a close election in 1923, the largest vote since 1922 has at each election been for a Conservative Party candidate to serve it, so has been a safe seat for the party since that date. In 2010 Tony Baldry almost doubled his large majority as the second party became the Liberal Democrats. The Conservative vote share and majority were increased at the 2015 general election.

Boundaries

1885-1918: The Municipal Borough of Banbury, and the Sessional Divisions of Banbury and Bloxham, Chadlington, and Wootton North.

1918-1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock, the Urban District of Witney, and the Rural Districts of Banbury, Chipping Norton, Witney, and Woodstock.

1950-1974: The Municipal Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock, the Urban District of Witney, the Rural Districts of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Witney, and in the Rural District of Ploughley the civil parishes of Begbroke, Gosford and Water Eaton, Hampton Gay and Poyle, Kidlington, Shipton on Cherwell, Thrupp, and Yarnton.

1974-1983: The Municipal Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock, the Urban District of Bicester, the Rural Districts of Banbury and Chipping Norton, and in the Rural District of Ploughley the civil parishes of Ardley, Bucknell, Caversfield, Chesterton, Cottisford, Finmere, Fringford, Fritwell, Godington, Hardwick with Tusmore, Hethe, Kirtlington, Launton, Lower Heyford, Middleton Stoney, Mixbury, Newton Purcell with Shelswell, Somerton, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, and Upper Heyford.

1983-1997: The District of Cherwell wards of Adderbury, Ambrosden, Ardley, Bicester East, Bicester South, Bicester West, Bloxham, Bodicote, Calthorpe, Chesterton, Cropredy, Deddington, Easington, Fringford, Grimsbury, Hardwick, Heyford, Hook Norton, Hornton, Kirtlington, Launton, Neithrop, Otmoor, Ruscote, Sibford, Steeple Aston, and Wroxton, and the District of West Oxfordshire wards of Bartons and Tackley, and Wootton.

1997-2010: The District of Cherwell wards of Adderbury, Ambrosden, Ardley, Bicester East, Bicester South, Bicester West, Bloxham, Bodicote, Calthorpe, Chesterton, Cropredy, Deddington, Easington, Fringford, Grimsbury, Hardwick, Heyford, Hook Norton, Hornton, Kirtlington, Launton, Neithrop, Otmoor, Ruscote, Sibford, Steeple Aston, and Wroxton.

2010–present: The District of Cherwell wards of 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.

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.

Members of Parliament

Banbury borough (until 1885)

MPs 1554–1640

Constituency created 1554. (Even before the Reform Act of 1832, Banbury only returned one member to Parliament [1])

Parliament Member
Parliament of 1554 (Apr) Thomas Denton
Parliament of 1554 (Nov) Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
Parliament of 1555 Not known
Parliament of 1558 John Denton
Parliament of 1559 Thomas Lee
Parliament of 1563 Francis Walsingham (sat for Lyme Regis, replaced by Owen Brereton)
Parliament of 1571 Anthony Cope
Parliament of 1572
Parliament of 1584 Richard Fiennes
Parliament of 1586 Anthony Cope
Parliament of 1588
Parliament of 1593
Parliament of 1597
Parliament of 1601
Parliament of 1604–1611 (Sir) William Cope[6]
Addled Parliament (1614)
Parliament of 1621–1622
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Sir Erasmus Dryden
Useless Parliament (1625) Sir William Cope
Parliament of 1626 James Fiennes
Parliament of 1628–1629 John Crew
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640


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MPs 1640–1885

Year Member[7] Party
April 1640 Nathaniel Fiennes Parliamentarian
1648 Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge – seat left vacant
1653 Banbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and
the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Nathaniel Fiennes
May 1659 Banbury was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Sir Anthony Cope
1661 (Sir) John Holman[8]
1685 Sir Dudley North
1689 Sir Robert Dashwood
1698 James Isaacson[9]
1699 Sir John Cope
1700 Patrick Friel
1701 Charles North
1713 Sir Jonathan Cope
1722 Monoux Cope
1727 Hon. Francis North
1730 Toby Chauncy
1733 William Knollys[10]
1740 William Moore
1746 John Willes
1754 Frederick North, Lord North Tory
1790 George Augustus North, Lord North
1792 Hon. Frederick North
1794 William Holbech
1796 Dudley Long North
1806 William Praed
1808 Dudley Long North
1812 Frederick Sylvester North Douglas
1819 Hon. Heneage Legge
1826 Hon. Arthur Legge
1830 Henry Villiers-Stuart
1831 John Easthope Whig
1832 Henry William Tancred Whig
February 1859 Bernhard Samuelson Liberal
April 1859 Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas Liberal
1865 Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bt Liberal
1885 Borough abolished – name transferred to county division

Banbury division of Oxfordshire/Banbury County Constituency (since 1885)

Election Member[7] Party
1885 Sir Bernhard Samuelson Liberal
1895 Albert Brassey Conservative
1906 Hon. Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Liberal
January 1910 Captain Robert Brassey Conservative
December 1910 Hon. (Sir) Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[11] Liberal
1918 by-election Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Bt Liberal
1922 Sir James Edmondson Conservative
1945 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker Conservative
1959 Sir Neil Marten Conservative
1983 Sir Tony Baldry Conservative
2015 Hon. Victoria Prentis Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2015: Banbury[12][13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Victoria Prentis[15] 30,749 53.0 +0.2
Labour Sean Woodcock 12,354 21.3 +2.1
UKIP Dickie Bird[16] 8,050 13.9 +8.9
Liberal Democrat John Howson 3,440 5.9 -14.5
Green Ian Middleton[17] 2,686 4.6 +2.9
National Health Action Roseanne Edwards 729 1.3 N/A
Majority 18,395 31.7 -0.7
Turnout 58,008 65.6[18] +0.9
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 2010: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 29,703 52.8 +5.9
Liberal Democrat David Rundle 11,476 20.4 +2.9
Labour Leslie Sibley 10,773 19.2 −8.9
UKIP Dr David Sebastian Fairweather 2,806 5.0 +2.8
Green Alastair White 959 1.7 −1.1
Independent Roseanne Edwards 524 0.9 N/A
Majority 18,227 32.4 21.8
Turnout 56,241 64.7 +0.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General Election 2005: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 26,382 46.9 +1.7
Labour Leslie Frederick Sibley 15,585 27.7 −7.3
Liberal Democrat Zoe Patrick 10,076 17.9 +2.0
Green Alyson Duckmanton 1,590 2.8 +0.3
UKIP Diana Heimann 1,241 2.2 +0.9
National Front James Starkey 918 1.6 N/A
Your Party Chris Rowe 417 0.7 N/A
Majority 10,797 19.2
Turnout 56,209 64.5 +3.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
General Election 2001: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 23,271 45.2 +2.3
Labour Leslie Frederick Sibley 18,052 35.0 +0.2
Liberal Democrat Anthony William Worgan 8,216 15.9 −0.8
Green Bevis Malory Cotton 1,281 2.5 +1.6
UKIP Stephen Andrew Harris 695 1.3 +0.7
Majority 5,219 10.2
Turnout 51,515 61.1 −14.1
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 25,076 42.9 -12.1
Labour Hazel Y. Peperell 20,339 34.8 +8.3
Liberal Democrat Catherine Bearder 9,761 16.7 -1.4
Referendum James W. Ager 2,245 3.84 New
Green Bevis Malory Cotton 530 0.91 New
UKIP L. King 364 0.62 New
Natural Law Ian Pearson 131 0.22 -0.2
Majority 4,737 8.1
Turnout 58,446 75.1
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1992:Banbury[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 32,215 55.0 −1.2
Labour Angela Billingham 15,495 26.5 +6.1
Liberal Democrat Geoffrey J. Fisher 10,602 18.1 −5.3
Natural Law Robin Ticciati 250 0.4 N/A
Majority 16,720 28.6 −4.2
Turnout 58,562 81.5 +5.4
Conservative hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 29,716 56.18 +2.8
Social Democratic David Charles Rowland 12,386 23.42 -3.5
Labour James Anthony Honeybone 10,789 20.40 +1.4
Majority 17,330 32.77
Turnout 76.15
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1983:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 26,225 53.36
Social Democratic Keith Fitchett 13,200 26.86
Labour Brian Hodgson 9,343 19.01
Monster Raving Loony David Brough[20] 383 0.78 N/A
Majority 13,025 26.50
Turnout 75.24
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 31,137 54.70
Labour Brian Hodgson 16,623 29.20
Liberal M White 8,658 15.21
National Front I Cherry 504 0.89
Majority 14,514 25.50
Turnout 78.29
Conservative hold Swing
General Election October 1974:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 24,210 47.35
Labour Anthony C Booth 18,019 35.24
Liberal D Charlton 8,352 16.34
Independent English Nationalist J Barbour 547 1.07
Majority 6,191 12.11
Turnout 75.71
Conservative hold Swing
General Election February 1974:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 25,167 45.43
Labour Anthony C Booth 18,289 33.01
Liberal Geoffrey J Fisher 11,947 21.56
Majority 6,878 12.41
Turnout 82.77
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1970:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 36,712 53.41
Labour Anthony C Booth 25,166 36.61
Liberal Geoffrey J Fisher 6,859 9.98
Majority 11,546 16.80
Turnout 77.36
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 28,932 47.53
Labour David Wright Young 24,529 40.30
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,407 12.17
Majority 4,403 7.23
Turnout 81.95
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1964:Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 27,281 47.18
Labour Gerald Fowler 22,159 38.32
Liberal Francis John Ware 7,851 13.58
Farmers' Candidate James Hayward 534 0.92
Majority 5,122 8.86
Turnout 82.40
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Marten 26,413 50.61
Labour David J Buckle 19,699 37.75
Liberal Kenneth Colman 6,074 11.64
Majority 6,714 12.87
Turnout 81.02
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1955: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 25,598 54.38
Labour Norman Francis Stogdon 21,473 45.62
Majority 4,125 8.76
Turnout 77.14
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1951: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arthur Dodds-Parker 23,246 46.84
Labour William J. Bird 19,672 39.64
Liberal Lawrence Robson 6,706 13.51
Majority 3,574 7.20
Turnout 82.85
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 1950: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 21,365 43.46
Labour Cyril Rawlett Fenton 19,408 39.48
Liberal Lawrence Robson 8,392 17.07
Majority 1,957 3.98
Turnout 83.60
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 23,777 52.00
Labour Richard Brian Kerry Roach 21,951 48.00
Majority 1,826 3.99
Turnout 70.55
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 14 November 1935 : Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert James Edmondson 21,904 65.66
Labour W E Wade 11,456 34.34
Majority 10,448 31.32
Turnout 65.82
Conservative hold Swing
General Election 27 October 1931: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert James Edmondson unopposed
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1920s

General Election 30 May 1929: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert James Edmondson 16,444 45.5 -7.2
Liberal Ronald Wilberforce Allen 13,800 38.2 +7.4
Labour Lawrence A Wingfield 5,894 16.3 -0.2
Majority 2,644 7.3 -14.6
Turnout 78.7 -0.6
Unionist hold Swing -7.3
General Election 29 October 1924 : Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert James Edmondson 15,053 52.7
Liberal Sir Harry Calvert Verney 8,825 30.8
Labour Arthur Ernest Monks 4,733 16.5
Majority 6,228 21.9
Turnout 79.3
Unionist hold Swing
CB Fry
General Election 6 December 1923: Banbury [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert James Edmondson 12,490 45.8 -0.7
Liberal Charles Burgess Fry 12,271 45.0 +15.6
Labour Ernest Nathaniel Bennett 2,500 9.2 -14.9
Majority 0.8 -16.3
Turnout 76.0 -0.4
Unionist hold Swing -8.2
General Election 15 November 1922: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Albert James Edmondson 12,491
Liberal James Harold Early 7,885
Labour Ernest Nathaniel Bennett 6,463
Majority
Turnout
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing

Election in the 1910s

General Election 14 December 1918: Banbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rhys Rhys-Williams unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a
Banbury by-election, 1918[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rhys-Williams unopposed n/a n/a
Liberal hold Swing n/a

General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General Election December 1910: Banbury [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,629 50.6
Conservative Robert Bingham Brassey 3,538 49.4
Majority 91 1.2
Turnout 7,167 90.2
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
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General Election January 1910: Banbury [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Bingham Brassey 3,831 52.1
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,516 47.9
Majority 315 4.2
Turnout 7,347 92.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1906: Banbury[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,992 58.8
Conservative George Child Villiers 2,796 41.2
Majority 1,196 17.6
Turnout 6,788 87.6
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing
General Election 1900: Banbury [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Albert Brassey 3,632 56.3
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 2,821 43.7
Majority 811 12.6
Turnout 6,453 82.2
Conservative hold Swing

Neighbouring constituencies

Constituencies bordering Banbury
Kenilworth and Southam, Northamptonshire South
Kenilworth and Southam
Stratford-on-Avon		 Northamptonshire South
Buckingham
  Banbury  
Witney, Henley

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. ↑ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
  2. ↑ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
References
  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  3. ↑ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2010-uk-general-election-results/banbury?SQ_DESIGN_NAME=search_clean
  4. ↑ Bindoff, p. 30.
  5. ↑ See Bicester and Banbury
  6. ↑ Succeeded as baronet, July 1615
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
  8. ↑ Created a baronet, June 1663
  9. ↑ Expelled from the House of Commons
  10. ↑ Knollys claimed and used the title Viscount Wallingford, but his claim was disallowed by the House of Lords
  11. ↑ Created a baronet, June 1916
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ http://www.cherwell.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10679
  14. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/constituencies/E14000539
  15. ↑ http://www.webcitation.org/6TzPE1DYa
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ http://www.greenoxfordshire.com/imid99
  18. ↑ total electorate 88420 from Cherwell District Council elections office 28 May 2015 and accepted by House of Commons Library 18 June 2015
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ "Sir Tony’s first victory", Banbury Guardian, 30 March 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015
  21. ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-49, FWS Craig
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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