United Kingdom general election, 2010 (Oxfordshire)

Map of Oxfordshire constituencies, showing winning party by colour

Results of the 2010 United Kingdom general election in Oxfordshire were announced on 7 May 2010. Six parliamentary constituencies were up for election in Oxfordshire, consisting of five county constituencies and one borough constituency.

The Conservative Party gained one seat from the Liberal Democrats, Oxford West and Abingdon, leaving them with five constituencies. The Liberal Democrats lost the only seat they held in the county, while the Labour Party held Oxford East, their only seat in the county. Whilst the Liberal Democrats came second in every constituency in the county, they won no seats. The Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, and the Green Party contested every seat, whereas other parties such as the British National Party only contested one.

Overall results

Party MPs +/- Votes %
Conservative Party 5 +1 156,647 47.2%
Labour Party 1 0 60,614 18.3%
Liberal Democrats 0 -1 92,296 27.8%
UKIP 0 0 11,765 3.5%
Green Party 0 0 8,138 2.5%
Others 0 0 2,542 0.8%
Turnout 332,002 73.4%

Seat by seat

Constituency Party MP Majority Result
Banbury Conservative Tony Baldry 18,227 Conservative hold.
Henley Conservative John Howell 16,588 Conservative hold.
Oxford East Labour Andrew Smith 4,581 Labour hold.
Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Nicola Blackwood 176 Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats.
Wantage Conservative Ed Vaizey 13,547 Conservative hold.
Witney Conservative David Cameron 22,740 Conservative hold.

Results by constituency

Banbury

Party Candidate Votes[1] % ±%
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 Dr David Sebastian Fairweather 2,806 5.0 +2.8
Green Alastair White 959 1.7 -1.1
Independent Roseanne Edwards 524 1.7 N/A
Majority 18,227 32.4
Turnout 56,241 64.7 +0.2

Henley

Party Candidate Votes[2] % ±%
Conservative John Howell 30,054 56.2 +3.0
Liberal Democrats 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
British National Party John Bews 1,020 1.9 -1.7
Majority 16,588 31.0
Turnout 53,520 71.4 +3.6

Oxford East

Party Candidate Votes[3] % ±%
Labour Andrew Smith 21,938 42.5 +6.5
Liberal Democrats Steve Goddard 17,357 33.6 −1.6
Conservative Ed Argar 9,727 18.8 +1.5
Green Sushila Dhall 1,238 2.4 −2.1
UKIP Julia Gasper 1,202 2.3 +0.6
Socialist Equality David O'Sullivan 116 0.2 N/A
Equal Parenting Alliance Roger Crawford 73 0.1 N/A
Majority 4,581 8.9
Turnout 51,651 63.1 +5.6

Oxford West and Abingdon

Party Candidate Votes[4] % ±%
Conservative Nicola Blackwood 23,906 42.3 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Evan Harris 23,730 42.0 −4.1
Labour Richard Stevens 5,999 10.6 -5.2
UKIP Paul Williams 1,518 2.7 +1.2
Green Chris Goodall 1,184 2.1 -1.7
Animal Protection Keith Mann 143 0.3 N/A
Majority 176 0.3
Turnout 56,480 65.3 -1.7

Wantage

Party Candidate Votes[5] % ±%
Conservative Ed Vaizey 29,284 52.0 +8.9
Liberal Democrats Alan Armitage 15,737 27.9 +0.3
Labour Steven Michell 7,855 13.9 -10.0
UKIP Jacqueline Jones 2,421 4.3 +2.8
Green Adam Twine 1,044 1.9 -0.7
Majority 13,547 24.1
Turnout 56,341 70.0 +1.9

Witney

Party Candidate Votes[6] % ±%
Conservative David Cameron 33,973 58.8 +9.4
Liberal Democrats Dawn Barnes 11,233 19.4 −3.1
Labour Joe Goldberg 7,511 13.0 −9.4
Green Stuart Macdonald 2,385 4.1 +1.0
UKIP Count Nikolai Tolstoy 2,001 3.5 +0.9
Monster Raving Looney Howling Laud Hope 234 0.3 N/A
Independent Paul Wesson 166 0.3 N/A
Independent Johnnie Cook 151 0.3 N/A
Wessex Regionalist Colin Bex 62 0.1 N/A
Independent Aaron Barschak 53 0.1 N/A
Majority 22,740 39.4
Turnout 57,769 73.3 +4.3

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