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Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. The constituency is represented by Conservative Party leader David Cameron.
Boundaries
The constituency covers the West Oxfordshire district in Oxfordshire, including the town of Witney itself, as well as Burford, Carterton, Chipping Norton, Minster Lovell and Eynsham. It also contains the villages of Shipton on Cherwell and Yarnton from the Cherwell district.
Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England published on 21 April 2004, at the next general election the constituency boundaries will be changed to match those of West Oxfordshire exactly, and the parts of Cherwell district will be covered by the Oxford West and Abingdon constituency.
History
The constituency was created in 1983, from parts of the Banbury and Mid Oxfordshire constituencies. It is a safe seat for the Conservative Party. Its first MP was the former Oxon Mid MP Douglas Hurd, who served as a cabinet minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and stood down in 1997.
Hurd was succeeded by Shaun Woodward at the 1997 general election. However, Woodward defected to the Labour Party in January 2000, and Witney unexpectedly had a Labour MP. Woodward was deemed unlikely to be re-elected in Witney as a Labour candidate, and moved to contest the Labour safe seat of St Helens South instead. At the 2001 general election, David Cameron was elected as MP for Witney and has held the seat since then. He has been the leader of the Conservative Party since December 2005.
Members of Parliament
Elections
See also
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The District of West Oxfordshire |
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| Oxfordshire • County Council elections • District Council elections • Witney County Constituency |
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Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney ( Aston, Cote, Shifford, Old Shifford, Chimney) • Bampton • Brize Norton • Chadlington • Ducklington • Enstone ( Church Enstone, Neat Enstone, Chalford, Cleveley, Fulwell, Gagingwell, Lidstone, Radford) • Eynsham ( Barnard Gate) • Freeland • Hailey • Hanborough ( Church Hanborough, Long Hanborough) • Milton-under-Wychwood • Minster Lovell • North Leigh • Shipton-under-Wychwood • Standlake ( Brighthampton) • Steeple Barton • Stonesfield
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Alvescot • Ascott-under-Wychwood ( Ascott d'Oyley, Ascott Earl) • Asthal • Black Bourton • Bladon • Blenheim • Broadwell • Bruern • Cassington • Chastleton • Chilson ( Shorthampton) • Churchill • Clanfield • Combe • Cornbury and Wychwood ( Cornbury, Wychwood) • Cornwell • Crawley • Curbridge • Fawler • Fifield • Filkins and Broughton Poggs ( Filkins, Broughton Poggs) • Finstock • Fulbrook • Glympton • Grafton and Radcot ( Grafton, Radcot) • Great Rollright • Great Tew • Hardwick-with-Yelford ( Hardwick, Yelford) • Heythrop • Holwell • Idbury ( Bould) • Kelmscott • Kencot • Kiddington with Asterleigh ( Kiddington, Asterleigh) • Kingham • Langford • Leafield • Lew • Little Faringdon • Little Tew • Lyneham • Northmoor • Over Norton • Ramsden • Rollright • Rousham • Salford • Sandford St. Martin • Sarsden • Shilton • South Leigh • Spelsbury ( Dean, Taston, Ditchley, Fulwell, Oxfordshire) • Stanton Harcourt • Swerford • Swinbrook and Widford ( Swinbrook, Widford) • Tackley • Taynton • Westcot Barton • Westwell • Wootton • Worton
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| List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire • List of places in Oxfordshire • List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire |
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The District of Cherwell |
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Oxfordshire • County Council elections • District Council elections
Banbury County Constituency • Oxford West and Abingdon County Constituency • Witney County Constituency |
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Ardley with Fewcott ( Ardley, Fewcott) • Barford St. John and St. Michael ( Barford St. Michael, Barford St. John) • Begbroke • Blackthorn • Bletchingdon • Bourton ( Great Bourton, Little Bourton) • Broughton • Bucknell • Charlton-on-Otmoor • Chesterton • Claydon with Clattercot ( Claydon, Clattercot) • Cottisford • Cropredy • Drayton • Duns Tew • Epwell • Fencott and Murcott ( Fencott, Murcott) • Finmere • Fringford • Fritwell • Godington • Gosford and Water Eaton ( Gosford, Water Eaton) • Hampton Gay and Poyle ( Hampton Gay, Hampton Poyle) • Hanwell • Hardwick with Tusmore ( Hardwick, Tusmore) • Hethe • Horley • Hornton • Horton-cum-Studley ( Oakley) • Islip • Kirtlington • Lower Heyford • Merton • Middle Aston • Middleton Stoney • Milcombe • Milton • Mixbury • Mollington • Newton Purcell with Shelswell ( Newton Purcell, Shelswell) • Noke • North Aston • North Newington • Oddington • Piddington • Prescote • Shenington with Alkerton ( Shenington, Alkerton)• Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp ( Shipton-on-Cherwell, Thrupp) • Shutford • Sibford Ferris • Sibford Gower • Somerton • Souldern • South Newington • Steeple Aston • Stoke Lyne • Stratton Audley • Swalcliffe • Tadmarton • Wardington ( Lower Wardington, Upper Wardington) • Wendlebury • Weston-on-the-Green • Wigginton • Wroxton ( Balscote)
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| List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire • List of places in Oxfordshire • List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire |
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References
- ^ Witney, UKPollingReport
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