Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Oxfordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
County	Oxfordshire
1290–1885
Number of members	1290–1832: Two 1832–1885: Three
Replaced by	Banbury, Woodstock and Henley

Oxfordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 this was increased to three Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1885, being split into three single member divisions.

The bitterly contested Oxfordshire election of 1754 was the main inspiration for Hogarth's famous series of paintings and engravings, The Election.

Boundaries[]

The constituency comprised the whole of the historic county of Oxfordshire, in the northern part of South East England. (Although Oxfordshire contained three parliamentary boroughs for part of this period – Oxford (from 1295), Woodstock (or New Woodstock) (1302–1555 and from 1571) and Banbury (from 1554) – each of which elected MPs in their own right, these were not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election. The Oxford University constituency was also often listed as an Oxfordshire constituency, but was non-territorial and had no effect on the right to vote in the county.)

There were minor boundary changes at the time of the Great Reform Act in 1832, when five parishes or parts of parishes were transferred to other counties while six parishes or parts of parishes were added.

In 1885 the representation of the county was changed from one three member constituency to three single member divisions. Banbury and Woodstock ceased to be parliamentary boroughs but the same names were used for two county divisions. The three new county constituencies were Banbury (or the North division); Woodstock (or the Mid division) and Henley (or the South division).

Members of Parliament[]

MPs 1290–1640[]

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Parliament	First member	Second member
1316
1325
1372
1373	Sir Richard Abberbury
1377–1378
1377 (Jan)
1380
1381	Sir Thomas Blount
1382 (Oct)
1383 (Feb)
1383 (Oct)
1384 (Apr)
1384 (Nov)
1385
1386	Sir Richard Abberbury[1]	[1]
1388 (Feb)	[1]	[1]
1388 (Sep)	[1]	John Rede[1]
1390 (Jan)	[1]	[1]
1390 (Nov)	[1]
1391	[1]	John Rede[1]
1393	[1]	[1]
1394	[1]	[1]
1395		[1]
1397 (Jan)	[1]	[1]
1397 (Sep)	[1]	John Golafre[1]
1399	John Wilcotes[1]	[1]
1401		Thomas Chaucer[1]
1402	[1]
1404 (Jan)	[1]	[1]
1404 (Oct)	[1]	John Wilcotes[1]
1406	Thomas Chaucer[1]
1407
1410		[1]
1411		return lost[1]
1413 (Feb)	returns lost
1413 (May)	Thomas Chaucer	John Wilcotes[1]
1414 (Apr)		John Wilcotes[1]
1414 (Nov)	Thomas Chaucer	John Wilcotes[1]
1415	returns lost
1416 (Mar)		[1]
1416 (Oct)	returns lost
1417		John Wilcotes[1]
1419		John Wilcotes[1]
1420	John Danvers	[1]
1421 (May)	Thomas Chaucer	John Wilcotes[1]
1421 (Dec)	John Danvers	[1]
1422		Thomas Chaucer
1423	John Danvers
1425
1426	Thomas Chaucer
1427		Thomas Chaucer
1429		Thomas Chaucer
1431		Thomas Chaucer
1432	[2]
1433	[2]
1435		John Danvers[3]
1510–1523	No names known [4]
1529		[4]
1536
1539		[4]
1542	Sir John Williams	Edward __? [4]
1545
1547	Sir John Williams	[4]
1553 (Mar)	Sir Andrew Dudley	Sir John Williams[4]
1553 (Oct)	Sir John Williams	John Pollard[5][4]
1554 (Apr)	Sir Leonard Chamberlain	John Pollard[5][4]
1554 (Nov)	Sir Leonard Chamberlain	John Pollard[5][4]
1555	Sir Thomas Wenman	Edmund Powell [4]
1558	George Owen	Thomas Denton[4]
1559 (Jan)	Thomas Brydges	Edmund Ashfield[6]
1562 (Dec)	Sir Francis Knollys	Sir Richard Blount, died and replaced 1566 by Edward Unton[6]
1571	Sir Francis Knollys	Henry Norris[6]
1572 (Apr)	Sir Francis Knollys	Henry Knollys[6]
1584 (Nov)	Sir Francis Knollys	William Knollys[6]
1586 (Oct)	Sir Francis Knollys	Richard Fiennes[6]
1588	Sir Francis Knollys	Sir John Norreys[6]
1593	Sir Francis Knollys	Sir William Knollys[6]
1597 (Sep)	Sir William Knollys	Sir Richard Wenman[6]
1601 (Sep)	Sir William Knollys	[6]
1604	Lawrence Tanfield
1614	Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet	Sir John Croke
1621	Sir Richard Wenman	Sir William Cope
1624	Sir William Cope	Sir Henry Poole
1625	Edward Wray	Sir Richard Wenman
1626	Hon. James Fiennes	Sir Thomas Wenman
1628	Hon. James Fiennes	Sir Francis Wenman
1629–1640	No Parliament

MPs 1640–1832[]

Year		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
April 1640		Hon. James Fiennes	Parliamentarian		Sir Francis Wenman
November 1640					The Viscount Wenman	Parliamentarian
December 1648	Fiennes and Wenman excluded in Pride's Purge – both seats vacant
Oxfordshire had 3 representatives in the nominated Barebones Parliament
1653	Sir Charles Wolseley, William Draper, Dr Jonathan Goddard
Oxfordshire had 5 MPs in the First and Second Parliaments of the Protectorate
1654	Robert Jenkinson, Charles Fleetwood, Colonel James Whitelocke, Nathaniel Fiennes, William Lenthall
1656	Robert Jenkinson, Lord Deputy Charles Fleetwood, William Lenthall, ,
Representation reverted to two MPs in the Third Protectorate Parliament
January 1659		Robert Jenkinson			The Viscount Falkland
May 1659	Not represented in the restored Rump
April 1660		The Viscount Wenman			Hon. James Fiennes
1661		The Viscount Falkland			Sir Anthony Cope
1663
1664		Sir Francis Wenman
1675
February 1679
August 1679
1681
1685		The Viscount Falkland			Thomas Tipping
1689		Sir Robert Jenkinson
1690					Lord Norreys
1699					Sir Robert Dashwood
1701
1708					Viscount Rialton
February 1710		Sir Robert Jenkinson
October 1710					Francis Clerke
1715
1717		Sir Banks Jenkinson
1721					Henry Perrot
1727		Sir William Stapleton
January 1740		Sir James Dashwood
February 1740					Viscount Quarendon
1743					Norreys Bertie
1754		Viscount Parker	Whig		Sir Edward Turner	Whig
1761		Lord Charles Spencer	Whig		Sir James Dashwood	Tory
1768					The Viscount Wenman
1790		Marquess of Blandford	Whig
1796		Lord Charles Spencer	Whig		John Fane	Tory[7]
1801		Lord Francis Spencer	Tory[7]
1815			Tory[7]
1824 by-election					John Fane	Tory[7]
1830		Lord Norreys	Tory[7]
1831		George Harcourt	Whig[7]		Richard Weyland	Whig[7]
1832	Representation increased to three members

MPs 1832–1885[]

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party		Third member	Third party
1832		Montagu Bertie	Tory[7][8]		George Harcourt	Whig[7]		Richard Weyland	Whig[7][8]
1834			Conservative[7][8]
1835						Conservative[7]
1837								Thomas Parker	Conservative[7]
1841								J. W. Henley	Conservative[7]
1852		John North	Conservative
1857						Peelite[9][10][11]
1859						Liberal
					John Fane	Conservative
1868					William Cornwallis Cartwright	Liberal
1878 by-election								Edward Vernon Harcourt	Conservative
1885	Constituency abolished

Elections[]

The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the adult male owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. The bloc vote electoral system was used in two seat elections and first past the post for single member by-elections. Each elector had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in Oxford. The expense and difficulty of voting at only one location in the county, together with the lack of a secret ballot contributed to the corruption and intimidation of electors, which was widespread in the unreformed British political system.

The expense, to candidates and their supporters, of contested elections encouraged the leading families of the county to agree on the candidates to be returned unopposed whenever possible. Contested county elections were therefore unusual. The Tory Dukes of Marlborough, dominated the county from their seat at Blenheim Palace. One seat was usually held by a Spencer, the other by a local family acceptable to the Duke. Between 1700 and 1826 there was only one contest.

Election results[]

Note on percentage change calculations: Where there was only one candidate of a party in successive elections, for the same number of seats, change is calculated on the party percentage vote. Where there was more than one candidate, in one or both successive elections for the same number of seats, then change is calculated on the individual percentage vote.

Note on sources: The information for the election results given below is taken from Stooks Smith 1715–1754, Namier and Brooke 1754–1790 and Stooks Smith 1790–1832. From 1832 the principal source was Craig, with additional or different information from Stooks Smith included.

Election results 1715–1800[]

1710s – 1720s – 1730s – 1740s – 1750s – 1760s – 1770s – 1780s – 1790s

Elections in the 1710s[]

General election 1715: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Francis Clerke	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Robert Jenkinson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Clerke

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Jenkinson

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1720s[]

• Death of Herbert

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Perrot	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1722: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	Henry Perrot	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 1727: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Perrot	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Stapleton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1730s[]

General election 1734: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Henry Perrot	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	William Stapleton	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Stapleton

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Dashwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

• Death of Perrot

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	George Lee	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1740s[]

General election 1741: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Dashwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	George Lee	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Succession of Quarendon to the peerage as The 3rd Earl of Lichfield

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1747: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	James Dashwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1750s[]

General Election 17 April 1754: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	Philip Wenman	2,033	25.88	N/A
	Tory	James Dashwood	2,014	25.64	N/A
	Whig	Thomas Parker	1,919	24.43	N/A
	Whig	Edward Turner	1,890	24.06	N/A
Turnout			7,856	N/A	N/A

• Wenman was a Peer of Ireland. There was a double return (of all four candidates) after the most hotly contested county election of the century. The disputed election was decided by the House of Commons on petition, with Parker and Turner being declared duly elected on 23 April 1755.

Elections in the 1760s[]

General election 8 April 1761: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	James Dashwood	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on Spencer being appointed Ranger of Windsor Forest.

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Seat vacated on Spencer being appointed Comptroller of the Household.

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

• Note (April 1763): By-election in Stooks Smith, but not in Namier and Brooke.

General election 30 March 1768: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Wenman was a peer of Ireland

Elections in the 1770s[]

General election 19 October 1774: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Spencer as Treasurer of the Chamber

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1780s[]

General election 27 September 1780: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Spencer as a Vice Treasurer of Ireland

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 7 April 1784: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1790s[]

General election 1790: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan		Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	George Spencer-Churchill	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 1796: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Charles Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Election results 1801–1885[]

1800s – 1810s – 1820s – 1830s – 1840s – 1850s – 1860s – 1870s – 1880s

Elections in the 1800s[]

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Spencer as Postmaster General

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Non Partisan	Francis Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Non Partisan hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1802: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Francis Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 1806: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Francis Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

General election 1807: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Francis Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1810s[]

General election 1812: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	Francis Spencer	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Creation of Spencer as 1st Baron Churchill

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	William Henry Ashurst (politician)	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1818: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	William Henry Ashurst (politician)	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

Elections in the 1820s[]

General election 1820: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory	William Henry Ashurst (politician)	Unopposed	N/A	N/A

• Death of Fane

: Oxfordshire

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1826: Oxfordshire (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	William Henry Ashurst (politician)	1,329	36.36	N/A
	Tory	John Fane	1,268	34.69	N/A
	Whig	George Frederick Stratton	1,058	28.95	New
Majority			210	5.74	N/A
Turnout			3,655 (2,295 voted)	N/A	N/A
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

Note (1826): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days

Elections in the 1830s[]

General election 1830: Oxfordshire (2 seats)^[7][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Tory	John Fane	1,904	39.9	+3.5
	Tory	Montagu Bertie	1,618	33.9	-0.8
	Whig	George Dashwood	1,246	26.1	-2.8
Majority			372	7.8	+2.1
Turnout			2,762	c. 78.9
Registered electors			c. 3,500
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory hold		Swing

General election 1831: Oxfordshire (2 seats)^[7][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	George Harcourt	1,782	37.2	+24.1
	Whig	Richard Weyland	1,688	35.3	+22.2
	Tory	Montagu Bertie	1,316	27.5	−46.3
Majority			372	7.8	±0.0
Turnout			2,934	c. 83.8	c. +4.9
Registered electors			c. 3,500
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+23.6
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	+22.7

• Note (1831): Stooks Smith records that the polls were open for three days
• Representation increased to three seats under the Reform Act 1832

General election 1832: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Whig	Richard Weyland	Unopposed
	Tory	Montagu Bertie	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,721
	Whig hold
	Whig hold
	Tory win (new seat)

General election 1835: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Richard Weyland	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	Montagu Bertie	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,716
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

• Note (1835): For this election Stooks Smith records the number of registered electors as 5,164 instead of the number given by Craig used above.

General election 1837: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Montagu Bertie	3,002	29.7
	Conservative	George Harcourt	2,885	28.5
	Conservative	Thomas Parker	2,767	27.4
	Whig	Thomas Stonor	1,458	14.4
Majority			1,309	13.0
Turnout			4,125	78.5
Registered electors			5,253
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Whig

Elections in the 1840s[]

General election 1841: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Montagu Bertie	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,809
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

• Note (1841): Stooks Smith records the number of registered electors as 5,721 instead of the number given by Craig used above.

General election 1847: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	Montagu Bertie	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,384
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s[]

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Henley as President of the Board of Trade

: Oxfordshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1852: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	2,328	35.6	N/A
	Conservative	John North	2,218	33.9	N/A
	Conservative	George Harcourt	1,313	20.1	N/A
	Conservative	Montagu Bertie	681	10.4	N/A
Majority			632	9.7	N/A
Turnout			2,180 (est)	41.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,198
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Note (1852): The minimum possible turnout is estimated by dividing the number of votes cast by three. To the extent that electors did not use all their three possible votes the figure given will be an underestimate of the true turnout

General election 1857: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Peelite	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,119
	Peelite gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

• Seat vacated on the appointment of Henley as President of the Board of Trade

: Oxfordshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,123
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s[]

• Death of Harcourt

: Oxfordshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fane	1,909	52.6	N/A
	Liberal	Henry Dashwood, 5th Baronet	1,722	47.4	N/A
Majority			187	5.2	N/A
Turnout			3,631	72.5	N/A
Registered electors			5,010
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

General election 1865: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Fane	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,798
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative gain from Liberal

• The Reform Act 1867 expanded the electorate and introduced the limited vote for three seat constituencies (reducing the maximum number of votes per elector from three to two).

General election 1868: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cornwallis Cartwright	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,663
	Liberal gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s[]

General election 1874: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cornwallis Cartwright	Unopposed
	Conservative	J. W. Henley	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,554
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

• Seat vacated on the resignation of Henley

By-Election 5 February 1878: Oxfordshire^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Vernon Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1880s[]

General election 1880: Oxfordshire (3 seats)^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Cornwallis Cartwright	Unopposed
	Conservative	Edward Vernon Harcourt	Unopposed
	Conservative	John North	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,495
	Liberal hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

• Electorate expanded by the Representation of the People Act 1884 and constituency split into single member divisions by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, with effect from the 1885 United Kingdom general election.

See also[]

• List of former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies

Sources[]

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"

References[]

• Boundaries of Parliamentary Constituencies 1885–1972, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Reference Publications 1972)
• British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)
• The House of Commons 1754–1790, by Sir Lewis Namier and John Brooke (HMSO 1964)
• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)) out of copyright
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832–1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
• Who's Who of British Members of Parliament, Volume II 1886–1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (Harvester Press 1978)
• Concise Dictionary of National Biography (1930)
• List of members nominated for Parliament of 1653 at British History Online
• D Brunton & D H Pennington, Members of the Long Parliament (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1954)
• John Cannon, Parliamentary Reform 1640–1832 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1972)
• Cobbett's Parliamentary history of England, from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1803 (London: Thomas Hansard, 1808) [1]
• Maija Jansson (ed.), Proceedings in Parliament, 1614 (House of Commons) (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1988) [2]
• J. E. Neale, The Elizabethan House of Commons (London: Jonathan Cape, 1949)

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