Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)











































Banbury

County constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Banbury in Oxfordshire.


Outline map
Location of Oxfordshire within England.

County Oxfordshire
Population 117,928 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 84,063 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements
Banbury and Bicester
Current constituency
Created 1553
Member of parliament
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South East England

Banbury is a constituency in Oxfordshire[n 1] created in 1553 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Prentis of the Conservative Party.[n 2] The constituency is occasionally, but erroneously, referred to as the North Oxfordshire constituency.


In terms of electorate Banbury was the 16th largest constituency in the United Kingdom at the time of the 2015 general election.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Constituency profile


  • 2 History


  • 3 Boundaries and boundary changes


  • 4 Changes proposed for 2022


  • 5 Members of Parliament


    • 5.1 Banbury borough (until 1885)


      • 5.1.1 MPs 1554–1640


      • 5.1.2 MPs 1640–1885




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




  • 6 Elections


    • 6.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 6.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 6.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 6.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 6.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 6.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 6.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 6.8 Election in the 1940s


    • 6.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 6.10 Election in the 1920s


    • 6.11 Election in the 1910s


    • 6.12 Elections in the 1900s


    • 6.13 Elections in the 1890s


    • 6.14 Elections in the 1880s


    • 6.15 Elections in the 1870s


    • 6.16 Elections in the 1860s


    • 6.17 Elections in the 1850s


    • 6.18 Elections in the 1840s




  • 7 Neighbouring constituencies


  • 8 See also


  • 9 Notes and references


  • 10 Sources





Constituency profile


The constituency has relatively high economic dependence on agriculture, as well as modern industry (particularly motor sport), research and development, public services and, to a lesser extent, defence. It contains two large market towns, Banbury and Bicester, where the majority of the electorate live. It is a partly rural seat, with the north west 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. More than one in 10 of the population is employed in higher managerial, administrative and professional work, according to ONS 2011 Census figures for England and Wales. In 2015 the seat was home to 4.3% of EU residents and unemployment was 2.9%.[4] There are some Labour voting wards in Banbury itself, but the remainder of the constituency including Bicester and the smaller rural towns and villages are safely Conservative. However the 2017 election saw a particularly strong swing for Labour like many towns in southern England.



History


The constituency was created as a parliamentary borough, consisting of the town of Banbury, on January 26, 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford and Thomas Denton.[5] It was one of the few English constituencies in the unreformed House of Commons to elect only one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was the constituency 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 constituencies of 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 county constituency since then with varying boundaries (see below).


Political history

Banbury has a post-World War I history of Conservative representation and local support for the party. Its MPs since 1922 have all served long terms in office and each since 1922 has been knighted. Following a close election in 1923, the largest vote since 1922 has at each election been for a Conservative. In 2010 Tony Baldry (Con) almost doubled his majority. The 2015 result made the seat the 125th safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[6]


Other parties

Four of the six parties' candidates achieved more than the deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015. In 2001 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.[7]


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.[8]


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 in the Rural District of Ploughley the parishes of Begbroke, Gosford and Water Eaton, Hampton Gay and Poyle, Kidlington, Shipton on Cherwell, Thrupp, and Yarnton.[9]


Change to contents due to reorganisation of rural districts. Marginal loss to the Oxford constituency as a result of the expansion of 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 in the Rural District of Ploughley the 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.[10]


The Urban and Rural Districts of Witney and the parts of the Rural District of Ploughley, including Kidlington, formed the basis of the new County 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.[11]


Gained a small part of the abolished County 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 County 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.[12]


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


2010–present: 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.[13]


Two wards in the District of Cherwell to the south of Bicester (Kirtlington and Otmoor) transferred to Henley.


The constituency currently covers the north-east of Oxfordshire, around Banbury and Bicester and largely corresponds 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.



Changes proposed for 2022


The Boundary Commission for England submitted their final proposals in respect of the Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster Constituencies (the 2018 review) in September 2018. If these proposals are approved by Parliament they will reduce the total number of MPs from 650 to 600 and come into effect at the next UK general election which is due to take place in May 2022 under the terms of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.


The Commission proposed that three further District of Cherwell wards (Ambrosden and Chesterton, Fringford and Launton) be transferred to Henley (which was renamed East Oxfordshire), thus leaving the town of Bicester surrounded by East Oxfordshire on three sides.[14]



Members of Parliament



Banbury borough (until 1885)



MPs 1554–1640


Constituency created 1554. (Even before the Reform Act of 1832, Banbury only returned one member to Parliament [1])







































































Parliament Member
Parliament of 1554 (Apr)

Thomas Denton
Parliament of 1554 (Nov)

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[15]

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[16]
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[17]


1685

Sir Dudley North


1689

Sir Robert Dashwood


1698

James Isaacson[18]


1699

Sir John Cope


1700
Patrick Friel[citation needed]


1701

Charles North


1713

Sir Jonathan Cope


1722

Monoux Cope


1727

Hon. Francis North


1730

Toby Chauncy


1733

William Knollys[19]


1740

William Moore


1746

John Willes


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


1830
Henry Villiers-Stuart

Tory[20]

1831
John Easthope

Whig[20]

1832
Henry William Tancred

Whig[20][21][22]

February 1859
Bernhard Samuelson

Whig[23]

April 1859
Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas

Ind. Liberal[24]

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[16]
Party

1885
Sir Bernhard Samuelson

Liberal

1895 Albert Brassey
Conservative

1906 Eustace Fiennes
Liberal

January 1910 Robert Brassey
Conservative

December 1910
Eustace Fiennes[25]

Liberal

1918 by-election Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Bt
Liberal

1922 Sir James Edmondson
Conservative

1945 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker
Conservative

1959 Sir Neil Marten
Conservative

1983 Sir Tony Baldry
Conservative

2015 Hon. Victoria Prentis
Conservative

N/A



Elections



Elections in the 2010s

















































































General Election 2017: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victoria Prentis

33,388

54.2

+1.2


Labour
Sean Woodcock
20,989
34.1
+12.8


Liberal Democrat
John Howson
3,452
5.6
−0.3


UKIP
Dickie Bird
1,581
2.6
−11.3


Green
Ian Middleton
1,225
2.0
−2.6


Independent
Roseanne Edwards
927
1.5

N/A
Majority
12,399
20.1
−11.6

Turnout
61,652
73.5
+7.9


Conservative hold

Swing
−5.8

















































































General Election 2015: Banbury[26][27][28]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Victoria Prentis[29]

30,749

53.0

+0.2


Labour
Sean Woodcock
12,354
21.3
+2.1


UKIP
Dickie Bird[30]
8,050
13.9
+8.9


Liberal Democrat
John Howson
3,440
5.9
-14.5


Green
Ian Middleton[31]
2,686
4.6
+2.9


National Health Action
Roseanne Edwards
729
1.3

N/A
Majority
18,395
31.7
-0.7

Turnout
58,008
65.6[32]
+0.9


Conservative hold

Swing


















































































General Election 2010: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry

29,703

52.8

+5.9


Liberal Democrat
David Rundle
11,476
20.4
+2.9


Labour
Leslie Sibley
10,773
19.2
-8.9


UKIP
David Fairweather
2,806
5.0
+2.8


Green
Alastair White
959
1.7
-1.1


Independent
Roseanne Edwards
524
0.9

N/A
Majority
18,227
32.4
21.8

Turnout
56,241
64.7
+0.2


Conservative hold

Swing
+1.5



Elections in the 2000s

























































































General Election 2005: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
26,382
46.9
+1.7


Labour
Leslie Sibley
15,585
27.7
−7.3


Liberal Democrat
Zoe Patrick
10,076
17.9
+2.0


Green
Alyson Duckmanton
1,590
2.8
+0.3


UKIP
Diana Heimann
1,241
2.2
+0.9


National Front
James Starkey
918
1.6

N/A

Your Party
Chris Rowe
417
0.7

N/A
Majority
10,797
19.2


Turnout
56,209
64.5
+3.4


Conservative hold

Swing
+4.5









































































General Election 2001: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
23,271
45.2
+2.3


Labour
Leslie Sibley
18,052
35.0
+0.2


Liberal Democrat
Anthony Worgan
8,216
15.9
−0.8


Green
Bevis Cotton
1,281
2.5
+1.6


UKIP
Stephen Harris
695
1.3
+0.7
Majority
5,219
10.2


Turnout
51,515
61.1
−14.1


Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1990s

























































































General Election 1997: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
25,076
42.9
−12.1


Labour
Hazel Y. Peperell
20,339
34.8
+8.3


Liberal Democrat

Catherine Bearder
9,761
16.7
−1.4


Referendum
James W. Ager
2,245
3.8

N/A


Green
Bevis Cotton
530
0.9

N/A


UKIP
L. King
364
0.62

N/A


Natural Law
Ian Pearson
131
0.22
−0.2
Majority
4,737
8.1


Turnout
58,446
75.1



Conservative hold

Swing


































































General Election 1992: Banbury[33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
32,215
55.0
−1.2


Labour

Angela Billingham
15,495
26.5
+6.1


Liberal Democrat
Geoffrey J. Fisher
10,602
18.1
−5.3


Natural Law
Robin Ticciati
250
0.4

N/A
Majority
16,720
28.6
−4.2

Turnout
58,562
81.5
+5.4


Conservative hold

Swing
−3.6



Elections in the 1980s

























































General Election 1987: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
29,716
56.2
+2.8


Social Democratic
David Rowland
12,386
23.4
−3.5


Labour
James Honeybone
10,789
20.4
+1.4
Majority
17,330
32.8


Turnout

76.2



Conservative hold

Swing


































































General Election 1983: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Tony Baldry
26,225
53.4



Social Democratic
Keith Fitchett
13,200
26.9



Labour
Brian Hodgson
9,343
19.0



Monster Raving Loony
David N. Brough[34]
383
0.8

N/A
Majority
13,025
26.50


Turnout

75.24



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1970s

































































General Election 1979: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
31,137
54.7
+7.3


Labour
Brian Hodgson
16,623
29.2
−5.9


Liberal
M. White
8,658
15.2
−1.1


National Front
I. Cherry
504
0.9

N/A
Majority
14,514
25.5


Turnout

78.3



Conservative hold

Swing


































































General Election October 1974: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
24,210
47.4
+2.0


Labour
Anthony C. Booth
18,019
35.2
+2.2


Liberal
D. Charlton
8,352
16.3
−5.3

Independent English Nationalist
J. Barbour
547
1.1

N/A
Majority
6,191
12.1


Turnout

75.71



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election February 1974: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
25,167
45.4
−7.6


Labour
Anthony C. Booth
18,289
33.0
−3.4


Liberal
Geoffrey J. Fisher
11,947
21.6
+11.0
Majority
6,878
12.4


Turnout

82.8



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1970: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
36,712
53.4
+5.9


Labour
Anthony C. Booth
25,166
36.6
−3.7


Liberal
Geoffrey J. Fisher
6,859
10.0
−2.2
Majority
11,546
16.8


Turnout

77.4



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1960s

























































General Election 1966: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
28,932
47.5
+0.3


Labour

David Young
24,529
40.3
+2.0


Liberal

Penelope Jessel
7,407
12.2
−1.4
Majority
4,403
7.2


Turnout

82.0



Conservative hold

Swing


































































General Election 1964: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
27,281
47.2



Labour

Gerald Fowler
22,159
38.3



Liberal
Francis John Ware
7,851
13.6


Farmers' Candidate
James Hayward
534
0.9

Majority
5,122
8.9


Turnout

82.4



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1950s

























































General Election 1959: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Neil Marten
26,413
50.61



Labour
David J Buckle
19,699
37.75



Liberal
Kenneth Colman
6,074
11.64

Majority
6,714
12.87


Turnout

81.02



Conservative hold

Swing


















































General Election 1955: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker
25,598
54.38



Labour
Norman Francis Stogdon
21,473
45.62

Majority
4,125
8.76


Turnout

77.14



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1951: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker
23,246
46.84



Labour
William J. Bird
19,672
39.64



Liberal

Lawrence Robson
6,706
13.51

Majority
3,574
7.20


Turnout

82.85



Conservative hold

Swing


























































General Election 1950: Banbury[35]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker
21,365
43.46



Labour Co-op
Cyril Rawlett Fenton
19,408
39.48



Liberal

Lawrence Robson
8,392
17.07

Majority
1,957
3.98


Turnout

83.60



Conservative hold

Swing




Election in the 1940s

















































General Election 1945: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker
23,777
52.00



Labour
Richard Brian Roach
21,951
48.00

Majority
1,826
3.99


Turnout

70.55



Conservative hold

Swing




Elections in the 1930s

















































General Election 14 November 1935 : Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
21,904
65.66
n/a


Labour
W E Wade
11,456
34.34
n/a
Majority
10,448
31.32
n/a

Turnout

65.82
n/a


Conservative hold

Swing
n/a





























General Election 27 October 1931: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
unopposed
n/a
n/a


Conservative hold

Swing
n/a



Election in the 1920s

























































General Election 1929: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
16,444
45.5
-7.2


Liberal

Ronald Wilberforce Allen
13,800
38.2
+7.4


Labour

Lawrence A Wingfield
5,894
16.3
-0.2
Majority
2,644
7.3
-14.6

Turnout

78.7
-0.6


Conservative hold

Swing
-7.3




Verney

























































General Election 1924: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
15,053
52.7



Liberal

Harry Verney
8,825
30.8



Labour
Arthur Ernest Monks
4,733
16.5

Majority
6,228
21.9


Turnout

79.3



Conservative hold

Swing





Fry

























































General Election 1923: Banbury[36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
12,490
45.8
-0.7


Liberal

C. B. Fry
12,271
45.0
+15.6


Labour

Ernest Bennett
2,500
9.2
-14.9
Majority

0.8
-16.3

Turnout

76.0
-0.4


Conservative hold

Swing
-8.2

























































General Election 1922: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Edmondson
12,491
46.5



Liberal
James Harold Early
7,885
29.4



Labour

Ernest Bennett
6,463
24.1

Majority
4,606
17.1


Turnout
26,839




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing


























By-election 1922: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Liberal

Rhys Rhys-Williams

Unopposed


Liberal hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.


Election in the 1910s

























General Election 14 December 1918: Banbury
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±

C

Liberal

Rhys Rhys-Williams

Unopposed


Liberal hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.























Banbury by-election, 1918[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Rhys Rhys-Williams

Unopposed


Liberal 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 the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;




  • Liberal: Eustace Fiennes


  • Conservative:























































General Election December 1910: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Eustace Fiennes
3,629
50.6
+2.7


Conservative

Robert Bingham Brassey
3,538
49.4
−2.7
Majority
91
1.2

N/A

Turnout
7,167
89.4
−2.2

Registered electors
8,021




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+2.7



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General Election January 1910: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Robert Bingham Brassey
3,831
52.1
+10.9


Liberal

Eustace Fiennes
3,516
47.9
−10.9
Majority
315
4.2

N/A

Turnout
7,347
91.6
+4.0

Registered electors
8,021




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+10.9



Elections in the 1900s























































General Election 1906: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Eustace Fiennes
3,992
58.8
+15.1


Conservative

George Villiers
2,796
41.2
−15.1
Majority
1,196
17.6

N/A

Turnout
6,788
87.6
+5.4

Registered electors
7,748




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+15.1























































General Election 1900: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Albert Brassey
3,632
56.3
−0.6


Liberal

Eustace Fiennes
2,821
43.7
+0.6
Majority
811
12.6
−1.2

Turnout
6,453
82.2
−5.4

Registered electors
7,853




Conservative hold

Swing
−0.6



Elections in the 1890s























































General Election 1895: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Albert Brassey
4,057
56.9
+8.2


Liberal
C.W. Thornton
3,074
43.1
−8.2
Majority
983
13.8

N/A

Turnout
7,131
87.6
+1.3

Registered electors
8,145




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+8.2























































General Election 1892: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
3,640
51.3
−2.3


Conservative
Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne[38]
3,453
48.7
+2.3
Majority
187
2.6
−4.6

Turnout
7,093
86.3
+5.4

Registered electors
8,223




Liberal hold

Swing
−2.3



Elections in the 1880s























































General Election 1886: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
3,677
53.6
−6.5


Conservative
Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne
3,184
46.4
+6.5
Majority
493
7.2
−13.0

Turnout
6,861
80.9
−6.1

Registered electors
8,478




Liberal hold

Swing
−6.5























































General Election 1885: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
4,436
60.1
−3.5


Conservative
Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne
2,944
39.9
+3.5
Majority
1,492
20.2
−7.0

Turnout
7,380
87.0
+3.4

Registered electors
8,478




Liberal hold

Swing
−3.5























































General Election 1880: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
1,018
63.6
+10.7


Conservative

Thomas Gibson Bowles[39]
583
36.4
−10.7
Majority
435
27.2
+21.4

Turnout
1,601
86.6
+11.3

Registered electors
1,848




Liberal hold

Swing
+10.7



Elections in the 1870s























































General Election 1874: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
760
52.9
−13.1


Conservative
Josiah Wilkinson[40]
676
47.1
+13.1
Majority
84
5.8
−26.3

Turnout
1,436
75.3
−1.4

Registered electors
1,906




Liberal hold

Swing
−13.1



Elections in the 1860s























































General Election 1868: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
772
66.0
+27.2


Conservative
George Stratton[41]
397
34.0
+2.9
Majority
375
32.1
+24.4

Turnout
1,169
76.7
−9.8

Registered electors
1,524




Liberal hold

Swing
+12.2































































General Election 1865: Banbury[37][24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
206
38.8
−7.1


Conservative

Charles Bell[42]
165
31.1

N/A


Independent Liberal

Charles Eurwicke Douglas
160
30.1
−24.0
Majority
41
7.7

N/A

Turnout
531
86.5
+21.9

Registered electors
614




Liberal gain from Independent Liberal

Swing
+8.5



Elections in the 1850s























































General Election 1859: Banbury[37][24]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Independent Liberal

Charles Eurwicke Douglas
235
54.1

N/A


Liberal

Bernhard Samuelson
199
45.9
−32.9
Majority
36
8.3

N/A

Turnout
434
64.6
+13.7

Registered electors
672




Independent Liberal gain from Liberal

Swing

N/A































































By-election, 9 February 1859: Banbury[37][24][23]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Bernhard Samuelson
177
37.6
−41.2


Conservative

John Hardy
176
37.4

N/A


Independent Liberal

Edward Miall
118
25.1

N/A
Majority
1
0.2
−57.5

Turnout
471
70.1
+19.2

Registered electors
672




Whig hold

Swing

N/A


  • Caused by Tancred's resignation.






















































General Election 1857: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Henry William Tancred
216
78.8

N/A


Radical
Edward Yates[43]
58
21.2

N/A
Majority
158
57.7

N/A

Turnout
274
50.9

N/A

Registered electors
538




Whig hold

Swing

N/A






























General Election 1852: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Henry William Tancred

Unopposed

Registered electors
491




Whig hold


Elections in the 1840s























































General Election 1847: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Henry William Tancred
226
57.9
+12.8


Conservative

James Macgregor[44]
164
42.1
+5.7
Majority
62
15.9
+7.2

Turnout
390
83.9
+12.5

Registered electors
465




Whig hold

Swing
+3.6































































General Election 1841: Banbury[37]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Henry William Tancred
124
45.1



Conservative
Hugh Holbech[45]
100
36.4



Chartist

Henry Vincent[46]
51
18.5

N/A
Majority
24
8.7


Turnout
275
71.4


Registered electors
385




Whig hold

Swing




Neighbouring constituencies



Banbury is bordered to the north-east by Northamptonshire South, to the east by Buckingham, to the south by Witney and Henley constituencies, to the east by Stratford-upon-Avon and to the north-east by Kenilworth and Southam.



See also



  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire

  • Henley

  • Oxford East

  • Oxford West and Abingdon

  • Wantage

  • Witney

  • History of Banbury, Oxfordshire



Notes and references


Notes




  1. ^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)


  2. ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.



References




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  17. ^ Created a baronet, June 1663


  18. ^ Expelled from the House of Commons


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