Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Banbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Banbury constituency.svg
Boundary of Banbury in South East England
County Oxfordshire
Electorate 69,943 (2023) [1]
Major settlements Banbury, Charlbury and Chipping Norton
Current constituency
Created1553
Member of Parliament Sean Woodcock (Labour)
SeatsOne

Banbury is a constituency in Oxfordshire [n 1] created in 1553 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. [n 2] Its current MP is Sean Woodcock of the Labour Party, who gained the seat at the 2024 general election.

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Constituency profile

The constituency has relatively high economic dependence on agriculture, as well as modern industry (particularly motorsport), research and development, public services and, to a lesser extent, defence. It is centred on the large market town of Banbury. It is a partly rural seat, with the northwest of the constituency on the edge of the Cotswolds. The area has experienced significant urban growth and is popular with commuters who favour its fast transport links to Birmingham, Oxford and London by rail, or the M40.

History

The constituency was created as a parliamentary borough, consisting of the town of Banbury, on 26 January 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford and Thomas Denton. [2] It was one of the few in England in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 onwards. As such, it used the first past the post system.

It was the seat represented by Lord North, the prime minister during the American War of Independence.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the Parliamentary Borough was abolished and was reconstituted as the Northern or Banbury Division of Oxfordshire when the three-member Parliamentary County of Oxfordshire was divided into the three single-member seats: Banbury, Woodstock and Henley. It comprised the north-western part of Oxfordshire, including Chipping Norton as well as the abolished borough. Banbury has remained as such since then with varying boundaries (see below).

Political history

Majority views

Banbury had a post-World War I unbroken Conservative representation and significant local support for the party for more than a century, from 1922 to 2024; during that period, the largest vote had been for a Conservative. Since then, its representatives have all served long terms in office, and its MPs from 1922 to 2015 have all been knighted. Although the seat saw a very close election in 1923, the seat would turn out to be one of the Tories' safe seats in the succeeding elections: in 2010, Tony Baldry (Conservative) almost doubled his majority, while the 2015 result made the seat the 125th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority. [3] Victoria Prentis would hold the seat for the Conservatives for nine more years after 2015, until the 2024 general election saw the Labour candidate, Sean Woodcock, win the seat; consequently, this was the first time that the constituency elected a Labour Party MP.

In June 2016, an estimated 50.35% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP. [4]

Other parties

Four of the six parties' candidates achieved more than the deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015. In 2001, the Labour Party candidate Lesley Silbey won the largest opposing-party share of the vote since 1974 — 35% of the vote. Prior to 1974, the highest percentage of votes for the second-placed candidate was in 1945 — 48% of the vote.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1885–1918

1918–1950

The constituency was expanded to include the western half of the abolished Woodstock Division, including Witney and Woodstock.

1950–1974

Change to contents due to reorganisation of rural districts. Marginal loss to the Oxford constituency as a result of the expansion of the County Borough of Oxford.

1974–1983

The Urban and Rural Districts of Witney and the parts of the Rural District of Ploughley, including Kidlington, formed the basis of the new constituency of Mid-Oxon. Bicester and northern parts of the Rural District of Ploughley transferred from Henley.

1983–1997

Gained a small part of the abolished constituency of Mid-Oxon, to the south of Bicester. The bulk of the area comprising the former Urban and Rural Districts of Chipping Norton transferred to the new constituency of Witney.

1997–2010

Minor loss to Witney, comprising the two wards in the District of West Oxfordshire.

2010–2024

Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2010-2024

Two wards in the District of Cherwell to the south of Bicester (Kirtlington and Otmoor) transferred to Henley.

The 2010 constituency covered the north-east of Oxfordshire, around Banbury and Bicester and largely corresponded 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.

2024–present

Following the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, enacted by the Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023, first contested at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

Major changes, with the town of Bicester and surrounding areas, comprising 38.5% of the existing electorate [13] , being included in the newly created constituency of Bicester and Woodstock. This was partly offset by the transfer from Witney of north-western parts of the District of West Oxfordshire, including Chipping Norton and Charlbury.

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) [14]

ParliamentMember
Parliament of 1554 (April) Thomas Denton
Parliament of 1554 (November) Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
Parliament of 1555Not 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 [15]
Addled Parliament (1614)
Parliament of 1621–1622
Happy Parliament (1624–1625) Sir Erasmus Dryden
Useless Parliament (1625) Sir William Cope (Election declared void, replaced by James Fiennes)
Parliament of 1626 Calcot Chambre
Parliament of 1628–1629 John Crew
No Parliament summoned 1629–1640

MPs 1640–1885

YearMember [16] Party
April 1640 Nathaniel Fiennes Parliamentarian
1648Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge – seat left vacant
1653Banbury was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament and
the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Nathaniel Fiennes, the younger
May 1659 Banbury was not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 Sir Anthony Cope
1661 Sir John Holman [17]
1685 Sir Dudley North
1689 Sir Robert Dashwood
1698 James Isaacson [18]
1699 Sir John Cope Whig
1700Patrick Friel[ citation needed ]
1701 Charles North
1713 Sir Jonathan Cope Tory
1722 Monoux Cope
1727 Hon. Francis North Whig
1730 Toby Chauncy
1733 William Knollys [19]
1740 William Moore
1746 John Willes
1754 Frederick North, Lord North Tory
1790 George 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 Tory [20]
1831 John Easthope Radical [21] [22] [23] [24]
1832 Henry William Tancred Whig [20] [25] [26]
February 1859 Bernhard Samuelson Whig [27]
April 1859 Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas Ind. Liberal [28]
1865 Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bt Liberal
1885 Borough abolished – name transferred to county division

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

ElectionMember [16] Party
1885 Sir Bernhard Samuelson Liberal
1895 Albert Brassey Conservative
1906 Eustace Fiennes Liberal
January 1910 Robert Brassey Conservative
December 1910 Eustace Fiennes [29] Liberal
1918 by-election Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, 1st Baronet Liberal
1918 Coalition Liberal
1922 James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford Conservative
1945 Douglas Dodds-Parker Conservative
1959 Neil Marten Conservative
1983 Tony Baldry Conservative
2015 Victoria Prentis Conservative
2024 Sean Woodcock Labour

Elections

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Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Banbury [30] [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sean Woodcock 18,468 38.3 +13.5
Conservative Victoria Prentis 15,21231.6−20.4
Reform UK Paul Topley6,28413.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Liz Adams4,3529.0−11.3
Green Arron Baker2,6155.4+2.5
Independent Cassi Bellingham8501.8N/A
Climate Chris Nevile2420.5N/A
SDP Declan Soper1550.3N/A
Majority3,2566.7N/A
Turnout 48,17865.8−6.8
Registered electors 73,193
Labour gain from Conservative Swing Increase2.svg17.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [32]
PartyVote %
Conservative 26,39752.0
Labour 12,59824.8
Liberal Democrats 10,33520.3
Green 1,4802.9
Turnout50,81072.6
Electorate69,943
General election 2019: Banbury [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Prentis 34,148 54.3 +0.1
Labour Suzette Watson17,33527.6−6.5
Liberal Democrats Tim Bearder8,83114.0+8.4
Green Ian Middleton2,6074.1+2.1
Majority16,81326.7+6.6
Turnout 62,92169.8−3.7
Conservative hold Swing +3.3
General election 2017: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Prentis 33,388 54.2 +1.2
Labour Sean Woodcock 20,98934.1+12.8
Liberal Democrats John Howson3,4525.6−0.3
UKIP Dickie Bird1,5812.6−11.3
Green Ian Middleton1,2252.0−2.6
Independent Roseanne Edwards9271.5N/A
Majority12,39920.1−11.6
Turnout 61,65273.5+7.9
Conservative hold Swing −5.8
General election 2015: Banbury [34] [35] [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Victoria Prentis [37] 30,749 53.0 +0.2
Labour Sean Woodcock 12,35421.3+2.1
UKIP Dickie Bird [38] 8,05013.9+8.9
Liberal Democrats John Howson3,4405.9−14.5
Green Ian Middleton [39] 2,6864.6+2.9
NHA Roseanne Edwards7291.3N/A
Majority18,39531.7−0.7
Turnout 58,00865.6 [40] +0.9
Conservative hold Swing −0.97
General election 2010: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 29,703 52.8 +5.9
Liberal Democrats David Rundle11,47620.4+2.9
Labour Leslie Sibley10,77319.2−8.9
UKIP David Fairweather2,8065.0+2.8
Green Alastair White9591.7−1.1
Independent Roseanne Edwards5240.9N/A
Majority18,22732.4+21.8
Turnout 56,24164.7+0.2
Conservative hold Swing +1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 26,382 46.9 +1.7
Labour Leslie Sibley15,58527.7−7.3
Liberal Democrats Zoe Patrick10,07617.9+2.0
Green Alyson Duckmanton1,5902.8+0.3
UKIP Diana Heimann1,2412.2+0.9
National Front James Starkey9181.6N/A
Your PartyChris Rowe4170.7N/A
Majority10,79719.2+9.0
Turnout 56,20964.5+3.4
Conservative hold Swing +4.5
General election 2001: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 23,271 45.2 +2.3
Labour Leslie Sibley18,05235.0+0.2
Liberal Democrats Anthony Worgan8,21615.9−0.8
Green Bevis Cotton1,2812.5+1.6
UKIP Stephen Harris6951.3+0.7
Majority5,21910.2+2.1
Turnout 51,51561.1−14.0
Conservative hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 25,076 42.9 −12.1
Labour Hazel Y. Peperell20,33934.8+8.3
Liberal Democrats Catherine Bearder 9,76116.7−1.4
Referendum James W. Ager2,2453.8N/A
Green Bevis Cotton5300.9N/A
UKIP L. King3640.62N/A
Natural Law Ian Pearson1310.22−0.2
Majority4,7378.1−20.4
Turnout 58,44675.1−6.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1992: Banbury [41]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 32,215 55.0 −1.2
Labour Angela Billingham 15,49526.5+6.1
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey J. Fisher10,60218.1−5.3
Natural Law Robin Ticciati2500.4N/A
Majority16,72028.5−4.3
Turnout 58,56281.5+5.3
Conservative hold Swing −3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 29,716 56.2 +2.8
SDP David Rowland12,38623.4−3.5
Labour James Honeybone10,78920.4+1.4
Majority17,33032.8+6.3
Turnout 52,89176.2+1.0
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1983: Banbury [42]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Baldry 26,225 53.4 −1.3
SDP Keith Fitchett13,20026.9+11.7
Labour Brian Hodgson9,34319.0
Monster Raving Loony David Brough3830.8N/A
Majority13,02526.5
Turnout 49,15175.2
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 31,137 54.7 +7.3
Labour Brian Hodgson16,62329.2−6.0
Liberal M. White8,65815.2−1.1
National Front I. Cherry5040.9N/A
Majority14,51425.5+13.3
Turnout 56,92278.3+2.6
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 24,210 47.4 +2.0
Labour Anthony C. Booth18,01935.2+2.2
Liberal David Charlton8,35216.3−5.3
Independent English Nationalist Julian Barbour 5471.1N/A
Majority6,19112.2−0.2
Turnout 51,12875.71−7.1
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 25,167 45.4 −7.6
Labour Anthony C. Booth18,28933.0−3.4
Liberal Geoffrey J. Fisher11,94721.6+11.0
Majority6,87812.4−4.4
Turnout 55,40382.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 36,712 53.4 +5.9
Labour Anthony C. Booth25,16636.6−3.7
Liberal Geoffrey J. Fisher6,85910.0−2.2
Majority11,54616.8+9.6
Turnout 68,73777.4−4.6
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 28,932 47.5 +0.3
Labour David Young 24,52940.3+2.0
Liberal Penelope Jessel 7,40712.2−1.4
Majority4,4037.2−1.7
Turnout 60,86882.0−0.4
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 27,281 47.2 −3.4
Labour Gerald Fowler 22,15938.3+0.6
Liberal Francis John Ware7,85113.6+2.0
Farmers' CandidateJames Hayward5340.9N/A
Majority5,1228.9−3.0
Turnout 57,82582.4+1.4
Conservative hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Marten 26,413 50.61
Labour David Buckle 19,69937.75
Liberal Kenneth Colman6,07411.64N/A
Majority6,71412.86
Turnout 52,18681.02
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 25,598 54.38
Labour Norman Francis Stogdon21,47345.62
Majority4,1258.76
Turnout 47,07177.14
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 23,246 46.84
Labour William J. Bird19,67239.64
Liberal Lawrence Robson 6,70613.51
Majority3,5747.20
Turnout 49,62482.85
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Banbury [43]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 21,365 43.46
Labour Co-op Cyril Rawlett Fenton19,40839.48
Liberal Lawrence Robson 8,39217.07N/A
Majority1,9573.98
Turnout 49,16583.60
Conservative hold Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Douglas Dodds-Parker 23,777 52.00 −13.66
Labour Richard Brian Roach21,95148.00+13.66
Majority1,8264.00−27.32
Turnout 45,72870.55+4.93
Conservative hold Swing -13.66

General Election 1939–40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;

Elections in the 1930s

1935 general election: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson 21,904 65.66 N/A
Labour W E Wade11,45634.34N/A
Majority10,44831.32N/A
Turnout 33,36065.82N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
1931 general election: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson Unopposed N/AN/A
Conservative hold

Election in the 1920s

General election 1929: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson 16,444 45.5 −7.2
Liberal Ronald Wilberforce Allen 13,80038.2+7.4
Labour Lawrence Arthur Wingfield 5,89416.3−0.2
Majority2,6447.3−14.6
Turnout 36,13878.7−0.6
Conservative hold Swing −7.3
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Verney
General election 1924: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson 15,053 52.7 +6.9
Liberal Harry Verney 8,82530.8−14.2
Labour Arthur Ernest Monks4,73316.5+7.3
Majority6,22821.9+21.1
Turnout 28,61179.3+3.3
Conservative hold Swing
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Fry
General election 1923: Banbury [45]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson 12,490 45.8 −0.7
Liberal C. B. Fry 12,27145.0+15.6
Labour Ernest Bennett 2,5009.2−14.9
Majority2190.8−16.3
Turnout 27,26176.0−0.4
Conservative hold Swing −8.2
General election 1922: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative James Edmondson 12,491 46.5 N/A
Liberal James Harold Early7,88529.4N/A
Labour Ernest Bennett 6,46324.1N/A
Majority4,60617.1N/A
Turnout 26,83976.4N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing
By-election 1922: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Rhys Rhys-Williams Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Election in the 1910s

General election 14 December 1918: Banbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Liberal Rhys Rhys-Williams Unopposed
Liberal hold
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
1918 Banbury by-election [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rhys Rhys-Williams Unopposed
Liberal hold

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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

General election December 1910: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,629 50.6 +2.7
Conservative Robert Bingham Brassey 3,53849.4−2.7
Majority911.2N/A
Turnout 7,16789.4−2.2
Registered electors 8,021
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +2.7
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General election January 1910: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Bingham Brassey 3,831 52.1 +10.9
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,51647.9−10.9
Majority3154.2N/A
Turnout 7,34791.6+4.0
Registered electors 8,021
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +10.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 3,992 58.8 +15.1
Conservative George Villiers 2,79641.2−15.1
Majority1,19617.6N/A
Turnout 6,78887.6+5.4
Registered electors 7,748
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.1
General election 1900: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Brassey 3,632 56.3 −0.6
Liberal Eustace Fiennes 2,82143.7+0.6
Majority81112.6−1.2
Turnout 6,45382.2−5.4
Registered electors 7,853
Conservative hold Swing −0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Albert Brassey 4,057 56.9 +8.2
Liberal Charles W Thornton3,07443.1−8.2
Majority98313.8N/A
Turnout 7,13187.6+1.3
Registered electors 8,145
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +8.2
General election 1892: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 3,640 51.3 −2.3
Conservative Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne [47] 3,45348.7+2.3
Majority1872.6−4.6
Turnout 7,09386.3+5.4
Registered electors 8,223
Liberal hold Swing −2.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 3,677 53.6 −6.5
Conservative Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne3,18446.4+6.5
Majority4937.2−13.0
Turnout 6,86180.9−6.1
Registered electors 8,478
Liberal hold Swing −6.5
General election 1885: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 4,436 60.1 −3.5
Conservative Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne2,94439.9+3.5
Majority1,49220.2−7.0
Turnout 7,38087.0+3.4
Registered electors 8,478
Liberal hold Swing −3.5
General election 1880: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 1,018 63.6 +10.7
Conservative Thomas Gibson Bowles [48] 58336.4−10.7
Majority43527.2+21.4
Turnout 1,60186.6+11.3
Registered electors 1,848
Liberal hold Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 760 52.9 −13.1
Conservative Josiah Wilkinson [49] 67647.1+13.1
Majority845.8−26.2
Turnout 1,43675.3−1.4
Registered electors 1,906
Liberal hold Swing −13.1

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 772 66.0 +27.2
Conservative George Stratton [50] 39734.0+2.9
Majority37532.0+24.3
Turnout 1,16976.7−9.8
Registered electors 1,524
Liberal hold Swing +12.2
General election 1865: Banbury [28] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 206 38.8 −7.1
Conservative Charles Bell [51] 16531.1N/A
Independent Liberal Charles Eurwicke Douglas 16030.1−24.0
Majority417.7N/A
Turnout 53186.5+21.9
Registered electors 614
Liberal gain from Independent Liberal Swing +8.5

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Banbury [28] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Charles Eurwicke Douglas 235 54.1 N/A
Liberal Bernhard Samuelson 19945.9−32.9
Majority368.2N/A
Turnout 43464.6+13.7
Registered electors 672
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Swing N/A
By-election, 9 February 1859: Banbury [27] [28] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Bernhard Samuelson 177 37.6 −41.2
Conservative John Hardy 17637.4N/A
Independent Liberal Edward Miall 11825.1N/A
Majority10.2−57.4
Turnout 47170.1+19.2
Registered electors 672
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred 216 78.8 N/A
Radical Edward Yates [52] 5821.2N/A
Majority15857.6N/A
Turnout 27450.9N/A
Registered electors 538
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1852: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred Unopposed
Registered electors 491
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Banbury [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred 226 57.9 +12.8
Conservative James Macgregor [53] 16442.1+5.7
Majority6215.9+7.2
Turnout 39083.9+12.5
Registered electors 465
Whig hold Swing +3.6
General election 1841: Banbury [20] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred 124 45.1 −25.6
Conservative Hugh Holbech [54] 10036.4+7.1
Chartist Henry Vincent [55] 5118.5N/A
Majority248.7−32.7
Turnout 27571.4−3.2
Registered electors 385
Whig hold Swing −16.4

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Banbury [20] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred 181 70.7 −11.3
Conservative Henry Tawney7529.3N/A
Majority10641.4−22.6
Turnout 25674.6+6.7
Registered electors 343
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1835: Banbury [20] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred 205 82.0 N/A
Radical Edward Lloyd Williams [56] 4518.0N/A
Majority16064.0N/A
Turnout 25067.9N/A
Registered electors 368
Whig hold Swing N/A
General election 1832: Banbury [20] [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Henry William Tancred Unopposed
Registered electors 329
Whig gain from Radical
General election 1831: Banbury [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Radical John Easthope 6 66.7 N/A
Tory Henry Hely-Hutchinson333.3N/A
Majority333.4N/A
Turnout 9N/A
Radical gain from Tory Swing N/A
General election 1830: Banbury [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Henry Villiers-Stuart Unopposed
Tory gain from Nonpartisan

Neighbouring constituencies

Banbury is bordered to the northeast by Northamptonshire South, to the east by Buckingham, to the south by Witney and Henley constituencies, to the east by Stratford-upon-Avon, and to the northeast by Kenilworth and Southam.

See also

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

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