Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Oxford West and Abingdon County constituency
Oxford West and Abingdon shown within Oxfordshire, and Oxfordshire shown within England
Created:	1983
MP:	Evan Harris
Party:	Liberal Democrat
Type:	House of Commons
County:	Oxfordshire
EP constituency:	South East England

Oxford West and Abingdon is a county 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 Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 References 7 Sources 8 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency contains the town of Abingdon, the village of Kidlington, and the western and northern parts of the city of Oxford. It includes many of the colleges of the University of Oxford and thus contains a large student population.

[edit] Boundary Review

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

• From the district of Vale of White Horse - Abingdon Abbey and Barton, Abingdon Caldecott, Abingdon Dunmore, Abingdon Fitzharris, Abingdon Northcourt, Abingdon Ock Meadow, Abingdon Peachcroft, Appleton and Cumnor, Kennington and South Hinksey, North Hinksey and Wytham, Radley, and Sunningwell and Wootton.
• From the city of Oxford - Jericho and Osney, North, St Margaret’s, Summertown, and Wolvercote
• From the district of Cherwell - Kidlington North, Kidlington South, and Yarnton, Gosford and Water Eaton.

This revision will remove most of the colleges of the University of Oxford from the constituency, leaving only St Hugh's, Lady Margaret Hall, St Anne's, St Antony's, Somerville, Green and Wolfson.

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1983 when the constituency of Oxford was split in two.

[edit] Members of Parliament

• Constituency created (1983)
• 1983 — 1997: John Patten, Conservative
• 1997 — present: Dr Evan Harris, Liberal Democrat

[edit] Election results

Confirmed candidates for the next UK general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicola Blackwood
	Green	Chris Goodall
	Liberal Democrat	Evan Harris

General Election 2005: Oxford West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evan Harris	24,336	46.3	−1.5
	Conservative	Amanda McLean	16,653	31.7	+1.7
	Labour	Antonia Bance	8,725	16.6	−1.1
	Green	Tom Lines	2,091	4.0	+1.2
	UK Independence	Marcus Watney	795	1.5	+0.6
Majority			7,683	14.6
Turnout			52,600	65.6	+1.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	−1.6

General Election 2001: Oxford West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evan Harris	24,670	47.8	+4.9
	Conservative	Ed Matts	15,485	30.0	-2.6
	Labour	Gillian Kirk	9,114	17.7	-2.5
	Green	Mike Woodin	1,423	2.8	+1.6
	UK Independence	Marcus Watney	451	0.9	+0.5
	Independent	Sigrid Shreeve	332	0.6	N/A
	Extinction Club	Robert Twigger	93	0.2	N/A
Majority			9,185	17.8
Turnout			51,568	64.5	-13.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	+3.8

General Election 1997: Oxford West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Evan Harris	26,268	42.9	+7.1
	Conservative	Laurence Harris	19,983	32.7	-13.6
	Labour	Susan Brown	12,361	20.2	+4.1
	Referendum Party	Gillian Eustace	1,258	2.1	N/A
	Green	Mike Woodin	691	1.1	-0.1
	UK Independence	Rodney Buckton	258	0.4	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Linda Hodge	238	0.4	N/A
	Natural Law	Anne Marie Wilson	91	0.1	+0.0
	Local Government	John Rose	48	0.1	N/A
Majority			6,285	10.2
Turnout			61,196	78.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	+10.4

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 West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patten	25,163	45.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sir William Goodhart	21,624	39.0	+1.6
	Labour	Bruce Kent	7,652	13.8	-1.1
	Green	Mike Woodin	660	1.2	-0.1
	Liberal	R. E. Jenking	194	0.3	N/A
	Anti Federalist League	S. B. Nelson	98	0.2	N/A
	Natural Law	G. A. Wells	75	0.1	N/A
Majority			3,539	6.4
Turnout			55,466	76.7	-1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.3

General Election 1987: Oxford West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patten	25,171	46.4	-1.3
	Social Democrat	Chris Huhne	20,293	37.4	+4.1
	Labour	J G Power	8,108	14.9	-2.0
	Green	D R Smith	695	1.3	+0.2
Majority			4,878	9.0
Turnout			54,267	78.4	+4.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.7

General Election 1983: Oxford West and Abingdon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Patten	23,778	47.7
	Social Democrat	Evan Luard	16,627	33.3
	Labour	J H Jacottet	8,440	16.9
	Ecology	S G Starmer	544	1.1
	Monster Raving Loony	R A Jones	267	0.5
	Independent (politician)	C N Smith	95	0.2
	Independent (politician)	P M Doubleday	86	0.2
	Independent (politician)	R Pinder	26	0.1
Majority			7,151	14.4
Turnout			49,863	74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

[edit] See also

• Oxford East
• List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

[edit] References

1. ^ Oxford west and Abingdon, UKPollingReport

[edit] Sources

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

[edit] External links

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

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