Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency) or Oxford (federal electoral district).

Former borough constituency for the House of Commons
County	Oxfordshire
Major settlements	Oxford
1295–1983
Seats	1295–1885: Two 1885–1983: One
Replaced by	Oxford East and Oxford West and Abingdon [1]

Oxford was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, comprising the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire.

History

The parliamentary borough of Oxford elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from its creation in 1295 to 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. In 1885, its representation was reduced to one member by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and it was abolished in 1983 as a result of the Third Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Oxford was a marginal seat.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1918–1950

The County Borough of Oxford. ^[2]

The boundaries were expanded to coincide with the County Borough.

1950–1983

As above, with redrawn boundaries. ^[2]

Areas which had been absorbed by the County Borough of Oxford, including Cowley and Headington, transferred from the Henley constituency.  Small area in the north also transferred from Banbury.

Following the 1983 redistribution, this constituency was dissolved and divided into two distinct constituencies: Oxford East, and Oxford West and Abingdon. The City of Oxford local government district had succeeded the County Borough of Oxford on 1 April 1974, as outlined in the Local Government Act 1972, and the redistribution was a reflection of this change. Despite Oxford West and Abingdon encompassing Oxford city centre at the time, Oxford East primarily comprised the majority of the new district. Since 2010, the city centre has been situated within the redrawn Oxford East constituency.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1379	Edmund Kenyan [3]	Thomas Somerset [4]
1380 (Nov)	Edmund Kenyan [3]
1381	Edmund Kenyan [3]
1382 (May)	Edmund Kenyan [3]
1385	Edmund Kenyan [3]
1386	Edmund Kenyan	Thomas Houkyn [5]
1388 (Feb)	John Hickes	Thomas Somerset [5]
1388 (Sep)	John Shawe	Thomas Baret [5]
1390 (Jan)	Richard Garston	Alan Lekensfeld [5]
1390 (Nov)	Edmund Kenyan	Adam de la River [5]
1391	Edmund Kenyan	John Ottworth [5]
1393	Richard Garston	John Merston [5]
1394	Edmund Kenyan	John Forster [5]
1395	John Ludlow	Adam de la River [5]
1397 (Jan)	Walter Benham	Adam de la River [5]
1397 (Sep)	John Ottworth	Adam de la River [5]
1399	John Spicer	John Burbridge [5]
1401	Thomas Forsthull	Adam de la River [5]
1402	Walter Benham	John Spicer [5]
1404 (Jan)	Thomas Coventre	John Spicer [5]
1404 (Oct)	John Merston	Michael Salisbury [5]
1406	John Ottworth	Thomas Cowley [5]
1407	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet [5]
1410	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet [5]
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet [5]
1414 (Apr)	John Shawe II	Walter Colet [5]
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Coventre	John Merston [5]
1415
1416 (Mar)	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton [5]
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet [5]
1419	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton [5]
1420	Thomas Coventre	William Offord [5]
1421 (May)	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton [5]
1421 (Dec)	John Quarane	William Offord [5]
1491	Robert Caxton [6]
1510–1523	No names known [7]
1529	John Latton	William Fleming [7]
1536	?John Latton	?William Fleming [7]
1539	Thomas Denton	Richard Gunter [7]
1542	?
1545	?
1547	Ralph Flaxney	Edward Frere [7]
1553 (Mar)	Christopher Edmonds	Edward Glynton [7]
1553 (Oct)	John Wayte	Thomas Williams [7]
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Mallinson	Edward Glynton [7]
1554 (Nov)	John Wayte	William Tylcock [7]
1555	John Wayte	William Pantre [7]
1558	John Barton	Richard Williams [7]
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Wood	Roger Taylor [8]
1562 (Dec)	William Page	Thomas Wood [8]
1571	Edward Knollys	William Frere [8]
1572 (Apr)	Edward Knollys, died and replaced 1576 by Francis Knollys	William Owen, died and replaced Jan 1581 by Edward Norris [8]
1584 (Oct)	Francis Knollys	William Noble [8]
1586 (Sep)	Francis Knollys	George Calfield [8]
1588 (Oct)	Francis Knollys	George Calfield [8]
1593	Sir Edmund Carey	George Calfield [8]
1597 (Aug)	Anthony Bacon	George Calfield [8]
1601 (Sep)	Sir Francis Leigh	George Calfield [8]
1604	Francis Leigh	Thomas Wentworth
1614	Sir John Astley	Thomas Wentworth
1621–1622	Sir John Brooke	Thomas Wentworth [9]
1624	John Whistler	Thomas Wentworth
1625	John Whistler	Thomas Wentworth
1626	John Whistler	Thomas Wentworth
1628–1629	John Whistler	Thomas Wentworth
1629–1640	No Parliaments convened

1640–1885

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640		Viscount Andover [10]	Royalist		John Whistler	Royalist
1640 (Nov)		John Smith	Royalist
1644	Smith and Whistler disabled from sitting – both seats vacant
1645		John Nixon			John Doyley
December 1648	Nixon and Doyley excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant
1653	Oxford was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament
1654		Bulstrode Whitelocke [11]		Oxford had only one seat in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654		Richard Croke
1656		Richard Croke
January 1659					Major Unton Croke	Parliamentarian
May 1659		Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		The Viscount Falkland			James Huxley
1661		Richard Croke			Brome Whorwood
1679		William Wright
1685		Hon. Henry Bertie			Sir George Pudsey
1689					Sir Edward Norreys	Tory
1695		Thomas Rowney	Tory
1701					Francis Norreys	Tory
1706					Sir John Walter	Tory
March 1722		Thomas Rowney, junior	Tory
October 1722					Francis Knollys	Tory
1734					Matthew Skinner
1739					James Herbert
1740					Philip Herbert
1749					Philip Wenman
1754					Hon. Robert Lee
1759		Sir Thomas Stapleton
1768		George Nares			Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. William Harcourt
1771		Lord Robert Spencer
1774					Captain the Hon. Peregrine Bertie
June 1790		Francis Burton
December 1790					Arthur Annesley
1796					Henry Peters
1802					John Atkyns-Wright
1807					John Ingram Lockhart
1812		John Atkyns-Wright
1818					Frederick St John
1820		Charles Wetherell	Tory [12]		John Ingram Lockhart
1826		James Langston	Whig [12] [13] [14] [15]
1830					William Hughes Hughes	Whig [12]
1832					Thomas Stonor [16]	Whig [12]
1833					William Hughes Hughes	Whig [12]
1835		Donald Maclean	Conservative [12]			Conservative [12]
1837					William Erle	Whig [12] [17] [18]
1841					James Langston	Whig [12] [13] [14] [15]
1847		(Sir) William Wood	Radical [19] [20] [21]
1853		Edward Cardwell	Peelite [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
March 1857		Charles Neate [27] [28]	Whig [29]
July 1857		Edward Cardwell	Peelite [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
1859			Liberal			Liberal
1863					Charles Neate	Liberal
1868					(Sir) William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal
1874		Alexander William Hall	Conservative
April 1880		Joseph William Chitty	Liberal
May 1880					Alexander William Hall [30]	Conservative
1881				Writ suspended – seat vacant
September 1881	Writ suspended – seat vacant [31]
1885	Representation reduced to one member

1885–1983

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Alexander William Hall	Conservative
	1892	Sir George Tomkyns Chesney	Conservative
	1895	Arthur Annesley	Conservative
	1917 by-election	John Marriott	Coalition Conservative
	1922	Frank Gray	Liberal
	1924 by-election	Robert Bourne	Unionist
	1938 by-election	Quintin Hogg	Conservative
	1950 by-election	Lawrence Turner	Conservative
	1959	Montague Woodhouse	Conservative
	1966	Evan Luard	Labour
	1970	Montague Woodhouse	Conservative
	Oct 1974	Evan Luard	Labour
	1979	John Patten	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished: see Oxford East & Oxford West and Abingdon

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[12] [32]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Langston	1,108	38.1
	Whig	William Hughes Hughes	1,054	36.2
	Nonpartisan	John Ingram Lockhart	750	25.8
Majority			304	10.4
Turnout			1,779	c. 80.9
Registered electors			c. 2,200
	Whig hold		Swing
	Whig gain from Nonpartisan		Swing

General election 1831: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[12] [32]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	James Langston	Unopposed
	Whig	William Hughes Hughes	Unopposed
Registered electors			c. 2,200
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

General election 1832: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[12] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	James Langston	1,260	34.5
	Whig	Thomas Stonor	953	26.1
	Whig	William Hughes Hughes	919	25.1
	Tory	Charles Wetherell	523	14.3
Majority			430	11.8
Turnout			2,139	92.5
Registered electors			2,312
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

Stonor's election was declared void on petition, causing a by-election.

By-election, 18 March 1833: Oxford ^{[12] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	William Hughes Hughes	803	40.8	+15.7
	Whig	Charles Towneley	702	35.7	N/A
	Tory	Donald Maclean	462	23.5	+9.2
Majority			101	5.1	−6.7
Turnout			1,967	85.1	−7.4
Registered electors			2,312
	Whig hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1835: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[12] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Hughes Hughes	1,394	38.4	+13.3
	Conservative	Donald Maclean	1,217	33.5	+19.2
	Whig	Thomas Stonor	1,022	28.1	−32.5
Majority			195	5.4	N/A
Turnout			2,200	90.3	−2.2
Registered electors			2,436
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+14.8
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	+17.7

General election 1837: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[12] [33]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Donald Maclean	1,348	38.9	+5.4
	Whig	William Erle	1,217	35.2	+7.1
	Conservative	William Hughes Hughes	897	25.9	−12.5
Turnout			2,115	87.3	−3.0
Registered electors			2,424
Majority			131	3.7	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.9
Majority			320	9.3	N/A
	Whig gain from Conservative		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Oxford (2 seats) ^{[33] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Langston	1,349	37.2	+2.0
	Conservative	Donald Maclean	1,238	34.1	−4.8
	Conservative	Neil Malcolm	1,041	28.7	+2.8
Turnout			2,374	85.2	−2.1
Registered electors			2,786
Majority			111	3.1	−6.2
	Whig hold		Swing	+2.0
Majority			197	5.4	+1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	−2.9

General election 1847: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Langston	Unopposed
	Radical	William Wood	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,819
	Whig hold
	Radical gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1850s

Wood was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 3 April 1851: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Wood	Unopposed
	Radical hold

General election 1852: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Radical	William Wood	Unopposed
	Whig	James Langston	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,818
	Radical hold
	Whig hold

Wood resigned after being appointed Vice-Chancellor, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 January 1853: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Peelite gain from Radical

General election 1857: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	James Langston	1,671	41.9	N/A
	Whig	Charles Neate	1,057	26.5	N/A
	Peelite	Edward Cardwell	1,016	25.5	N/A
	Radical	Stephen Gaselee [34] [35]	245	6.1	N/A
Majority			41	1.0	N/A
Turnout			1,995 (est)	75.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			2,656
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig gain from Radical		Swing	N/A

Neate's election was declared void on petition due to bribery, causing a by-election. ^[36]

By-election, 21 July 1857: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	Edward Cardwell	1,085	51.6	+26.1
	Independent Liberal	William Makepeace Thackeray [37] [38] [39]	1,108	52.7	New
Majority			67	3.1	N/A
Turnout			2,103	79.2	+4.1
Registered electors			2,656
	Peelite gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1859: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Langston	Unopposed
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,731
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

Cardwell was appointed Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1859: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1860s

Cardwell was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 30 July 1861: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Langston's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 7 November 1863: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Neate	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Cardwell was appointed Secretary of State for the Colonies, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 9 April 1864: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1865: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Neate	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,594
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

General election 1868: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	2,765	41.7	N/A
	Liberal	William Vernon Harcourt	2,636	39.8	N/A
	Conservative	James Parker Deane	1,225	18.5	New
Majority			1,411	21.3	N/A
Turnout			3,926 (est)	73.7 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,328
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

Cardwell was appointed Secretary of State for War, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 22 December 1868: Oxford ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

Harcourt was appointed Solicitor General for England and Wales, causing a by-election.

1873 Oxford by-election (1 seat) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Vernon Harcourt	Unopposed
	Liberal hold

General election 1874: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Vernon Harcourt	2,332	34.2	−5.6
	Liberal	Edward Cardwell	2,281	33.5	−8.2
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	2,198	32.3	+13.8
Majority			83	1.2	−20.1
Turnout			4,505 (est)	79.3 (est)	+5.6
Registered electors			5,680
	Liberal hold		Swing	−6.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.6

Cardwell was elevated to the peerage, becoming Viscount Cardwell and causing a by-election.

1874 Oxford by-election (1 seat) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	2,554	55.0	+22.7
	Liberal	John Delaware Lewis [40]	2,092	45.0	−22.7
Majority			462	10.0	N/A
Turnout			4,646	81.8	+2.5
Registered electors			5,680
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+22.7

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Oxford (2 seats) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Vernon Harcourt	2,771	34.2	0.0
	Liberal	Joseph William Chitty	2,669	33.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	2,659	32.8	+0.5
Majority			10	0.2	−1.0
Turnout			5,430 (est)	88.1 (est)	+8.8
Registered electors			6,163
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Harcourt was appointed Home Secretary, requiring a by-election.

1880 Oxford by-election (1 seat) ^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	2,735	50.5	+17.7
	Liberal	William Vernon Harcourt	2,681	49.5	−17.7
Majority			54	1.0	N/A
Turnout			5,416	87.9	−0.2 (est)
Registered electors			6,163
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+17.7

Hall's election was declared void, on account of bribery, and the writ was suspended. ^[41]

In 1881, Chitty was appointed a judge and resigned the seat. However, as the writ was suspended, no by-election was held and the seat was left without an MP until 1885, when representation was also reduced to one member.

General election 1885: Oxford (1 seat) ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	3,212	52.6	+19.8
	Liberal	Charles Alan Fyffe [43]	2,894	47.4	−19.8
Majority			318	5.2	N/A
Turnout			6,106	90.3	+2.2 (est)
Registered electors			6,764
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+19.8

General election 1886: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alexander William Hall	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Tomkyns Chesney	3,276	50.9	N/A
	Liberal	Robinson Souttar	3,156	49.1	New
Majority			120	1.8	N/A
Turnout			6,432	86.0	N/A
Registered electors			7,476
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Chesney's death caused a by-election.

John Fletcher Little

1895 Oxford by-election ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	3,745	54.4	+3.5
	Liberal	John Fletcher Little [44]	3,143	45.6	−3.5
Majority			602	8.8	N/A
Turnout			6,888	90.2	+4.2
Registered electors			7,637
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.5

General election 1895: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	3,623	54.9	+4.0
	Liberal	Thomas Henry Kingerlee [45]	2,975	45.1	−4.0
Majority			648	9.8	+8.0
Turnout			6,598	86.4	+0.4
Registered electors			7,637
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Annesley's appointment as Comptroller of the Household, requiring a by-election.

1898 Oxford by-election ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1906: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	3,910	50.6	N/A
	Liberal	George Whale	3,810	49.4	New
Majority			100	1.2	N/A
Turnout			7,720	89.6	N/A
Registered electors			8,615
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	4,918	57.0	+6.4
	Liberal	G. Whale	3,707	43.0	−6.4
Majority			1,211	14.0	+12.8
Turnout			8,625	93.5	+3.9
Registered electors			9,227
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

General election December 1910: Oxford ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Annesley	4,664	58.4	+1.4
	Liberal	J.F. Williams	3,318	41.6	−1.4
Majority			1,346	16.8	+2.8
Turnout			7,982	86.5	−7.0
Registered electors			9,227
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.4

1917 Oxford by-election ^[42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	John Marriott	Unopposed
	Unionist hold

General election 1918: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
C	Unionist	John Marriott	9,805	70.7	+12.3
	Liberal	George Herbert Higgins [47]	4,057	29.3	−12.3
Majority			5,748	41.4	+24.6
Turnout			13,862	55.2	−31.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	+12.3
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Elections in the 1920s

Gray

General election 1922: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Gray	12,489	59.0	+29.7
	Unionist	John Marriott	8,683	41.0	−29.7
Majority			3,806	18.0	N/A
Turnout			21,172	83.8	+28.6
	Liberal gain from Unionist		Swing	+29.7

General election 1923: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frank Gray	12,311	56.1	−2.9
	Unionist	Robert Bourne	9,618	43.9	+2.9
Majority			2,693	12.2	−5.8
Turnout			21,929	83.5	−0.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	-2.9

Fry

1924 Oxford by-election ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Bourne	10,079	47.8	+3.9
	Liberal	C.B. Fry	8,237	39.1	−17.0
	Labour	Kenneth Lindsay	2,769	13.1	New
Majority			1,842	8.7	N/A
Turnout			21,085	80.3	−3.2
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing	+10.5

General election 1924: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Bourne	12,196	57.3	+9.5
	Liberal	Robert Moon	6,836	32.1	−7.0
	Labour	Frederic Ludlow	2,260	10.6	−2.5
Majority			5,360	25.2	N/A
Turnout			21,292	78.5	−1.8
	Unionist gain from Liberal		Swing

General election 1929: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Robert Bourne	14,638	52.5	−4.8
	Liberal	Robert Moon	8,581	30.7	−1.4
	Labour	John Lyttelton Etty	4,694	16.8	+6.2
Majority			6,057	21.8	−3.4
Turnout			27,913	72.2	−6.3
	Unionist hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bourne	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold

General election 1935: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Bourne	16,306	62.8	N/A
	Labour	Patrick Gordon-Walker	9,661	37.2	New
Majority			6,645	25.6	N/A
Turnout			25,967	67.3	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

1938 Oxford by-election ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quintin Hogg	15,797	56.1	−6.7
	Independent Progressive	Sandie Lindsay	12,363	43.9	New
Majority			3,434	12.2	−13.4
Turnout			28,160	76.3	+9.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.7

Elections in the 1940s

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 and by Autumn 1939, the following candidates had been selected;

• Conservative: Quintin Hogg
• Labour: Patrick Gordon-Walker
• Liberal: William Brown

General election 1945: Oxford ^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quintin Hogg	14,314	45.3	−17.5
	Labour	Frank Pakenham	11,451	36.2	−1.0
	Liberal	Antony Charles Wynyard Norman	5,860	18.5	New
Majority			2,863	9.1	−16.5
Turnout			31,625	66.3	−1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.3

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Quintin Hogg	27,508	46.85	+1.55
	Labour	Elizabeth Pakenham	23,902	40.71	+4.51
	Liberal	Donald William Tweddle	6,807	11.59	−6.91
	Communist	Ernest Keeling	494	0.84	New
Majority			3,606	6.14	−2.96
Turnout			58,711	84.89
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.48

1950 Oxford by-election ^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Turner	27,583	57.50	+10.65
	Labour	Sydney Kersland Lewis	20,385	42.50	+1.79
Majority			7,198	15.00	+8.86
Turnout			47,968
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.33

General election 1951: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Turner	32,367	56.00	−1.50
	Labour	George Elvin	25,427	44.00	+1.50
Majority			6,940	12.00	+5.86
Turnout			57,794	81.98	−2.91
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.50

General election 1955: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lawrence Turner	27,708	52.30	−3.70
	Labour	George Elvin	19,930	37.62	−6.38
	Liberal	Ivor Davies	5,336	10.07	New
Majority			7,778	14.68	+2.68
Turnout			52,974	78.22	−3.76
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.34

+0.69%

General election 1959: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	26,798	50.95	−1.35
	Labour	Leslie N Anderton	18,310	34.81	−2.81
	Liberal	Ivor Davies	7,491	14.24	+4.14
Majority			8,488	16.14	+1.46
Turnout			52,599	78.91	+0.69
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.73

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	22,212	42.89	−8.06
	Labour	Evan Luard	20,783	40.13	+5.32
	Liberal	Ivor Davies	8,797	16.99	+2.75
Majority			1,429	2.76	−13.38
Turnout			51,792	77.29	−1.63
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.69

General election 1966: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Luard	24,412	46.45	+6.32
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	21,987	41.84	−1.05
	Liberal	Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson	6,152	11.71	−5.28
Majority			2,425	4.61	N/A
Turnout			52,551	79.26	+1.97
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.67

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	24,873	46.96	+5.12
	Labour	Evan Luard	22,989	43.40	−3.05
	Liberal	Peter H Reeves	5,103	9.63	−2.08
Majority			1,884	3.56	N/A
Turnout			52,965	74.54	−4.72
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+4.08

General election February 1974: Oxford ^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	23,967	39.81	−7.15
	Labour	Evan Luard	23,146	38.44	−4.96
	Liberal	MS Butler	13,094	21.75	+12.12
Majority			821	1.37	−2.19
Turnout			60,204	78.55	+4.01
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.10

General election October 1974: Oxford ^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Evan Luard	23,359	42.71	+4.29
	Conservative	Montague Woodhouse	22,323	40.82	+1.01
	Liberal	MS Butler	8,374	15.31	−6.44
	National Front	Ian Anderson	572	1.05	New
	Independent	Bernice Olive Smith	64	0.12	New
Majority			1,036	1.89	N/A
Turnout			54,691	70.78	−7.77
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.64

General election 1979: Oxford ^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patten	27,459	45.30	+4.48
	Labour	Evan Luard	25,962	42.83	+0.12
	Liberal	Dermot Roaf	6,234	10.28	−4.03
	Oxford Ecological Movement	Anthony Cheke	887	1.46	New
	Independent	Bernice Olive Smith	72	0.12	0.00
Majority			1,497	2.47	N/A
Turnout			60,610	74.18	+3.40
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+2.18

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