Bicester and Woodstock

Bicester & Woodstock
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Bicester and Woodstock in South East England
County	Oxfordshire
Electorate	70,389 (2020) [1]
Major settlements	Bicester, Kidlington and Woodstock
Current constituency
Created	2024
Member of Parliament	Calum Miller (Liberal Democrats)
Seats	One
Created from	Banbury (part), Henley (part), Oxford West & Abingdon (part), Witney (part)

Bicester and Woodstock is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. ^[2] It was created as part of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, being first contested at the 2024 general election. The incumbent Member of Parliament is Calum Miller of the Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries

The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Cherwell wards of: Bicester East; Bicester North & Caversfield; Bicester South & Ambrosden; Bicester West; Fringford & Heyfords; Kidlington East; Kidlington West; Launton & Otmoor.
• The District of West Oxfordshire wards of: Eynsham and Cassington; Freeland and Hanborough; North Leigh; Stonesfield and Tackley; Woodstock and Bladon. ^[3]

It comprises the following areas:

• The town of Bicester, transferred from Banbury
• The large village of Kidlington, transferred from Oxford West and Abingdon
• Largely rural areas, including the small market town of Woodstock, transferred from Witney
• A small rural area transferred from Henley

Members of Parliament

Banbury, Witney, Oxford West & Abingdon and Henley prior to 2024

Election		Member	Party
	2024	Calum Miller	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bicester and Woodstock ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Calum Miller	19,419	38.7	+12.1
	Conservative	Rupert Harrison	14,461	28.8	−25.1
	Labour	Veronica Oakeshott	8,236	16.4	−0.5
	Reform	Augustine Obodo	5,408	10.8	+10.5
	Green	Ian Middleton	2,404	4.8	+2.4
	SDP	Tim Funnell	291	0.6	N/A
Majority			4,958	9.9	N/A
Turnout			50,219	67.5	−6.4
Registered electors			74,350
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative (Notional. [6] )		Swing	+18.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [6]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	28,030	53.9
	Liberal Democrats	13,825	26.6
	Labour	8,762	16.9
	Green	1,225	2.4
	Brexit Party	149	0.3
Turnout		51,991	73.9
Electorate		70,389

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)

References

1. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
2. "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
3. "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
4. Stewart, Gordon (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Bicester and Woodstock" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2024– via Cherwell District Council.
5. "Bicester and Woodstock - General election results 2024". BBC News.
6. "Notional results for a UK general election on 12 December 2019". Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News. UK Parliament . Retrieved 11 July 2024.

External links

• Bicester and Woodstock UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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