2016 Witney by-election 2016 Witney by-election The Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Witney in Oxfordshire. It took place on the same day as the Batley and Spen by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) David Cameron on 12 September 2016. The election was won by Conservative Robert Courts with a reduced majority, and the Liberal Democrats came in second with an increase in vote share of 23.4 percentage points. David Cameron had
Oxford (UK Parliament constituency) Oxford (UK Parliament constituency) Oxford was a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom. It comprised the city of Oxford in the county of Oxfordshire, and elected two members of parliament from its creation in 1295 until 1885 when its representation was reduced to one member. During the 1960s and 1970s, Oxford was a marginal seat. 1918-1950: The County Borough of Oxford. 1950-1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries. "This version of the constituency took in territory from the pre-1950 Henley seat, where parts of the revised county borough had been." In the 1983 redistribution, this constituency disappeared and was split