Mid Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Oxfordshire
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
February 1974–1983
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Witney, Oxford East, Henley and Banbury[1]
Created from	Banbury, Henley

Mid Oxfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire. Unusually, its official name - Mid-Oxon - incorporated an abbreviation (Oxon, for Oxonia) but the full form of the county name was and is normally used in referring to the constituency. During its existence Mid Oxfordshire returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election from parts of the seats of Banbury and Henley, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Boundaries

The Urban District of Witney, the Rural District of Witney, and parts of the Rural Districts of Bullingdon and Ploughley.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	Douglas Hurd	Conservative
	1983	constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1979: Mid Oxfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Hurd	28,465	56.92
	Labour	J Hedge	13,004	26.00
	Liberal	M Burton	8,367	16.73
	Independent	P Madden	174	0.35
Majority			15,461	30.92
Turnout				79.11
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Mid Oxfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Hurd	20,944	45.94
	Labour	MJ Saunders	13,641	29.92
	Liberal	M Burton	11,006	24.14
Majority			7,303	16.02
Turnout				76.37
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Mid Oxfordshire
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Douglas Hurd	22,148	45.23
	Labour	E Parsloe	14,175	28.95
	Liberal	R Sparrow	12,160	24.83
	Independent Conservative	J Myhill	488	1.00
Majority			7,973	16.28
Turnout				82.73
	Conservative win

References

1. "'Oxfordshire Mid', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

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