Bicester and Woodstock is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the next general election.
Bicester & Woodstock | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 70,389 (March 2020)[1] |
Major settlements | Bicester, Kidlington and Woodstock |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | None |
Seats | One |
Created from | Banbury (part), Henley (part), Oxford West & Abingdon (part), Witney (part) |
Boundaries edit
The constituency will be composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Cherwell wards of: Bicester East; Bicester North & Caversfield; Bicester South & Ambrosden; Bicester West; Fringford & Heyfords; Kidlington East; Kidlington West; Launton & Otmoor.
- The District of West Oxfordshire wards of: Eynsham and Cassington; Freeland and Hanborough; North Leigh; Stonesfield and Tackley; Woodstock and Bladon.[3]
It will comprise the following areas:
- The town of Bicester, transferred from Banbury
- The large village of Kidlington, transferred from Oxford West and Abingdon
- Largely rural areas, including the small market town of Woodstock, transferred from Witney
- A small rural area transferred from Henley
Polling edit
There have been various MRP national polls giving the results shown below for Bicester & Woodstock.
Date | Model | CON | LAB | LIB | REF | GRN | Source |
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14 Jan 2024 | YouGov | 29% | 20% | 37% | 7% | 5% | [4][5] |
15 Jan 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 30% | 28% | 25% | 10% | 6% | [6] |
15 Feb 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 30% | 30% | 25% | 10% | 5% | [7] |
28 March 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 28% | 30% | 26% | 12% | 4% | [8] |
30 March 2024 | Survation | 32% | 31% | 23% | 9% | 4% | [9] |
3 April 2024 | YouGov | 31% | 24% | 26% | 12% | 6% | [10] |
1 May 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 27% | 31% | 25% | 12% | 4% | [11] |
Elections edit
Elections in the 2020s edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rupert Harrison[12] | ||||
Green | Ian Middleton[13] | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Calum Miller[14] | ||||
Labour | Veronica Oakeshott[15] | ||||
Reform UK | Augustine Obodo[16] | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
References edit
- ^ "Electorate Figures – Boundary Commission for England" (PDF). Boundary Commission for England. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ "YouGov MRP shows Labour would win 1997-style landslide if election were held today". YouGov. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Searchable tool: How would your constituency vote in an election tomorrow?". Telegraph Media Group. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Electoral Calculus January 2024". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Electoral Calculus 14 Feb 2024". Retrieved 14 Feb 2024.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "What We Can Learn From Our Latest MRP (and what we can't)". Survation. 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "YouGov MRP – Labour now projected to win over 400 seats | YouGov". yougov.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "Harrison selected in Bicester and Woodstock for his ability to "talk about local issues from a national perspective"". Conservative Home. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Green Oxfordshire 2024 - Looking forward to 2024". Oxfordshire Green Party. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Calum Miller selected for Bicester and Woodstock". Mark Pack. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock MP Labour candidate shares vision". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock Constituency". Reform UK. Retrieved 15 January 2024.