Henley (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Henley County constituency |
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| Henley shown within Oxfordshire, and Oxfordshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1885 |
| MP: | Boris Johnson |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Oxfordshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Henley is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers south-eastern Oxfordshire, and is named for Henley-on-Thames. It contains most of the South Oxfordshire local government district, with the exception of the towns of Didcot and Wallingford, and a few villages to the north west of Oxford
[edit] Boundary Review
Following their review of parliamentary representation in Oxfordshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing arrangement as a consequence of population changes. The electoral wards used in this modified constituency are as follows. Suggestions to alter the name of the constituency to "Henley and Thame" or "South Oxfordshire" were ultimately rejected by the Commission.
- From the district of Cherwell - Kirtlington, and Otmoor
- From the district of South Oxfordshire - Aston Rowant, Benson, Berinsfield, Chalgrove, Chiltern Woods, Chinnor, Crowmarsh, Forest Hill and Holton, Garsington, Goring, Great Milton, Henley North, Henley South, Sandford, Shiplake, Sonning Common, Thame North, Thame South, Watlington, Wheatley, and Woodcote
[edit] History
Henley has been a safe Conservative seat for several generations,and had the high profile cabinet minister Michael Heseltine the MP here for nearly three decades.He was succeeded by the equally high profile (and equally blond) Boris Johnson in 2001.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1885)
- 1885 — 1886: Edward William Harcourt
- 1886 — 1895: Francis Parker
- 1895 — 1906: Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge
- 1906 — 1910: Philip Edward Morrell
- 1910 — 1917: Valentine Fleming
- 1917 — 1918: Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge
- 1918 — 1924: Reginald Terrell
- 1924 — 1932: Robert Ronald Henderson, Conservative
- 1932 — 1950: Gifford Fox, Conservative
- 1950 — 1974: John Hay, Conservative
- 1974 — 2001: Michael Heseltine, Conservative
- 2001 — present: Boris Johnson, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Henley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Boris Johnson | 24,894 | 53.5 | +7.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Turner | 12,101 | 26.0 | -1.0 | |
| Labour | Kaleem Saeed | 6,862 | 14.7 | -6.4 | |
| Green | Mark Stevenson | 1,518 | 3.3 | +0.7 | |
| UKIP | Delphine Gray-Fisk | 1,162 | 2.5 | -0.7 | |
| Majority | 12,793 | 27.5 | |||
| Turnout | 46,537 | 67.9 | +3.6 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Henley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Boris Johnson | 20,466 | 46.1 | -0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bearder | 12,008 | 27.0 | +2.3 | |
| Labour | Janet Matthews | 9,367 | 21.1 | -1.6 | |
| UKIP | Philip Collings | 1,413 | 3.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Oliver Tickell | 1,147 | 2.6 | +1.6 | |
| Majority | 8,458 | 19.1 | |||
| Turnout | 44,401 | 64.3 | -13.3 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Henley | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 23,908 | 46.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Tim Horton | 12,741 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | Duncan Enright | 12,700 | 22.7 | ||
| Referendum Party | S Sainsbury | 2,299 | 4.5 | ||
| Green | Mrs S Miles | 514 | 1.0 | ||
| Natural Law Party | N Barlow | 221 | 0.4 | ||
| Whig Party | T Hibbert | 0.3 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X.
- (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times.
- (1950) The Times House of Commons 1950. The Times.
- (1955) The Times House of Commons 1955. The Times.
