. It is a strongly Conservative seat.
. Until 1885 it was a
; since then it has been a county constituency, consisting of the northern part of
. It was the constituency represented by
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
, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor alterations (transfer of the Cherwell district wards of Otmoor and Kirtlington to
) to the existing arrangement as a result of a population increase within previous boundaries. The electoral wards used in this modified constituency are:
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Thomas Denton Thomas Denton was an English lawyer and politician, a Member of Parliament from 1536 until his death in 1558. He was elected, consecutively, by six parliamentary consituencies: Wallingford , Oxford , Berkshire , Banbury , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire...
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Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford was the second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole, the younger brother of Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford. He served in Parliament for Stafford...
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| Parliament of 1555 |
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| Parliament of 1558 |
John Denton |
| Parliament of 1559 |
Thomas Lee |
| Parliament of 1563 |
Francis WalsinghamSir Francis Walsingham was Principal Secretary to Elizabeth I of England from 1573 until 1590, and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Walsingham is frequently cited as one of the earliest practitioners of modern intelligence methods both for espionage and for domestic security...
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| Parliament of 1571 |
Anthony Cope -Life:He was a grandson of Anthony Cope the author. He was member of Parliament for Banbury in seven parliaments , and then represented Oxfordshire from 1606 until 1614...
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| Parliament of 1584 |
Richard Fiennes |
| Parliament of 1586 |
Anthony Cope -Life:He was a grandson of Anthony Cope the author. He was member of Parliament for Banbury in seven parliaments , and then represented Oxfordshire from 1606 until 1614...
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(Sir) William Cope Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 an 1625.Cope was the son of Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet of Hanwell, Oxfordshire and his first wife Frances Lytton. He was knighted by King James I at the Charterhouse on 11 May...
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| Happy Parliament (1624–1625) The Happy Parliament was the fourth and last Parliament of England of the reign of King James I, sitting from 19 February 1624 to 24 May 1624 and then from 2 November 1624 to 16 February 1625...
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Sir Erasmus Dryden Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.Erasmus Dryden was the son of John Dryden of Canons Ashby House, Northamptonshire. His mother, Elizabeth Cope, was the daughter and sole heiress of Sir John Cope, through whom the Drydens inherited...
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| Useless Parliament (1625) The Useless Parliament was the first Parliament of England of the reign of King Charles I, sitting only from June until August 1625. It gained its name because it transacted no significant business, making it 'useless' from the king's point of view...
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Sir William Cope Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1604 an 1625.Cope was the son of Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet of Hanwell, Oxfordshire and his first wife Frances Lytton. He was knighted by King James I at the Charterhouse on 11 May...
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| Parliament of 1626 The Second Parliament of Charles I was summoned early in 1626 in another attempt to solve the King's growing monetary problems.-Reaction to the First Parliament:...
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James Fiennes James Fiennes, 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1625 and 1660....
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John Crew |
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April 1640 The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....
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Nathaniel Fiennes Nathaniel Fiennes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659...
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Fiennes excluded in Pride's PurgePride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
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Banbury was unrepresented in the Barebones ParliamentBarebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...
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the FirstThe First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....
and SecondThe Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...
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January 1659 The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...
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Nathaniel Fiennes Nathaniel Fiennes was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1659...
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May 1659 The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
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Banbury was not represented in the restored Rump The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
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Sir Anthony Cope Sir Anthony Cope, 4th Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1675....
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1661 |
(Sir) John Holman |
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1685 |
Sir Dudley North |
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1689 |
Sir Robert Dashwood |
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1698 |
James Isaacson |
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1699 |
Sir John Cope |
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1701 |
Charles North |
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1713 |
Sir Jonathan Cope |
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1722 |
Monoux Cope |
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1727 |
Hon. Francis North Francis North, 1st Earl of Guilford , known as The Lord Guildford between 1729 and 1752, was a British peer and politician.North was the son of Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford, and his wife Alicia...
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1730 |
Toby Chauncy |
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1733 |
William Knollys |
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William Moore William Moore was a British politician and a Member of Parliament for Banbury from 1740 until his death in 1746. Parliament was dissolved in 1741 but he returned and served until 1746.-References:...
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John Willes Sir John Willes was an English politician. He was Member of Parliament for Banbury 1746-1754, and for Aylesbury 1754-61. He lived at Astrop Park near Banbury.- References :...
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Frederick North, Lord NorthFrederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...
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George Augustus North, Lord North George Augustus North, 3rd Earl of Guilford , known as the Honourable George North until 1790 and as Lord North from 1790 to 1792, was a British politician....
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Hon. Frederick North Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford , known as the Honourable Frederick North until 1817, was a British politician and colonial administrator....
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William Holbech |
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Dudley Long North Dudley Long North was an English Whig politician.-Early life:Baptised Dudley Long at Saxmundham, Suffolk, he was the younger of two sons of Charles Long , landowner, of Hurts Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, Mary, daughter and coheir of Dudley North of Little Glemham, Suffolk, and granddaughter of Sir...
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William Praed |
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Dudley Long North Dudley Long North was an English Whig politician.-Early life:Baptised Dudley Long at Saxmundham, Suffolk, he was the younger of two sons of Charles Long , landowner, of Hurts Hall, Suffolk, and his wife, Mary, daughter and coheir of Dudley North of Little Glemham, Suffolk, and granddaughter of Sir...
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Frederick Sylvester North Douglas |
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Hon. Heneage Legge The Honourable Heneage Legge , was a British Member of Parliament.Legge was the second son of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Frances, daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford...
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1826 |
Hon. Arthur Legge General The Honourable Arthur Charles Legge DL , was a British soldier and politician.Legge was the fourth son and tenth child of George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, by Lady Frances, daughter of Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford...
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1830 |
Henry Villiers-Stuart Henry Villiers-Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Decies PC , was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:Born Henry Chrichton-Stuart, in London, he was the eldest son of Lord Henry Chrichton-Stuart, third son of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute. His mother was Lady Gertrude Emilia, daughter...
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John Easthope Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet MP was a politician and journalist.Easthope, born at Tewkesbury on 29 October 1784, was the eldest son of Thomas Easthope by Elizabeth, daughter of John Leaver of Overbury, Worcestershire....
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Henry William Tancred Henry William Tancred QC was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1832 to 1858....
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February 1859 |
Bernhard Samuelson Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet FRS was an industrialist, educationalist and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1859 and from 1865 to 1895....
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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April 1859In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...
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Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas -Life:Charles Eurwicke Douglas was the natural son of the late Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke.He was educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831. In 1832, he married Jane Mary Anne Des Voeux , dau...
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1865The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...
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Sir Bernhard Samuelson, Bt Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet FRS was an industrialist, educationalist and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1859 and from 1865 to 1895....
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
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Sir Bernhard Samuelson Sir Bernhard Samuelson, 1st Baronet FRS was an industrialist, educationalist and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1859 and from 1865 to 1895....
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Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1895The United Kingdom general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895. It was won by the Conservatives led by Lord Salisbury who formed an alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and had a large majority over the Liberals, led by Lord Rosebery...
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Albert Brassey Colonel Albert Brassey was a British rower, soldier and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1895 to 1906.-Life:...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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Hon. Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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January 1910 |
Captain Robert Brassey Captain Robert Bingham Brassey was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Banbury in the general election of January 1910, winning it from the Liberals, but they took it back from him in the general election of December 1910.His father was Albert...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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December 1910 |
Hon. (Sir) Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1918 by-election The Banbury by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Banbury, sometimes also referred to as North Oxfordshire' on 24 September 1918...
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Sir Rhys Rhys-Williams, Bt |
Liberal The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
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1922The United Kingdom general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922. It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Free State, and was won by Andrew Bonar Law's Conservatives, who gained an overall majority over Labour, led by John...
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Sir James Edmondson |
ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1945The United Kingdom general election of 1945 was a general election held on 5 July 1945, with polls in some constituencies delayed until 12 July and in Nelson and Colne until 19 July, due to local wakes weeks. The results were counted and declared on 26 July, due in part to the time it took to...
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Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1959This United Kingdom general election was held on 8 October 1959. It marked a third successive victory for the ruling Conservative Party, led by Harold Macmillan...
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Neil Marten Harry Neil Marten was a British Conservative Party politician.Born in Lambeth, Marten was educated at Rossall School. During World War II he was parachuted into France to work with French resistance and later served with Norwegian resistance...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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1983The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on 9 June 1983. It gave the Conservative Party under Margaret Thatcher the most decisive election victory since that of Labour in 1945...
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Tony Baldry Anthony Brian 'Tony' Baldry is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Banbury.-Early life:...
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ConservativeThe Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
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