Bicester and Woodstock

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Bicester & Woodstock
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Bicester and Woodstock
Boundaries since 2024
South East England - Bicester and Woodstock constituency.svg
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)
SeatsOne
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.

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Constituency profile

The Bicester and Woodstock constituency is located in Oxfordshire and covers parts of the Cherwell and West Oxfordshire local government districts. It is predominantly rural and agricultural and contains the towns and villages lying to the north of Oxford. The largest settlement in the constituency is the market town of Bicester with a population of around 37,000. Other settlements include the small town of Woodstock and the villages of Eynsham and Kidlington.

Bicester is a historic town and is home to Bicester Village, a popular tourist and retail destination. Residents of the constituency have a similar ethnic makeup to the country as a whole and are considerably wealthier than the national average. [3] Both Bicester and the constituency's rural areas elected primarily Liberal Democrat councillors at the most recent local council elections in 2024. The constituency is estimated to have voted marginally in favour of remaining in the European Union in the 2016 referendum. [3]

Boundaries

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

It comprises the following areas:

Members of Parliament

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

ElectionMemberParty
2024 Calum Miller Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Bicester and Woodstock [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Calum Miller 19,419 38.7 +12.1
Conservative Rupert Harrison 14,46128.8−25.1
Labour Veronica Oakeshott8,23616.4−0.5
Reform Augustine Obodo5,40810.8+10.5
Green Ian Middleton2,4044.8+2.4
SDP Tim Funnell2910.6N/A
Majority 4,9589.9N/A
Turnout 50,21967.5−6.4
Registered electors 74,350
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative (Notional. [7] ) Swing +18.6

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result [7]
PartyVote%
Conservative 28,03053.9
Liberal Democrats 13,82526.6
Labour 8,76216.9
Green 1,2252.4
Brexit Party 1490.3
Turnout51,99173.9
Electorate70,389

See also

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. 1 2 "Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
  5. ↑ Stewart, Gordon (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Bicester and Woodstock" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2024– via Cherwell District Council.
  6. ↑ "Bicester and Woodstock - General election results 2024". BBC News.
  7. 1 2 "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.

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