Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Banbury, also informally known as Banbury and North Oxfordshire or simply North Oxfordshire, 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]

Banbury
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Banbury in Oxfordshire
Location of Oxfordshire within England
County	Oxfordshire
Population	117,928 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate	90,113 (December 2019)[2]
Major settlements	Banbury and Bicester
Current constituency
Created	1553
Member of Parliament	Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
Number of members	One

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

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

Content and regional context

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

Political history

Majority views

Banbury has post-World War I unbroken Conservative representation and significant local support for the party. Its MPs since 1922 have all served long terms in office and each since 1922 has been knighted. The seat saw a very close election in 1923. The largest vote since 1922 has at each election been for a Conservative. In 2010 Tony Baldry (Conservative) 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]

In June 2016, an estimated 50.35% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP.[7]

Other parties

Four of the six parties' candidates achieved more than the deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015. In 2001, the 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.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

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.

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)[15]

Parliament	Member
Parliament of 1554 (April)	Thomas Denton
Parliament of 1554 (November)	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[16]
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

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MPs 1640–1885

Year		Member[17]	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[18]
	1685	Sir Dudley North
	1689	Sir Robert Dashwood
	1698	James Isaacson[19]
	1699	Sir John Cope
	1700	Patrick Friel
	1701	Charles North
	1713	Sir Jonathan Cope
	1722	Monoux Cope
	1727	Hon. Francis North
	1730	Toby Chauncy
	1733	William Knollys[20]
	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[21]
	1831	John Easthope	Radical[22][23][24][25]
	1832	Henry William Tancred	Whig[21][26][27]
	February 1859	Bernhard Samuelson	Whig[28]
	April 1859	Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas	Ind. Liberal[29]
	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[17]	Party
	1885	Sir Bernhard Samuelson	Liberal
	1895	Albert Brassey	Conservative
	1906	Eustace Fiennes	Liberal
	January 1910	Robert Brassey	Conservative
	December 1910	Eustace Fiennes[30]	Liberal
	1918 by-election	Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, 1st Baronet	Liberal
	1918		Coalition Liberal
	1922	James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford	Conservative
	1945	Douglas Dodds-Parker	Conservative
	1959	Neil Marten	Conservative
	1983	Tony Baldry	Conservative
	2015	Victoria Prentis	Conservative

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Banbury[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Victoria Prentis	34,148	54.3	0.1
	Labour	Suzette Watson	17,335	27.6	6.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Bearder	8,831	14.0	8.4
	Green	Ian Middleton	2,607	4.1	2.2
Majority			16,813	26.7	6.6
Turnout			62,921	69.8	3.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.3

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 Democrats	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[32][33][34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Victoria Prentis[35]	30,749	53.0	+0.2
	Labour	Sean Woodcock	12,354	21.3	+2.1
	UKIP	Dickie Bird[36]	8,050	13.9	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Howson	3,440	5.9	−14.5
	Green	Ian Middleton[37]	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[38]	+0.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−0.97

General election 2010: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Baldry	29,703	52.8	+5.9
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats	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	+2.1
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 Democrats	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	+1.0

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 Democrats	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	−20.5
Turnout			58,446	75.1	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1992: Banbury[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Baldry	32,215	55.0	−1.2
	Labour	Angela Billingham	15,495	26.5	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	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
	SDP	David Rowland	12,386	23.4	−3.5
	Labour	James Honeybone	10,789	20.4	+1.4
Majority			17,330	32.8	+6.3
Turnout				76.2	+1.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General election 1983: Banbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tony Baldry	26,225	53.4	-1.3
	SDP	Keith Fitchett	13,200	26.9	+11.7
	Labour	Brian Hodgson	9,343	19.0
	Monster Raving Loony	David N. Brough[40]	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[41]

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	-13.66
	Labour	Richard Brian Roach	21,951	48.00	+13.66
Majority			1,826	4.00	-27.32
Turnout			45,728	70.55
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.66

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[42]

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			219	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.

1918 Banbury by-election[43]

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[43]

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

General election January 1910: Banbury[43]

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[43]

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[43]

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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Albert Brassey	4,057	56.9	+8.2
	Liberal	Charles 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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernhard Samuelson	3,640	51.3	−2.3
	Conservative	Llewellyn Malcolm Wynne[44]	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[43]

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[43]

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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernhard Samuelson	1,018	63.6	+10.7
	Conservative	Thomas Gibson Bowles[45]	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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernhard Samuelson	760	52.9	−13.1
	Conservative	Josiah Wilkinson[46]	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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernhard Samuelson	772	66.0	+27.2
	Conservative	George Stratton[47]	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[29][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Bernhard Samuelson	206	38.8	−7.1
	Conservative	Charles Bell[48]	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[29][43]

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[28][29][43]

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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	216	78.8	N/A
	Radical	Edward Yates[49]	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[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	Unopposed
Registered electors			491
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1847: Banbury[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	226	57.9	+12.8
	Conservative	James Macgregor[50]	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[21][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	124	45.1	−25.6
	Conservative	Hugh Holbech[51]	100	36.4	+7.1
	Chartist	Henry Vincent[52]	51	18.5	N/A
Majority			24	8.7	−32.7
Turnout			275	71.4	−3.2
Registered electors			385
	Whig hold		Swing	−16.4

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Banbury[21][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	181	70.7	−11.3
	Conservative	Henry Tawney	75	29.3	N/A
Majority			106	41.4	−22.6
Turnout			256	74.6	+6.7
Registered electors			343
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1835: Banbury[21][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	205	82.0	N/A
	Radical	Edward Lloyd Williams[53]	45	18.0	N/A
Majority			160	64.0	N/A
Turnout			250	67.9	N/A
Registered electors			368
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1832: Banbury[21][43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Whig	Henry William Tancred	Unopposed
Registered electors			329
	Whig gain from Radical

General election 1831: Banbury[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Radical	John Easthope	6	66.7	N/A
	Tory	Henry Hely-Hutchinson	3	33.3	N/A
Majority			3	33.4	N/A
Turnout			9		N/A
	Radical gain from Tory		Swing	N/A

General election 1830: Banbury[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Tory	Henry Villiers-Stuart	Unopposed
	Tory gain from Non-partisan

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

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