Henley (UK Parliament constituency)

Henley
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Henley in Oxfordshire.
Location of Oxfordshire within England.
County	Oxfordshire
Electorate	73,851 (December 2010)^[1]
Current constituency
Created	1885 (1885)
Member of Parliament	John Howell (Conservative)
Number of members	One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	South East England

Henley is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covers south Oxfordshire, including Henley-on-Thames. The constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has long been a safe Conservative seat, and the current MP is the Conservatives' John Howell. The best-known past MPs were Michael Heseltine and Boris Johnson.

1 Boundaries
- 1.1 Boundary review
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Elections
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 Sources

Boundaries

The constituency covers south Oxfordshire, and is named after Henley-on-Thames, a town on the southern boundary of the division. It contains most of the South Oxfordshire local government district, with the exception of the towns of Didcot and Wallingford and surrounding villages in that part of the district within historic Berkshire.

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. Suggestions to alter the name of the constituency to "Henley and Thame" or "South Oxfordshire" were ultimately rejected by the Commission.

From the district of Cherwell – Kirtlington, and Otmoor
From the district of South Oxfordshire – Aston Rowant, Benson, Berinsfield, Chalgrove, Chiltern Woods, Chinnor, Crowmarsh, Forest Hill and Holton, Garsington, Goring, Great Milton, Henley North, Henley South, Sandford, Shiplake, Sonning Common, Thame North, Thame South, Watlington, Wheatley, and Woodcote

History

Henley has been a safe Conservative seat for several generations. The high profile former cabinet minister Michael Heseltine served as its MP for over 25 years. Heseltine was succeeded by the equally high profile Boris Johnson in 2001. In May 2008, Johnson was elected as Mayor of London, and he thus resigned from the Commons on 4 June 2008,^[2] resulting in a by-election in the constituency, which was won by John Howell.

Members of Parliament

	Member ^[3]	Party	Notes
1885	Edward William Harcourt	Conservative
1886	Francis Parker	Conservative
1895	Robert Hodge	Conservative	Became Sir Robert Hodge, Baronet in 1902, assumed surname Hermon-Hodge in 1903
1906	Philip Morrell	Liberal
1910	Valentine Fleming	Conservative
1917	Sir Robert Hermon-Hodge, Bt.	Conservative
1918	Reginald Terrell	Coalition Conservative
1922	Reginald Terrell	Conservative
1924	Robert Henderson	Conservative
1932	Gifford Fox	Conservative
1950	John Hay	Conservative
1974	Michael Heseltine	Conservative	Later Baron Heseltine; Cabinet minister 1979-86 and 1990–97
2001	Boris Johnson	Conservative	Elected Mayor of London May 2008
2008	John Howell	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General Election 2010: Henley^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Howell	30,054	56.2	+3.0
	Liberal Democrat	Andy Crick	13,466	25.2	-0.9
	Labour	Richard McKenzie	5,835	10.9	-4.1
	UKIP	Laurence Hughes	1,817	3.4	+0.9
	Green	Mark Stevenson	1,328	2.5	-0.8
	BNP	John Bews	1,020	1.9	-1.7
Majority			16,588	31.0
Turnout			53,520	71.4	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.9

Elections in the 2000s

Henley by-election, 2008 ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Howell	19,796	56.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Kearney	9,680	27.8	+1.8
	Green	Mark Stevenson	1,321	3.8	+0.5
	BNP	Tim Rait	1,243	3.6	N/A
	Labour	Richard McKenzie	1,066	3.1	-11.6
	UKIP	Chris Adams	843	2.4	-0.1
	Monster Raving Loony	Bananaman Owen	242	0.7	N/A
	English Democrats	Derek Allpass	157	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Amanda Harrington	128	0.4	N/A
	Common Good	Dick Rodgers	121	0.3	N/A
	Independent	Louise Cole	91	0.3	N/A
	Fur Play Party	Harry Bear	73	0.2	N/A
Majority			10,116	29.1	+1.6
Turnout			34,761	50.5	-17.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.8

General Election 2005: Henley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	24,894	53.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat	David Turner	12,101	26.0	–1.0
	Labour	Kaleem Saeed	6,862	14.7	–6.4
	Green	Mark Stevenson	1,518	3.3	+0.7
	UKIP	Delphine Gray-Fisk	1,162	2.5	–0.7
Majority			12,793	27.5
Turnout			46,537	67.9	+3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.2

General Election 2001: Henley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Boris Johnson	20,466	46.1	–0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Bearder	12,008	27.0	+2.3
	Labour	Janet Matthews	9,367	21.1	–1.6
	UKIP	Philip Collings	1,413	3.2	N/A
	Green	Oliver Tickell	1,147	2.6	+1.6
Majority			8,458	19.1
Turnout			44,401	64.3	–13.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	–1.3

Elections in the 1990s

General Election 1997: Henley^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	23,908	46.4	–13.3
	Liberal Democrat	Tim Horton	12,741	24.7	+0.6
	Labour	Duncan Enright	12,700	22.7	+7.8
	Referendum Party	Sebastian Sainsbury	2,299	4.5	N/A
	Green	Mrs Susan Miles	514	1.0	N/A
	Natural Law	Nigel Barlow	221	0.4	–0.1
	Whig Party	Thomas Hibbert	160	0.3	N/A
Majority			11,167	21.7	–13.9
Turnout				77.6	–2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1992: Henley^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	30,835	59.7	−1.4
	Liberal Democrat	David G. Turner	12,443	24.1	−2.2
	Labour	Ivan J. Russell-Swinnerton	7,676	14.9	+2.3
	Independent	Alan S. Plane	431	0.8	+0.8
	Natural Law	Ms. Sara A. Banerji	274	0.5	+0.5
Majority			18,392	35.6	+0.8
Turnout			51,659	79.8	+4.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.4

Elections in the 1980s

General Election 1987: Henley^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	29,978	61.1
	Liberal	J. Madeley	12,896	26.3
	Labour	M. B. Barber	6,173	12.6
Majority			17,082	34.8
Turnout				75.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Henley^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	27,039	59.7
	Liberal	I. Brook	13,258	29.3
	Labour	I. Roxburgh	4,282	9.5
	Women for Life On Earth	R. Johnson	517	1.1	N/A
	One Nation Conservative	T. Rogers	213	0.5	N/A
Majority			13,781	30.4
Turnout				72.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1970s

General Election 1979: Henley^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	29,982	58.7
	Liberal	S. Atack	11,693	22.9
	Labour	D. J. Whiting	9,435	18.5
Majority			18,289	35.8
Turnout				77.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Henley^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	22,504	49.0
	Liberal	S. R. C. Evans	12,288	26.8
	Labour	I. M. Haig	11,141	24.3
Majority			10,216	22.2
Turnout				73.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Henley^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Heseltine	24,367	48.4
	Liberal	S. R. C. Evans	15,467	30.7
	Labour	A. Alexander	10,500	20.9
Majority			8,900	17.7
Turnout				81.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Henley^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	33,452	53.4
	Labour	M. J. Denby	19,310	30.8
	Liberal	A. W. Giles	8,907	14.2	N/A
	Anti-Common Market	D. Brunner	960	1.5	N/A
Majority			14,142	22.6
Turnout				74.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General Election 1966: Henley^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	28,994	55.4
	Labour	George Cunningham	23,320	44.6
Majority			5,674	10.9
Turnout				75.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Henley^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	24,898	49.2
	Labour	A. Ledger	16,614	32.8
	Liberal	A. W. Giles	9,081	18.0
Majority			8,284	16.4
Turnout				78.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General Election 1959: Henley^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	24,417	53.4
	Labour	A. Ledger	15,014	32.9
	Liberal	C. Truman	6,261	13.7	N/A
Majority			9,403	20.6
Turnout				78.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1955: Henley^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	24,061	58.6
	Labour	N. J. T. Wiles	16,980	41.4
Majority			7,081	17.3
Turnout				75.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1951: Henley^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	23,621	58.0
	Labour	C. Gallop	17,090	42.0
Majority			6,531	16.0
Turnout				78.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1950: Henley^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hay	20,488	49.4
	Labour	A. E. G. Hawkins	14,709	35.5
	Liberal	M. Minoprio	6,255	15.1
Majority			5,779	13.9
Turnout				81.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General Election 1945: Henley^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford Fox	22,286	42.5
	Labour	J. S. Cook	19,457	37.1
	Liberal	Lionel Brett	10,718	20.4
Majority			2,829	5.4
Turnout				66.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General Election 1935: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford Fox	22,024	70.4
	Liberal	J H May	9,254	29.6
Majority			12,770	40.8
Turnout			31,278	56.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Henley by-election, 1932^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gifford Fox	16,553	69.9	-2.3
	Liberal	R Borlase Matthews	7,129	30.1	+13.8
Majority			9,424	39.8	-16.1
Turnout			23,682	48.9	-19.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1931: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Henderson	24,015	72.2
	Liberal	R Borlase Matthews	5,411	16.3
	Labour	F J Hembury	3,809	11.5
Majority			18,604	55.9
Turnout			33,235	68.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General Election 1929: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Henderson	16,943	51.9
	Liberal	G E Tritton	9,786	29.9
	Labour	B B Gillis	5,962	18.2
Majority			7,157	22.0
Turnout			32,631	73.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Henderson	14,830	64.8
	Liberal	C A Bennett	8,060	35.2
Majority			6,770	29.6
Turnout			22,890	70.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Terrell	12,092	51.8
	Liberal	R H Rew	11,266	48.2
Majority			826	3.6
Turnout			23,358	73.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1922: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Reginald Terrell	11,545	53.1
	Liberal	R H Rew	10,204	46.9
Majority			1,341	6.2
Turnout			21,749	69.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elections in the 1910s

General Election 1918: Henley^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Conservative	Reginald Terrell	10,757	67.7
	Liberal	Edmund L Macnaghten	5,138	32.3
Majority			5,619	35.4
Turnout			15,895	52.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Notes and references

^ "Electorate Figures - Boundary Commission for England". 2011 Electorate Figures. Boundary Commission for England. 4 March 2011. http://www.boundarycommissionforengland.org.uk/electoral-figures/electoral-figures.htm. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
^ Treasury press release Manor of Northstead
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
^ http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seat-profiles/henley
^ "BBC NEWS – Election 2010 – Henley". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/c15.stm.
^ ukpollingreport
^ ^a ^b ^c Ask Aristotle: Henley, guardian.co.uk
^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ UK General Election results June 1987
^ UK General Election results June 1983
^ UK General Election results May 1979
^ UK General Election results October 1974
^ UK General Election results February 1974
^ UK General Election results 1970
^ UK General Election results March 1966
^ UK General Election results October 1964
^ UK General Election results October 1959
^ UK General Election results May 1955
^ UK General Election results October 1951
^ UK General Election results February 1950
^ UK General Election results July 1945
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1918 - 1949

Sources

Iain Dale, ed (2003). The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 1945.
The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times. 1950.
The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times. 1955.

The District of South Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire • County Council elections • District Council elections • Henley County Constituency • Wantage County Constituency

Towns	Didcot • Henley-on-Thames • Thame (Moreton) • Wallingford • Watlington (Christmas Common, Northend)

Large Villages	Benson (Preston Crowmarsh) • Berinsfield • Brightwell-cum-Sotwell (Brightwell, Mackney, Sotwell) • Chalgrove • Chinnor (Emmington, Henton, Oakley) • Cholsey (Winterbrook) • Crowmarsh (Crowmarsh Gifford, North Stoke, Mongewell, Newnham Murren) • Ewelme • Garsington • Goring-on-Thames • Great Milton • Horspath (Bullingdon Green) • Sandford-on-Thames • Shiplake (Lower Shiplake) • Sonning Common • Wheatley (Littleworth) • Woodcote

Other Civil Parishes (Component Villages and Hamlets)	Adwell • Aston Rowant • Aston Tirrold • Aston Upthorpe • Beckley and Stowood (Beckley, Stowood) • Berrick Salome (Berrick Prior, Roke, Rokemarsh) • Binfield Heath • Bix and Assendon (Bix, Bix Bottom, Lower Assendon, Middle Assendon) • Brightwell Baldwin • Britwell Salome • Checkendon • Clifton Hampden (Burcot) • Crowell • Cuddesdon and Denton (Cuddesdon, Denton) • Culham • Cuxham with Easington (Cuxham, Easington) • Dorchester • Drayton St. Leonard • East Hagbourne (Coscote) • Elsfield • Eye and Dunsden (Sonning Eye, Dunsden Green, Playhatch) • Forest Hill with Shotover (Forest Hill, Shotover) • Goring Heath (Whitchurch Hill, Cray's Pond) • Great Haseley (Latchford, Little Haseley, North Weston, Rycote) • Harpsden • Highmoor (Satwell) • Holton • Ipsden • Kidmore End (Gallowstree Common) • Lewknor (Postcombe, South Weston) • Little Milton • Little Wittenham • Long Wittenham • Mapledurham (Trench Green, Chazey Heath) • Marsh Baldon (Baldon Row) • Moulsford • Nettlebed • Newington (Great Holcombe) • North Moreton • Nuffield • Nuneham Courtenay • Pishill with Stonor (Pishill, Stonor, Maidensgrove, Russell's Water) • Pyrton (Clare, Standhill) • Rotherfield Greys • Rotherfield Peppard • Shirburn • South Moreton (Fulscot) • South Stoke (Littlestoke) • Stadhampton (Chiselhampton, Brookhampton, Ascott) • Stanton St. John (Woodperry) • Stoke Row • Stoke Talmage • Swyncombe • Sydenham (Kingston Stert) • Tetsworth • Tiddington-with-Albury (Tiddington, Albury) • Toot Baldon • Towersey • Warborough (Shillingford) • Waterstock • West Hagbourne • Whitchurch-on-Thames • Woodeaton • Waterperry with Thomley (Waterperry, Thomley) • Wheatfield • Wilcote

Former Districts and Boroughs	Bullingdon Rural District • Municipal Borough of Henley-on-Thames • Henley Rural District • Thame Urban District • Municipal Borough of Wallingford • Wallingford Rural District Crowmarsh Rural District • Culham Rural District • Goring Rural District • Headington Rural District • Thame Rural District

Former Constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency • Wallingford Borough Constituency • Abingdon Borough Constituency • Berkshire North or Abingdon County Constituency • Abingdon County Constituency

List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire • List of places in Oxfordshire • List of civil parishes in Oxfordshire

The District of West Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire • County Council elections • District Council elections • Witney County Constituency

Towns	Burford (Signet, Upton) • Carterton • Charlbury • Chipping Norton (Southcombe) • Witney (Cogges, Madley Park) • Woodstock (Hensington, Old Woodstock)

Large Villages	Aston, Cote, Shifford and Chimney (Aston, Cote, Shifford, Chimney) • Bampton (Lower Haddon, Weald) • Brize Norton • Ducklington • Enstone (Church Enstone, Neat Enstone, Chalford, Cleveley, Fulwell, Gagingwell, Lidstone, Radford) • Eynsham (Barnard Gate) • Freeland • Hailey (New Yatt) • Hanborough (Church Hanborough, Long Hanborough) • Milton-under-Wychwood • Minster Lovell • North Leigh (East End, Wilcote) • Shipton-under-Wychwood • Standlake (Brighthampton) • Steeple Barton (Middle Barton) • Stonesfield

Other Civil Parishes (Component Villages and Hamlets)	Alvescot • Ascott-under-Wychwood (Ascott d'Oyley, Ascott Earl) • Asthall (Asthall Leigh, Worsham) • Black Bourton • Bladon • Blenheim • Broadwell • Bruern • Cassington (Worton) • Chadlington • Chastleton • Chilson (Shorthampton) • Churchill • Clanfield • Combe • Cornbury and Wychwood (Cornbury, Wychwood) • Cornwell • Crawley • Curbridge • Fawler • Fifield • Filkins and Broughton Poggs (Filkins, Broughton Poggs) • Finstock • Fulbrook • Glympton • Grafton and Radcot (Grafton, Radcot) • Great Tew • Hardwick-with-Yelford (Hardwick, Yelford) • Heythrop (Dunthrop) • Holwell • Idbury (Bould, Foscot) • Kelmscott • Kencot • Kiddington with Asterleigh (Asterleigh, Kiddington, Over Kiddington) • Kingham • Langford • Leafield • Lew • Little Faringdon • Little Tew • Lyneham • Northmoor • Over Norton • Ramsden (Mount Skippett) • Rollright (Great Rollright, Little Rollright) • Rousham • Salford • Sandford St. Martin (Ledwell) • Sarsden • Shilton • South Leigh • Spelsbury (Dean, Taston) • Stanton Harcourt • Swerford • Swinbrook and Widford (Swinbrook, Widford) • Tackley • Taynton • Westcott Barton • Westwell • Wootton (Dornford, Hordley) • Worton (Nether Worton, Over Worton)

Former Districts and Boroughs	Chipping Norton Rural District • Municipal Borough of Chipping Norton • Witney Urban District • Witney Rural District • Municipal Borough of Woodstock • Woodstock Rural District

Former Constituencies	Oxfordshire County Constituency • Woodstock Borough Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire or Woodstock County Constituency • Banbury County Constituency • Henley County Constituency • Mid Oxfordshire County Constituency

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Labour (4)	Oxford East Slough Southampton Itchen Southampton Test

Liberal Democrats (4)	Eastbourne Eastleigh Lewes Portsmouth South

Green (1)	Brighton Pavilion

Speaker (1)	Buckingham

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