Chipping Norton Government Act 1972 made it a successor parish within the district of West Oxfordshire. Chipping Norton is in the Witney parliamentary constituency. The Member of Parliament for Witney from 2001 to 2016 was David Cameron, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and the leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. Since 2016 the MP for Witney has been the Conservative Robert Courts. Chipping Norton is part of the South East England constituency for the European Parliament. One Conservative councillor and two Labour councillors represent the town on West Oxfordshire District Council holding
Family of David Cameron Arthur Levita and niece of Sir Cecil Levita , chairman of London County Council in 1928. Through Lord Manton's family, Cameron is also a kinsman of the 3rd Baron Hesketh , Conservative Lords Chief Whip 1991–93. Cameron's maternal grandfather was Sir William Mount , a British Army officer and the High Sheriff of Berkshire, and Cameron's maternal great-grandfather was Sir William Mount , Conservative MP for Newbury 1910–1922. Lady Ida Feilding, Cameron's great-great grandmother, was third daughter of William Feilding, Earl of Denbigh and Desmond , a courtier and Gentleman of the Bedchamber. David Cameron is 9th great-grandson of Sir