Oxford East (UK Parliament constituency)

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Oxford East Borough constituency
Oxford East shown within Oxfordshire, and Oxfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Andrew Smith
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Oxfordshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Oxford East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

Contents 1 Boundaries 1.1 Boundary Review 2 History 3 Members of Parliaments 4 Elections 5 See also 6 Sources 7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency covers the eastern and southern parts of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It borders Oxford West and Abingdon to the West and Henley to the North, East and South.

This is the most Labour-voting part of Oxford, including Cowley (famous for its car factory) and the rather notorious Blackbird Leys council estate, but there is a large percentage of student voters from both Oxford and Oxford Brookes Universities (the latter being based in the seat, in leafy suburban Headington).

Due to the high student, and university-related, vote, Labour came within a thousand votes of losing the seat to the Lib Dems at the 2005 election with such issues as the Iraq War and top-up fees losing many votes for former Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith.

[edit] Boundary Review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Oxfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards used in this modified constituency are as follows.

• From the City of Oxford - Barton and Sandhills, Blackbird Leys, Carfax, Churchill, Cowley, Cowley Marsh, Headington, Headington Hill and Northway, Hinksey Park, Holywell, Iffley Fields, Littlemore, Lye Valley, Marston, Northfield Brook, Quarry and Risinghurst, Rose Hill and Iffley, St Clement’s, and St Mary’s.

These changes have the effect of moving the Carfax and Holywell wards into Oxford East from Oxford West and Abingdon. This means that the majority of Oxford Colleges will now sit in Oxford East, whereas they had previously sat in Oxford West and Abingdon for the most part. It is expected that this change will benefit the Liberal Democrats in the marginal Oxford East constituency.

[edit] History

Until 1983, the whole of Oxford, including all of this constituency was contained in the Oxford constituency.

The 1997 boundary changes moved two semi-rural districts (that leaned to the Conservatives) out of the seat, and incorporated the urban Oxford South ward that was strong for the Liberal Democrats and Labour.

[edit] Members of Parliaments

• Constituency created (1983)
• 1983 — 1987: Steven Norris, Conservative
• 1987 — present: Andrew Smith, Labour

[edit] Elections

General Election 2005: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	15,405	36.9	−12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Goddard	14,442	34.6	+11.2
	Conservative	Virginia Morris	6,992	16.7	−2.0
	Green	Jacob Sanders	1,813	4.3	+0.5
	Independent ('New Loony')	Honest Blair	1,485	3.6	N/A
	Independent Working Class	Maurice Leen	892	2.1	N/A
	UK Independence	Peter Gardner	715	1.7	+0.3
	Independent	Pathmanathan Mylvaganam	46	0.1	-0.1
Majority			963	2.3
Turnout			41,790	57.9	+2.1
	Labour hold		Swing	−11.8

General Election 2001: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	19,681	49.4	-7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Goddard	9,337	23.4	+8.7
	Conservative	Cheryl Potter	7,446	18.7	-3.3
	Green	Pritam Singh	1,501	3.8	+1.7
	Socialist Alliance	John Lister	708	1.8	N/A
	UK Independence	Peter Gardner	570	1.4	+0.9
	Socialist Labour	Fahim Ahmed	274	0.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Linda Hodge	254	0.6	-0.1
	Independent	Pathmanathan Mylvaganam	77	0.2	0.0
Majority			10,344	26.0
Turnout			39,848	55.8	-12.6
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	27,205	56.8	+6.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Djanogly	10,540	22.0	-11.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Kershaw	7,038	14.7	+0.7
	Referendum Party	Martin Young	1,391	2.9
	Green	Craig Simmons	975	2.0
	ProLife Alliance	William Harper-Jones	318	0.7
	UK Independence	Peter Gardner	234	0.5
	Natural Law	John Thompson	108	0.2
	Independent (politician)	Pathmanathan Mylvaganam	68	0.2
Majority			16,665	34.8
Turnout			47,877	68.4
	Labour hold		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	23,702	50.4	+7.4
	Conservative	Dr Mark Mayall	16,164	34.3	-6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Horwood	6,105	13.0	-2.6
	Green	Caroline Lucas	933	2.0	+1.1
	Natural Law	A M Wilson	101	0.2
	Revolutionary Communist Party	K Tompson	48	0.1
Majority			7,538	16.1
Turnout				74.6	-4.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+6.8

General Election 1987: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Smith	21,103	43.0	+5.7
	Conservative	Stephen Norris	19,815	40.4	+0.4
	Liberal	M Godden	7,648	15.6	-7.1
	Green	D Dalton	441	0.9	N/A
	Independent (politician)	Pathmanathan Mylvaganam	60	0.1	N/A
Majority			1,288	2.6
Turnout				78.9	+5.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+2.7

General Election 1983: Oxford East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Norris	18,808	40.0
	Labour	Andrew Smith	17,541	37.3
	Liberal	M Godden	10,690	22.7
Majority			1,267	2.7
Turnout				73.9

[edit] See also

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

[edit] Sources

• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997–2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997–2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983–1992 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1992–2005 (The Guardian)

[edit] External links

• Elections: Let battle commence Oxford Mail, 2005-04-06

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