Oxford (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

The boundaries were expanded to coincide with the County Borough.

1950–1983

As above, with redrawn boundaries.

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.

In the 1983 redistribution, the Oxford constituency disappeared and was split 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. Oxford West and Abingdon encompassed Oxford city centre at the time, but Oxford East primarily comprised the majority of the new district. From 2010, the city centre was situated within the redrawn Oxford East constituency until 2024 when it was transferred back into Oxford West and Abingdon.

Members of Parliament

1295–1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1379	Edmund Kenyan	Thomas Somerset
1380 (Nov)	Edmund Kenyan
1381	Edmund Kenyan
1382 (May)	Edmund Kenyan
1385	Edmund Kenyan
1386	Edmund Kenyan	Thomas Houkyn
1388 (Feb)	John Hickes	Thomas Somerset
1388 (Sep)	John Shawe	Thomas Baret
1390 (Jan)	Richard Garston	Alan Lekensfeld
1390 (Nov)	Edmund Kenyan	Adam de la River
1391	Edmund Kenyan	John Ottworth
1393	Richard Garston	John Merston
1394	Edmund Kenyan	John Forster
1395	John Ludlow	Adam de la River
1397 (Jan)	Walter Benham	Adam de la River
1397 (Sep)	John Ottworth	Adam de la River
1399	John Spicer	John Burbridge
1401	Thomas Forsthull	Adam de la River
1402	Walter Benham	John Spicer
1404 (Jan)	Thomas Coventre	John Spicer
1404 (Oct)	John Merston	Michael Salisbury
1406	John Ottworth	Thomas Cowley
1407	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet
1410	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet
1411
1413 (Feb)
1413 (May)	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet
1414 (Apr)	John Shawe II	Walter Colet
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Coventre	John Merston
1415
1416 (Mar)	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton
1416 (Oct)
1417	Thomas Coventre	Hugh Benet
1419	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton
1420	Thomas Coventre	William Offord
1421 (May)	Thomas Coventre	William Brampton
1421 (Dec)	John Quarane	William Offord
1491	Robert Caxton
1510–1523	No names known
1529	John Latton	William Fleming
1536	?John Latton	?William Fleming
1539	Thomas Denton	Richard Gunter
1542	?
1545	?
1547	Ralph Flaxney	Edward Frere
1553 (Mar)	Christopher Edmonds	Edward Glynton
1553 (Oct)	John Wayte	Thomas Williams
1554 (Apr)	Thomas Mallinson	Edward Glynton
1554 (Nov)	John Wayte	William Tylcock
1555	John Wayte	William Pantre
1558	John Barton	Richard Williams
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Wood	Roger Taylor
1562 (Dec)	William Page	Thomas Wood
1571	Edward Knollys	William Frere
1572 (Apr)	Edward Knollys, died and replaced 1576 by Francis Knollys	William Owen, died and replaced Jan 1581 by Edward Norris
1584 (Oct)	Francis Knollys	William Noble
1586 (Sep)	Francis Knollys	George Calfield
1588 (Oct)	Francis Knollys	George Calfield
1593	Sir Edmund Carey	George Calfield
1597 (Aug)	Anthony Bacon	George Calfield
1601 (Sep)	Sir Francis Leigh	George Calfield
1604	Francis Leigh	Thomas Wentworth
1614	Sir John Astley	Thomas Wentworth
1621–1622	Sir John Brooke	Thomas Wentworth
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	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Viscount Andover	Royalist	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	John Whistler	Royalist
1640 (Nov)	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	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		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				rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Sir Edward Norreys	Tory
1695	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Thomas Rowney	Tory
1701	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Francis Norreys	Tory
1706	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Sir John Walter	Tory
March 1722	rowspan="7" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Thomas Rowney, junior	Tory
October 1722	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			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	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Wetherell	Tory		John Ingram Lockhart
1826	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	James Langston	Whig
1830	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			William Hughes Hughes	Whig
1832	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Thomas Stonor	Whig
1833	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			William Hughes Hughes	Whig
1835	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Donald Maclean	Conservative		style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Conservative
1837	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			William Erle	Whig
1841	rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			James Langston	Whig
1847	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	(Sir) William Wood	Radical
1853	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Edward Cardwell	Peelite
March 1857	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Charles Neate	Whig
July 1857	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Edward Cardwell	Peelite
1859	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |		Liberal		style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Liberal
1863	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Charles Neate	Liberal
1868	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			(Sir) William Vernon Harcourt	Liberal
1874	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Alexander William Hall	Conservative
April 1880	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Joseph William Chitty	Liberal
May 1880	style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |			Alexander William Hall	Conservative
1881	Writ suspended – seat vacant
September 1881				Writ suspended – seat vacant
1885	Representation reduced to one member

1885–1983

Election		Member	Party
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1885	Alexander William Hall	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1892	Sir George Tomkyns Chesney	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1895	Arthur Annesley	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1917 by-election	John Marriott	Coalition Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1922	Frank Gray	Liberal
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1924 by-election	Robert Bourne	Unionist
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1938 by-election	Quintin Hogg	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1950 by-election	Lawrence Turner	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1959	Montague Woodhouse	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1966	Evan Luard	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	1970	Montague Woodhouse	Conservative
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	Oct 1974	Evan Luard	Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" |	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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Langston	Template:Replace	38.1
		William Hughes Hughes	Template:Replace	36.2
		John Ingram Lockhart	750	25.8
Majority			304	10.4
Turnout			1,779	c. Template:Trim
Registered electors			c. Template:Trim
	hold		Swing
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

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General election 1831: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
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General election 1832: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		James Langston		34.5
		Thomas Stonor		26.1
		William Hughes Hughes		25.1
		Charles Wetherell		14.3
Turnout			2,139	92.5
	hold
	hold

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

By-election, 18 March 1833: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Hughes Hughes	Template:Replace	40.8
		Charles Towneley	702	35.7
		Donald Maclean	462	23.5
Majority			101	5.1
Turnout			1,967	85.1
Registered electors			2,312
	hold		Swing	+3.3

General election 1835: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Hughes Hughes	Template:Replace	38.4
		Donald Maclean	Template:Replace	33.5
		Thomas Stonor	1,022	28.1
Majority			195	5.4
Turnout			2,200	90.3
Registered electors			2,436
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+14.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+17.7

General election 1837: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Donald Maclean	Template:Replace	38.9
		William Erle	Template:Replace	35.2
		William Hughes Hughes	897	25.9
Turnout			2,115	87.3
Registered electors			2,424
Majority			131	3.7
	hold		Swing	+0.9
Majority			320	9.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+7.1

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Langston	Template:Replace	37.2
		Donald Maclean	Template:Replace	34.1
		Neil Malcolm	1,041	28.7
Turnout			2,374	85.2
Registered electors			2,786
Majority			111	3.1
	hold		Swing	+2.0
Majority			197	5.4
	hold		Swing	−2.9

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General election 1847: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			2,819
	hold
	gain from

Elections in the 1850s

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

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By-election, 3 April 1851: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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General election 1852: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			2,818
	hold
	hold

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

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By-election, 4 January 1853: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1857: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Langston	Template:Replace	41.9
		Charles Neate	Template:Replace	26.5
		Edward Cardwell	1,016	25.5
		Stephen Gaselee	245	6.1
Majority			41	1.0
Turnout			1,995 (est)	75.1 (est)
Registered electors			2,656
	hold		Swing	N/A
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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

By-election, 21 July 1857: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Edward Cardwell	Template:Replace	51.6
		William Makepeace Thackeray	1,108	52.7
Majority			67	3.1
Turnout			2,103	79.2
Registered electors			2,656
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	N/A

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General election 1859: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			2,731
	hold
	hold

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

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By-election, 27 June 1859: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1860s

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

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By-election, 30 July 1861: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Langston's death caused a by-election.

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By-election, 7 November 1863: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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

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By-election, 9 April 1864: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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General election 1865: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Registered electors			2,594
	hold
	hold

General election 1868: Oxford (2 seats)

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

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

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By-election, 22 December 1868: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1870s

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

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1873 Oxford by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

General election 1874: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Vernon Harcourt	Template:Replace	34.2
		Edward Cardwell	Template:Replace	33.5
		Alexander William Hall	2,198	32.3
Majority			83	1.2
Turnout			4,505 (est)	79.3 (est)
Registered electors			5,680
	hold		Swing	−6.3
	hold		Swing	−7.6

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

1874 Oxford by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander William Hall	Template:Replace	55.0
		John Delaware Lewis	2,092	45.0
Majority			462	10.0
Turnout			4,646	81.8
Registered electors			5,680
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+22.7

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Oxford (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		William Vernon Harcourt	Template:Replace	34.2
		Joseph William Chitty	Template:Replace	33.0
		Alexander William Hall	2,659	32.8
Majority			10	0.2
Turnout			5,430 (est)	88.1 (est)
Registered electors			6,163
	hold		Swing	−0.3
	hold		Swing	−0.4

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

1880 Oxford by-election (1 seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander William Hall	Template:Replace	50.5
		William Vernon Harcourt	2,681	49.5
Majority			54	1.0
Turnout			5,416	87.9
Registered electors			6,163
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+17.7

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

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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alexander William Hall	Template:Replace	52.6
		Charles Alan Fyffe	2,894	47.4
Majority			318	5.2
Turnout			6,106	90.3
Registered electors			6,764
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+19.8

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General election 1886: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: Oxford

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

Chesney's death caused a by-election.

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John Fletcher Little

1895 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Annesley	Template:Replace	54.4
		John Fletcher Little	3,143	45.6
Majority			602	8.8
Turnout			6,888	90.2
Registered electors			7,637
	hold		Swing	+3.5

General election 1895: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Annesley	Template:Replace	54.9
		Thomas Henry Kingerlee	2,975	45.1
Majority			648	9.8
Turnout			6,598	86.4
Registered electors			7,637
	hold		Swing	+4.0

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

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1898 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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Elections in the 1900s

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General election 1900: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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General election 1906: Oxford

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

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Annesley	Template:Replace	57.0
		G. Whale	3,707	43.0
Majority			1,211	14.0
Turnout			8,625	93.5
Registered electors			9,227
	hold		Swing	+6.4

General election December 1910: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Arthur Annesley	Template:Replace	58.4
		J.F. Williams	3,318	41.6
Majority			1,346	16.8
Turnout			7,982	86.5
Registered electors			9,227
	hold		Swing	+1.4

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1917 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	hold

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Elections in the 1920s

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Gray

General election 1918: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		George Herbert Higgins	4,057	29.3
Majority			5,748	41.4
Turnout			13,862	55.2
	hold		Swing	+12.3

General election 1922: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Gray	Template:Replace	59.0
		John Marriott	8,683	41.0
Majority			3,806	18.0
Turnout			21,172	83.8
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+29.7

General election 1923: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Gray	Template:Replace	56.1
		Robert Bourne	9,618	43.9
Majority			2,693	12.2
Turnout			21,929	83.5
	hold		Swing	-2.9

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Fry

1924 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bourne	Template:Replace	47.8
		C.B. Fry	8,237	39.1
		Kenneth Lindsay	2,769	13.1
Majority			1,842	8.7
Turnout			21,085	80.3
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+10.5

General election 1924: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bourne	Template:Replace	57.3
		Robert Moon	6,836	32.1
		Frederic Ludlow	2,260	10.6
Majority			5,360	25.2
Turnout			21,292	78.5
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing

General election 1929: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bourne	Template:Replace	52.5
		Robert Moon	8,581	30.7
		John Lyttelton Etty	4,694	16.8
Majority			6,057	21.8
Turnout			27,913	72.2
	hold		Swing	-1.7

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1931: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bourne	Template:Replace	N/A
	hold

General election 1935: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Bourne	Template:Replace	62.8
		Patrick Gordon-Walker	9,661	37.2
Majority			6,645	25.6
Turnout			25,967	67.3
	hold		Swing

1938 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Quintin Hogg	Template:Replace	56.1
		Sandie Lindsay	12,363	43.9
Majority			3,434	12.2
Turnout			28,160	76.3
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Quintin Hogg	Template:Replace	45.3
		Frank Pakenham	11,451	36.2
		Antony Charles Wynyard Norman	5,860	18.5
Majority			2,863	9.1
Turnout			31,625	66.3
	hold		Swing	-8.3

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1950: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Quintin Hogg	Template:Replace	46.85
		Elizabeth Pakenham	23,902	40.71
		Donald William Tweddle	6,807	11.59
		Ernest Keeling	494	0.84
Majority			3,606	6.14
Turnout			58,711	84.89
	hold		Swing	-1.48

1950 Oxford by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lawrence Turner	Template:Replace	57.50
		Sydney Kersland Lewis	20,385	42.50
Majority			7,198	15.00
Turnout			47,968
	hold		Swing	+4.33

General election 1951: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lawrence Turner	Template:Replace	56.00
		George Elvin	25,427	44.00
Majority			6,940	12.00
Turnout			57,794	81.98
	hold		Swing	-1.50

General election 1955: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lawrence Turner	Template:Replace	52.30
		George Elvin	19,930	37.62
		Ivor Davies	5,336	10.07
Majority			7,778	14.68
Turnout			52,974	78.22
	hold		Swing	+1.34

General election 1959: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Montague Woodhouse	Template:Replace	50.95
		Leslie N Anderton	18,310	34.81
		Ivor Davies	7,491	14.24
Majority			8,488	16.14
Turnout			52,599	78.91
	hold		Swing	+0.73

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1964: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Montague Woodhouse	Template:Replace	42.89
		Evan Luard	20,783	40.13
		Ivor Davies	8,797	16.99
Majority			1,429	2.76
Turnout			51,792	77.29
	hold		Swing	-6.69

General election 1966: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Evan Luard	Template:Replace	46.45
		Montague Woodhouse	21,987	41.84
		Alexander Duncan Campbell Peterson	6,152	11.71
Majority			2,425	4.61
Turnout			52,551	79.26
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+3.67

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Montague Woodhouse	Template:Replace	46.96
		Evan Luard	22,989	43.40
		Peter H Reeves	5,103	9.63
Majority			1,884	3.56
Turnout			52,965	74.54
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+4.08

General election February 1974: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Montague Woodhouse	Template:Replace	39.81
		Evan Luard	23,146	38.44
		MS Butler	13,094	21.75
Majority			821	1.37
Turnout			60,204	78.55
	hold		Swing	-1.10

General election October 1974: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Evan Luard	Template:Replace	42.71
		Montague Woodhouse	22,323	40.82
		MS Butler	8,374	15.31
		Ian Anderson	572	1.05
		Bernice Olive Smith	64	0.12
Majority			1,036	1.89
Turnout			54,691	70.78
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+1.64

General election 1979: Oxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Patten	Template:Replace	45.30
		Evan Luard	25,962	42.83
		Dermot Roaf	6,234	10.28
	Oxford Ecological Movement	Anthony Cheke	887	1.46
		Bernice Olive Smith	72	0.12
Majority			1,497	2.47
Turnout			60,610	74.18
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	+2.18

Sources

• Election results, 1951–1979
• Robert Beatson, A Chronological Register of Both Houses of Parliament (London: Longman, Hurst, Res & Orme, 1807) [1]
• D. Brunton & D. H. Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [2]
• F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
• Craig, F. W. S. (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3 ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. Template:ISBN.
• Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [3]
• J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)