Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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. 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. 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.

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

• The Borough of Banbury;and
• The Sessional Divisions of Banbury and Bloxham, Chadlington, and Wootton North.

1918–1950

• The Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock;
• The Urban District of Witney; and
• The Rural Districts of Banbury, Chipping Norton, Witney, and Woodstock.

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

1950–1974

• The Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock;
• The Urban District of Witney;
• The Rural Districts of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Witney; and
• The Rural District of Ploughley parishes of Begbroke, Gosford and Water Eaton, Hampton Gay and Poyle, Kidlington, Shipton on Cherwell, Thrupp, and Yarnton.

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 Boroughs of Banbury, Chipping Norton, and Woodstock;
• The Urban District of Bicester;
• The Rural Districts of Banbury and Chipping Norton; and
• The Rural District of Ploughley parishes of Ardley, Bucknell, Caversfield, Chesterton, Cottisford, Finmere, Fringford, Fritwell, Godington, Hardwick with Tusmore, Hethe, Kirtlington, Launton, Lower Heyford, Middleton Stoney, Mixbury, Newton Purcell with Shelswell, Somerton, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, and Upper Heyford.

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

• The District of Cherwell wards of Adderbury, Ambrosden, Ardley, Bicester East, Bicester South, Bicester West, Bloxham, Bodicote, Calthorpe, Chesterton, Cropredy, Deddington, Easington, Fringford, Grimsbury, Hardwick, Heyford, Hook Norton, Hornton, Kirtlington, Launton, Neithrop, Otmoor, Ruscote, Sibford, Steeple Aston, and Wroxton; and
• The District of West Oxfordshire wards of Bartons and Tackley, and Wootton.

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

• The District of Cherwell wards of Adderbury, Ambrosden, Ardley, Bicester East, Bicester South, Bicester West, Bloxham, Bodicote, Calthorpe, Chesterton, Cropredy, Deddington, Easington, Fringford, Grimsbury, Hardwick, Heyford, Hook Norton, Hornton, Kirtlington, Launton, Neithrop, Otmoor, Ruscote, Sibford, Steeple Aston, and Wroxton.

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

2010–2024

• The District of Cherwell wards of Adderbury, Ambrosden and Chesterton, Banbury Calthorpe, Banbury Easington, Banbury Grimsbury and Castle, Banbury Hardwick, Banbury Neithrop, Banbury Ruscote, Bicester East, Bicester North, Bicester South, Bicester Town, Bicester West, Bloxham and Bodicote, Caversfield, Cropredy, Deddington, Fringford, Hook Norton, Launton, Sibford, The Astons and Heyfords, and Wroxton.

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

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which became effective for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following electoral wards (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The District of Cherwell wards of: Adderbury, Bloxham & Bodicote; Banbury, Calthorpe & Easington; Banbury Cross & Neithrop; Banbury Grimsbury & Hightown; Banbury Hardwick; Banbury Ruscote; Cropredy, Sibfords & Wroxton; Deddington.
• The District of West Oxfordshire wards of: Chadlington and Churchill; Charlbury and Finstock; Chipping Norton; Kingham, Rollright and Enstone; The Bartons.

Major changes, with the town of Bicester and surrounding areas, comprising 38.5% of the existing electorate, 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 1832, Banbury only returned one member to Parliament)

Parliament	Member
Parliament of 1554 (April)	Thomas Denton
Parliament of 1554 (November)	Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford
Parliament of 1555	Not 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
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

Year		Member	Party
	April 1640	Nathaniel Fiennes	Parliamentarian
	1648	Fiennes excluded in Pride's Purge – seat left vacant
	1653	Banbury 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
	1685	Sir Dudley North
	1689	Sir Robert Dashwood
	1698	James Isaacson
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1699	Sir John Cope	Whig
	1700	Patrick Friel
	1701	Charles North
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1713	Sir Jonathan Cope	Tory
	1722	Monoux Cope	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1727	Hon. Francis North	Whig
	1730	Toby Chauncy
	1733	William Knollys
	1740	William Moore
	1746	John Willes
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	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
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1830	Henry Villiers-Stuart	Tory
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1831	John Easthope	Radical
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1832	Henry William Tancred	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	February 1859	Bernhard Samuelson	Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	April 1859	Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Ind. Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1865	Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bt	Liberal
1885		Borough abolished – name transferred to county division

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

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Sir Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Albert Brassey	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1906	Eustace Fiennes	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	January 1910	Robert Brassey	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	December 1910	Eustace Fiennes	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918 by-election	Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, 1st Baronet	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1918		Coalition Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1945	Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1959	Neil Marten	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1983	Tony Baldry	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2015	Victoria Prentis	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	2024	Sean Woodcock	Labour

Elections

File:Banbury Results 1900-2019.png

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sean Woodcock	Template:Replace	38.3
		Victoria Prentis	15,212	31.6
		Paul Topley	6,284	13.0
		Liz Adams	4,352	9.0
		Arron Baker	2,615	5.4
		Cassi Bellingham	850	1.8
		Chris Nevile	242	0.5
		Declan Soper	155	0.3
Majority			3,256	6.7
Turnout			48,178	65.8
Registered electors			73,193
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+17.0

Elections in the 2010s

2019 notional result
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	26,397	52.0
	Labour	12,598	24.8
	Liberal Democrats	10,335	20.3
	Green	1,480	2.9
Turnout		50,810	72.6
Electorate		69,943

General election 2019: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Victoria Prentis	Template:Replace	54.3
		Suzette Watson	17,335	27.6
		Tim Bearder	8,831	14.0
		Ian Middleton	2,607	4.1
Majority			16,813	26.7
Turnout			62,921	69.8
	hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 2017: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Victoria Prentis	Template:Replace	54.2
		Sean Woodcock	20,989	34.1
		John Howson	3,452	5.6
		Dickie Bird	1,581	2.6
		Ian Middleton	1,225	2.0
		Roseanne Edwards	927	1.5
Majority			12,399	20.1
Turnout			61,652	73.5
	hold		Swing	−5.8

General election 2015: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Victoria Prentis	Template:Replace	53.0
		Sean Woodcock	12,354	21.3
		Dickie Bird	8,050	13.9
		John Howson	3,440	5.9
		Ian Middleton	2,686	4.6
		Roseanne Edwards	729	1.3
Majority			18,395	31.7
Turnout			58,008	65.6
	hold		Swing	−0.97

General election 2010: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	52.8
		David Rundle	11,476	20.4
		Leslie Sibley	10,773	19.2
		David Fairweather	2,806	5.0
		Alastair White	959	1.7
		Roseanne Edwards	524	0.9
Majority			18,227	32.4
Turnout			56,241	64.7
	hold		Swing	+1.5

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	46.9
		Leslie Sibley	15,585	27.7
		Zoe Patrick	10,076	17.9
		Alyson Duckmanton	1,590	2.8
		Diana Heimann	1,241	2.2
		James Starkey	918	1.6
	Your Party	Chris Rowe	417	0.7
Majority			10,797	19.2
Turnout			56,209	64.5
	hold		Swing	+4.5

General election 2001: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	45.2
		Leslie Sibley	18,052	35.0
		Anthony Worgan	8,216	15.9
		Bevis Cotton	1,281	2.5
		Stephen Harris	695	1.3
Majority			5,219	10.2
Turnout			51,515	61.1
	hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	42.9
		Hazel Y. Peperell	20,339	34.8
		Catherine Bearder	9,761	16.7
		James W. Ager	2,245	3.8
		Bevis Cotton	530	0.9
		L. King	364	0.62
		Ian Pearson	131	0.22
Majority			4,737	8.1
Turnout			58,446	75.1
	hold		Swing

General election 1992: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	55.0
		Angela Billingham	15,495	26.5
		Geoffrey J. Fisher	10,602	18.1
		Robin Ticciati	250	0.4
Majority			16,720	28.5
Turnout			58,562	81.5
	hold		Swing	−3.6

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	56.2
		David Rowland	12,386	23.4
		James Honeybone	10,789	20.4
Majority			17,330	32.8
Turnout			52,891	76.2
	hold		Swing

General election 1983: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tony Baldry	Template:Replace	53.4
		Keith Fitchett	13,200	26.9
		Brian Hodgson	9,343	19.0
		David Brough	383	0.8
Majority			13,025	26.5
Turnout			49,151	75.2
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1979: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	54.7
		Brian Hodgson	16,623	29.2
		M. White	8,658	15.2
		I. Cherry	504	0.9
Majority			14,514	25.5
Turnout			56,922	78.3
	hold		Swing

General election October 1974: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	47.4
		Anthony C. Booth	18,019	35.2
		David Charlton	8,352	16.3
	Independent English Nationalist	Julian Barbour	547	1.1
Majority			6,191	12.2
Turnout			51,128	75.71
	hold		Swing

General election February 1974: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	45.4
		Anthony C. Booth	18,289	33.0
		Geoffrey J. Fisher	11,947	21.6
Majority			6,878	12.4
Turnout			55,403	82.8
	hold		Swing

General election 1970: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	53.4
		Anthony C. Booth	25,166	36.6
		Geoffrey J. Fisher	6,859	10.0
Majority			11,546	16.8
Turnout			68,737	77.4
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	47.5
		David Young	24,529	40.3
		Penelope Jessel	7,407	12.2
Majority			4,403	7.2
Turnout			60,868	82.0
	hold		Swing

General election 1964: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	47.2
		Gerald Fowler	22,159	38.3
		Francis John Ware	7,851	13.6
	Farmers' Candidate	James Hayward	534	0.9
Majority			5,122	8.9
Turnout			57,825	82.4
	hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Neil Marten	Template:Replace	50.61
		David Buckle	19,699	37.75
		Kenneth Colman	6,074	11.64
Majority			6,714	12.86
Turnout			52,186	81.02
	hold		Swing

General election 1955: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Douglas Dodds-Parker	Template:Replace	54.38
		Norman Francis Stogdon	21,473	45.62
Majority			4,125	8.76
Turnout			47,071	77.14
	hold		Swing

General election 1951: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Douglas Dodds-Parker	Template:Replace	46.84
		William J. Bird	19,672	39.64
		Lawrence Robson	6,706	13.51
Majority			3,574	7.20
Turnout			49,624	82.85
	hold		Swing

General election 1950: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Douglas Dodds-Parker	Template:Replace	43.46
		Cyril Rawlett Fenton	19,408	39.48
		Lawrence Robson	8,392	17.07
Majority			1,957	3.98
Turnout			49,165	83.60
	hold		Swing

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Douglas Dodds-Parker	Template:Replace	52.00
		Richard Brian Roach	21,951	48.00
Majority			1,826	4.00
Turnout			45,728	70.55
	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;

• Independent Progressive: Patrick Early

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Edmondson	Template:Replace	65.66
		W E Wade	11,456	34.34
Majority			10,448	31.32
Turnout			33,360	65.82
	hold		Swing	N/A

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

General election 1931: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Election in the 1920s

General election 1929: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Edmondson	Template:Replace	45.5
		Ronald Wilberforce Allen	13,800	38.2
		Lawrence Arthur Wingfield	5,894	16.3
Majority			2,644	7.3
Turnout			36,138	78.7
	hold		Swing	−7.3

File:1920 Sir Harry Verney.jpg

Verney

General election 1924: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Edmondson	Template:Replace	52.7
		Harry Verney	8,825	30.8
		Arthur Ernest Monks	4,733	16.5
Majority			6,228	21.9
Turnout			28,611	79.3
	hold		Swing

File:Charles B Fry.jpg

Fry

General election 1923: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Edmondson	Template:Replace	45.8
		C. B. Fry	12,271	45.0
		Ernest Bennett	2,500	9.2
Majority			219	0.8
Turnout			27,261	76.0
	hold		Swing	−8.2

General election 1922: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Edmondson	Template:Replace	46.5
		James Harold Early	7,885	29.4
		Ernest Bennett	6,463	24.1
Majority			4,606	17.1
Turnout			26,839	76.4
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

Election in the 1910s

By-election 1922: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link coalition 1918Template:Election box end 1918

General election 14 December 1918: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Template:Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link

1918 Banbury by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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;

• Liberal: Eustace Fiennes
• Conservative:

General election December 1910: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eustace Fiennes	Template:Replace	50.6
		Robert Bingham Brassey	3,538	49.4
Majority			91	1.2
Turnout			7,167	89.4
Registered electors			8,021
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.7

File:1910 Banbury.jpg

General election January 1910: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bingham Brassey	Template:Replace	52.1
		Eustace Fiennes	3,516	47.9
Majority			315	4.2
Turnout			7,347	91.6
Registered electors			8,021
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+10.9

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Eustace Fiennes	Template:Replace	58.8
		George Villiers	2,796	41.2
Majority			1,196	17.6
Turnout			6,788	87.6
Registered electors			7,748
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+15.1

General election 1900: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Albert Brassey	Template:Replace	56.3
		Eustace Fiennes	2,821	43.7
Majority			811	12.6
Turnout			6,453	82.2
Registered electors			7,853
	hold		Swing	−0.6

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Albert Brassey	Template:Replace	56.9
		Charles W Thornton	3,074	43.1
Majority			983	13.8
Turnout			7,131	87.6
Registered electors			8,145
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+8.2

General election 1892: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	51.3
		Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne	3,453	48.7
Majority			187	2.6
Turnout			7,093	86.3
Registered electors			8,223
	hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	53.6
		Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne	3,184	46.4
Majority			493	7.2
Turnout			6,861	80.9
Registered electors			8,478
	hold		Swing	−6.5

General election 1885: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	60.1
		Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne	2,944	39.9
Majority			1,492	20.2
Turnout			7,380	87.0
Registered electors			8,478
	hold		Swing	−3.5

General election 1880: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	63.6
		Thomas Gibson Bowles	583	36.4
Majority			435	27.2
Turnout			1,601	86.6
Registered electors			1,848
	hold		Swing	+10.7

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	52.9
		Josiah Wilkinson	676	47.1
Majority			84	5.8
Turnout			1,436	75.3
Registered electors			1,906
	hold		Swing	−13.1

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	66.0
		George Stratton	397	34.0
Majority			375	32.0
Turnout			1,169	76.7
Registered electors			1,524
	hold		Swing	+12.2

General election 1865: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	38.8
		Charles Bell	165	31.1
		Charles Eurwicke Douglas	160	30.1
Majority			41	7.7
Turnout			531	86.5
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+8.5

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Template:Replace	54.1
		Bernhard Samuelson	199	45.9
Majority			36	8.2
Turnout			434	64.6
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

By-election, 9 February 1859: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bernhard Samuelson	Template:Replace	37.6
		John Hardy	176	37.4
		Edward Miall	118	25.1
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			471	70.1
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A

• Caused by Tancred's resignation.

General election 1857: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry William Tancred	Template:Replace	78.8
		Edward Yates	58	21.2
Majority			158	57.6
Turnout			274	50.9
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A

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General election 1852: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry William Tancred	Template:Replace	57.9
		James Macgregor	164	42.1
Majority			62	15.9
Turnout			390	83.9
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	+3.6

General election 1841: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry William Tancred	Template:Replace	45.1
		Hugh Holbech	100	36.4
		Henry Vincent	51	18.5
Majority			24	8.7
Turnout			275	71.4
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	−16.4

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry William Tancred	Template:Replace	70.7
		Henry Tawney	75	29.3
Majority			106	41.4
Turnout			256	74.6
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1835: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Henry William Tancred	Template:Replace	82.0
		Edward Lloyd Williams	45	18.0
Majority			160	64.0
Turnout			250	67.9
Registered electors			Template:Replace
	hold		Swing	N/A

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General election 1832: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			Template:Replace
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General election 1831: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Easthope	Template:Replace	66.7
		Henry Hely-Hutchinson	3	33.3
Majority			3	33.4
Turnout			9
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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General election 1830: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	gain from

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
• Henley
• Oxford East
• Oxford West and Abingdon
• Wantage
• Witney
• History of Banbury, Oxfordshire

Sources

• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) A Chronological Register of Both Houses of the British Parliament, from the Union in 1708, to the Third Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1807
• Stanley T. Bindoff et al. (1982). The House of Commons: 1509 – 1558 ; 1, Appendices, constituencies, members A – C, Volume 4. Boydell & Brewer. Template:ISBN. pp. 30–31.
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• The Constitutional Year Book for 1913 (London: National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1913)

External links

• Banbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Banbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Banbury UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK