Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

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Oxfordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
County Oxfordshire
1290–1885
Seats1290–1832: Two
1832–1885: Three
Replaced by Banbury, Woodstock and Henley

Oxfordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 this was increased to three Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1885, being split into three single member divisions.

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The bitterly contested Oxfordshire election of 1754 was the main inspiration for Hogarth's famous series of paintings and engravings, The Election .

Hogarth's painting The Polling (1755), one of a series depicting the Oxfordshire election of 1754 An Election III, The Polling, by William Hogarth.jpg
Hogarth's painting The Polling (1755), one of a series depicting the Oxfordshire election of 1754

Boundaries

The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county of Oxfordshire, in the northern part of South East England. (Although Oxfordshire contained three parliamentary boroughs for part of this period – Oxford (from 1295), Woodstock (or New Woodstock) (1302–1555 and from 1571) and Banbury (from 1554) – each of which elected MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. The Oxford University constituency was also often listed as an Oxfordshire constituency, but was non-territorial and had no effect on the right to vote in the county.)

There were minor boundary changes at the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, when five parishes or parts of parishes were transferred to other counties while six parishes or parts of parishes were added.

In 1885 the representation of the county was changed from one three member constituency to three single member divisions. Banbury and Woodstock ceased to be parliamentary boroughs but the same names were used for two county divisions. The three new county constituencies were Banbury (or the North division); Woodstock (or the Mid division) and Henley (or the South division).

Members of Parliament

MPs 1290–1640

ParliamentFirst memberSecond member
1316 Richard de la Bere
1325 Richard de la Bere
1372 Sir Gilbert Wace
1373 Sir Richard Abberbury
1377–1378 Robert Simeon
1377 (Jan) Sir Gilbert Wace
1380 John Harrowden
1381 Sir Thomas Blount
1382 (Oct) Sir Gilbert Wace
1383 (Feb) Sir Gilbert Wace John Harrowden
1383 (Oct) Sir Gilbert Wace John Harrowden
1384 (Apr) Sir Gilbert Wace
1384 (Nov) Sir Gilbert Wace
1385 Sir Gilbert Wace
1386 Sir Richard Abberbury [1] Sir Gilbert Wace [1]
1388 (Feb) William Wilcotes [1] Thomas Barantyn [1]
1388 (Sep) Sir Thomas de la Poyle [1] John Rede [1]
1390 (Jan) William Wilcotes [1] Thomas Barantyn [1]
1390 (Nov) Sir Thomas de la Poyle [1]
1391 William Wilcotes [1] John Rede [1]
1393 Sir Thomas Paynell [1] Thomas Barantyn [1]
1394 William Wilcotes [1] John Abberbury [1]
1395 William Bruley [1]
1397 (Jan) John Abberbury [1] Thomas Barantyn [1]
1397 (Sep) William Wilcotes [1] John Golafre [1]
1399 John Wilcotes [1] Thomas Barantyn [1]
1401 Thomas Chaucer [1]
1402 Thomas Wykeham [1]
1404 (Jan) Sir Peter Bessels [1] William Mackney [1]
1404 (Oct) Sir John Drayton [1] John Wilcotes [1]
1406 Thomas Chaucer [1]
1407
1410 William Wilcotes [1]
1411return lost [1]
1413 (Feb)returns lost
1413 (May) Thomas Chaucer John Wilcotes [1]
1414 (Apr) Sir William Lisle John Wilcotes [1]
1414 (Nov) Thomas Chaucer John Wilcotes [1]
1415returns lost
1416 (Mar) Thomas Stonor Sir Thomas Wykeham [1]
1416 (Oct)returns lost
1417 Sir William Lisle John Wilcotes [1]
1419 Thomas Stonor John Wilcotes [1]
1420 John Danvers Richard Greville [1]
1421 (May) Thomas Chaucer John Wilcotes [1]
1421 (Dec) John Danvers Peter Fettiplace [1]
1422 Sir Thomas Wykeham Thomas Chaucer
1423 John Danvers Peter Fettiplace
1425 Thomas Stonor
1426 Thomas Chaucer
1427 Thomas Stonor Thomas Chaucer
1429 Thomas Stonor Thomas Chaucer
1431 Thomas Stonor Thomas Chaucer
1432 Richard Quatremain [2]
1433 Richard Quatremain [2]
1435 Peter Fettiplace John Danvers [3]
1510–1523No names known [4]
1529 Sir John Dauntesey Sir William Barentyne [4]
1536
1539 William Fermor John Welsborne [4]
1542Sir John Williams Edward __? [4]
1545
1547Sir John Williams Richard Fiennes [4]
1553 (Mar) Sir Andrew Dudley Sir John Williams [4]
1553 (Oct)Sir John Williams John Pollard [5] [4]
1554 (Apr) Sir Leonard Chamberlain John Pollard [5] [4]
1554 (Nov) Sir Leonard Chamberlain John Pollard [5] [4]
1555 Sir Thomas Wenman Edmund Powell [4]
1558 George Owen Thomas Denton [4]
1559 (Jan) Thomas Brydges Edmund Ashfield [6]
1562 (Dec) Sir Francis Knollys Sir Richard Blount, died
and replaced 1566 by Edward Unton [6]
1571 Sir Francis Knollys Henry Norris [6]
1572 (Apr) Sir Francis Knollys Henry Knollys [6]
1584 (Nov) Sir Francis Knollys William Knollys [6]
1586 (Oct) Sir Francis Knollys Richard Fiennes [6]
1588 Sir Francis Knollys Sir John Norreys [6]
1593 Sir Francis Knollys Sir William Knollys [6]
1597 (Sep) Sir William Knollys Sir Richard Wenman [6]
1601 (Sep) Sir William Knollys Ralph Warcoppe [6]
1604 Lawrence Tanfield John Doyley
1614 Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet Sir John Croke
1621 Sir Richard Wenman Sir William Cope
1624 Sir William Cope Sir Henry Poole
1625 Edward Wray Sir Richard Wenman
1626 Hon. James Fiennes Sir Thomas Wenman
1628 Hon. James Fiennes Sir Francis Wenman
1629–1640No Parliament

MPs 1640–1832

YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
April 1640 Hon. James Fiennes Parliamentarian Sir Francis Wenman
November 1640 The Viscount Wenman Parliamentarian
December 1648Fiennes and Wenman excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant
Oxfordshire had 3 representatives in the nominated Barebones Parliament
1653 Sir Charles Wolseley, William Draper, Dr Jonathan Goddard
Oxfordshire had 5 MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654 Robert Jenkinson, Charles Fleetwood, Colonel James Whitelocke, Nathaniel Fiennes, William Lenthall
1656 Robert Jenkinson, Lord Deputy Charles Fleetwood, William Lenthall, Miles Fleetwood, Sir Francis Norreys
Representation reverted to two MPs in the Third Protectorate Parliament
January 1659 Robert Jenkinson The Viscount Falkland
May 1659 Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660 The Viscount Wenman Hon. James Fiennes
1661 The Viscount Falkland Sir Anthony Cope
1663 William Knollys
1664 Sir Francis Wenman
1675 Sir Edward Norreys Tory
February 1679 Sir John Cope Whig
August 1679 Thomas Horde
1681 Sir Philip Harcourt
1685 The Viscount Falkland Thomas Tipping
1689 Sir Robert Jenkinson Sir John Cope Whig
1690 Lord Norreys
1699 Sir Robert Dashwood
1701 Sir Edward Norreys Tory
1708 Viscount Rialton
February 1710 Sir Robert Jenkinson
October 1710 Francis Clerke
1715 James Herbert
1717 Sir Banks Jenkinson
1721 Henry Perrot
1727 Sir William Stapleton
January 1740 Sir James Dashwood
February 1740 Viscount Quarendon
1743 Norreys Bertie
1754 Viscount Parker Whig Sir Edward Turner Whig
1761 Lord Charles Spencer Whig Sir James Dashwood Tory
1768 The Viscount Wenman
1790 Marquess of Blandford Whig
1796 Lord Charles Spencer Whig John Fane Tory [7]
1801 Lord Francis Spencer Tory [7]
1815 William Henry Ashhurst Tory [7]
1824 by-election John Fane Tory [7]
1830 Lord Norreys Tory [7]
1831 George Harcourt Whig [7] Richard Weyland Whig [7]
1832 Representation increased to three members

MPs 1832–1885

ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond partyThird memberThird party
1832 Montagu Bertie Tory [7] [8] George Harcourt Whig [7] Richard Weyland Whig [7] [8]
1834 Conservative [7] [8]
1835 Conservative [7]
1837 Thomas Parker Conservative [7]
1841 J. W. Henley Conservative [7]
1852 John North Conservative
1857 Peelite [9] [10] [11]
1859 Liberal
1862 by-election John Fane Conservative
1868 William Cornwallis Cartwright Liberal
1878 by-election Edward Vernon Harcourt Conservative
1885 Constituency abolished

Elections

The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in Oxford. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates and their supporters, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual. The Tory Dukes of Marlborough, dominated the county from their seat at Blenheim Palace. One seat was usually held by a Spencer, the other by a local family acceptable to the Duke. Between 1700 and 1826 there was only one contest.

Election results

Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Stooks Smith 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832. From 1832 the principal source was Craig, with additional or different information from Stooks Smith included.

Election results 1715–1800

1710s –

1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s

Elections in the 1710s

General election 1715: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Francis Clerke UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Robert Jenkinson UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Death of Clerke
By-election May 1715: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan James Herbert UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
  • Death of Jenkinson
By-election November 1717: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Banks Jenkinson UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1720s

  • Death of Herbert
By-election May 1722: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Henry Perrot UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
General election 1722: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Banks Jenkinson UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Henry Perrot UnopposedN/AN/A
General election 1727: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Henry Perrot UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan William Stapleton UnopposedN/AN/A

Elections in the 1730s

General election 1734: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Henry Perrot UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan William Stapleton UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Death of Stapleton
By-election January 1739: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan James Dashwood UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
  • Death of Perrot
By-election February 1739: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan George Lee UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1740s

General election 1741: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan James Dashwood UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan George Lee UnopposedN/AN/A
By-election February 1742: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Norris Bertie UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
General election 1747: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan James Dashwood UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Norris Bertie UnopposedN/AN/A

Elections in the 1750s

General election 17 April 1754: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory Philip Wenman 2,03325.88N/A
Tory James Dashwood 2,01425.64N/A
Whig Thomas Parker 1,91924.43N/A
Whig Edward Turner 1,89024.06N/A
Turnout 7,856N/AN/A
  • Wenman was a Peer of Ireland. There was a double return (of all four candidates) after the most hotly contested county election of the century. The disputed election was decided by the House of Commons on petition, with Parker and Turner being declared duly elected on 23 April 1755.

Elections in the 1760s

General election 8 April 1761: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Tory James Dashwood UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Seat vacated on Spencer being appointed Ranger of Windsor Forest.
By-election 12 January 1763: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
By-election April 1763: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
  • Note (April 1763): By-election in Stooks Smith, but not in Namier and Brooke.
General election 30 March 1768: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Philip Wenman UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Wenman was a peer of Ireland

Elections in the 1770s

General election 19 October 1774: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Philip Wenman UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Seat vacated on the appointment of Spencer as Treasurer of the Chamber
By-election 22 December 1779: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1780s

General election 27 September 1780: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Philip Wenman UnopposedN/AN/A
  • Seat vacated on the appointment of Spencer as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland
By-election 18 December 1782: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
General election 7 April 1784: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan Philip Wenman UnopposedN/AN/A

Elections in the 1790s

General election 1790: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Philip Wenman UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan George Spencer-Churchill UnopposedN/AN/A
General election 1796: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Charles Spencer UnopposedN/AN/A
Nonpartisan John Fane UnopposedN/AN/A

Election results 1801–1885

1800s –

1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s

Elections in the 1800s

By-election February 1801: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nonpartisan Francis Spencer Unopposed N/AN/A
Nonpartisan hold Swing N/A
General election 1802: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Francis Spencer Unopposed N/AN/A
General election 1806: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Francis Spencer Unopposed N/AN/A
General election 1807: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Francis Spencer Unopposed N/AN/A

Elections in the 1810s

General election 1812: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory Francis Spencer Unopposed N/AN/A
  • Creation of Spencer as 1st Baron Churchill
By-election February 1816: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory William Henry Ashurst (politician) Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold Swing N/A
General election 1818: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory William Henry Ashurst (politician) Unopposed N/AN/A

Elections in the 1820s

General election 1820: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory William Henry Ashurst (politician) Unopposed N/AN/A
  • Death of Fane
By-election February 1824: Oxfordshire
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane Unopposed N/AN/A
Tory hold Swing N/A
General election 1826: Oxfordshire (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory William Henry Ashurst (politician) 1,329 36.36 N/A
Tory John Fane 1,268 34.69 N/A
Whig George Frederick Stratton 1,05828.95New
Majority2105.74N/A
Turnout 3,655 (2,295 voted)N/AN/A
Tory hold Swing
Tory hold Swing

Note (1826): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Oxfordshire (2 seats) [7] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Tory John Fane 1,904 39.9 +3.5
Tory Montagu Bertie 1,618 33.9 -0.8
Whig George Dashwood 1,24626.1-2.8
Majority3727.8+2.1
Turnout 2,762c. 78.9
Registered electors c. 3,500
Tory hold Swing
Tory hold Swing
General election 1831: Oxfordshire (2 seats) [7] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Whig George Harcourt 1,782 37.2 +24.1
Whig Richard Weyland 1,688 35.3 +22.2
Tory Montagu Bertie 1,31627.5−46.3
Majority3727.8±0.0
Turnout 2,934c. 83.8c. +4.9
Registered electors c. 3,500
Whig gain from Tory Swing +23.6
Whig gain from Tory Swing +22.7
  • Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days
  • Representation increased to three seats under the Reform Act 1832
General election 1832: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig George Harcourt Unopposed
Whig Richard Weyland Unopposed
Tory Montagu Bertie Unopposed
Registered electors 4,721
Whig hold
Whig hold
Tory win (new seat)
General election 1835: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Richard Weyland Unopposed
Conservative George Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative Montagu Bertie Unopposed
Registered electors 4,716
Whig hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig
  • Note (1835): For this election Stooks Smith records the number of registered electors as 5,164 instead of the number given by Craig used above.
General election 1837: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13] [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Montagu Bertie 3,002 29.7
Conservative George Harcourt 2,885 28.5
Conservative Thomas Parker 2,767 27.4
Whig Thomas Stonor1,45814.4
Majority1,30913.0
Turnout 4,12578.5
Registered electors 5,253
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative Montagu Bertie Unopposed
Registered electors 5,809
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
  • Note (1841): Stooks Smith records the number of registered electors as 5,721 instead of the number given by Craig used above.
General election 1847: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative Montagu Bertie Unopposed
Registered electors 5,384
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

By-election 10 March 1852: Oxfordshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1852: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. W. Henley 2,328 35.6 N/A
Conservative John North 2,218 33.9 N/A
Conservative George Harcourt 1,313 20.1 N/A
Conservative Montagu Bertie 68110.4N/A
Majority6329.7N/A
Turnout 2,180 (est)41.9 (est)N/A
Registered electors 5,198
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A

Note (1852): The minimum possible turnout is estimated by dividing the number of votes cast by three. To the extent that electors did not use all their three possible votes the figure given will be an underestimate of the true turnout

General election 1857: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Peelite George Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 5,119
Peelite gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
By-election 6 March 1858: Oxfordshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 5,123
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

  • Death of Harcourt
By-election 3 February 1862: Oxfordshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fane 1,909 52.6 N/A
Liberal Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet1,72247.4N/A
Majority1875.2N/A
Turnout 3,63172.5N/A
Registered electors 5,010
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
General election 1865: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Fane Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 5,798
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative gain from Liberal
  • The Reform Act 1867 expanded the electorate and introduced the limited vote for three seat constituencies (reducing the maximum number of votes per elector from three to two).
General election 1868: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Cornwallis Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 7,663
Liberal gain from Conservative
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Cornwallis Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative J. W. Henley Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 7,554
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
  • Seat vacated on the resignation of Henley
By-election 5 February 1878: Oxfordshire [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Edward Vernon Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Oxfordshire (3 seats) [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Cornwallis Cartwright Unopposed
Conservative Edward Vernon Harcourt Unopposed
Conservative John North Unopposed
Registered electors 7,495
Liberal hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Woodger, L. S. (1993). "Oxfordshire". In Clark, Linda; Rawcliffe, Carole; Roskell, J. S. (eds.). The House of Commons 1386-1421. The History of Parliament Trust.
  2. 1 2 "A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 7: Dorchester and Thame hundreds". British History Online. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ↑ HoP biog
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pollard, John"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "History of Parliament" . Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 27 May 2019– via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 3 Mosse, Richard Bartholomew (1836). The Parliamentary Guide: a concise history of the Members of both Houses, etc. pp. 129, 181. Retrieved 27 May 2019– via Google Books.
  9. ↑ "Election Intelligence" . Wells Journal. 28 March 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ Gardiner, A. G. (1923). The Life of Sir William Harcourt: Volume I (1827–1886). London: Constable & Company. p.  12 . Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Constituencies and Candidates" . Liverpool Mercury. 25 March 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. 1 2 Fisher, David R. "Oxfordshire". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. pp. 442–443. ISBN   978-1-349-02349-3.

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Abingdon was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983.

Berkshire was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. The county returned two knights of the shire until 1832 and three between 1832 and 1885.

Buckinghamshire is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Cornwall is a former county constituency covering the county of Cornwall, in the South West of England. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of England then of the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, elected by the bloc vote system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City of London (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885–1950

The City of London was a United Kingdom parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1950.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)</span> UK parliamentary constituency in England, 1545-1918

Westminster was a parliamentary constituency in the Parliament of England to 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1800 and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. It returned two members to 1885 and one thereafter.

Woodstock, sometimes called New Woodstock, was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom named after the town of Woodstock in the county of Oxfordshire.

Wallingford was a parliamentary constituency in England, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885.

Bristol was a two-member constituency, used to elect members to the House of Commons in the Parliaments of England, Great Britain (1707–1800), and the United Kingdom. The constituency existed until Bristol was divided into single member constituencies in 1885.

New Shoreham, sometimes simply called Shoreham, was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in what is now West Sussex. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of England from 1295 to 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1800, and finally to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until it was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 general election.

Portsmouth was a borough constituency based upon the borough of Portsmouth in Hampshire. It returned two members of parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.

Liskeard was a parliamentary borough in Cornwall, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885. The constituency was abolished by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885.

Nottinghamshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament (MPs), traditionally known as Knights of the Shire.

Stamford was a constituency in the county of Lincolnshire of the House of Commons for the Parliament of England to 1706 then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1868 when this was reduced to one.

Flint Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency in north-east Wales which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors, from 1542 until it was abolished for the 1918 general election.

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