Witney (UK Parliament constituency) of St Helens South instead, following the practice of Alan Howarth in 1997. At the 2001 general election, David Cameron was elected as MP for Witney. Cameron was re-elected to a fourth term as MP for the constituency at the 2015 general election with a majority of 25,155, the highest in his political career; on that occasion his Conservative Party won a surprise overall majority in the House of Commons, taking 330 seats to the opposition Labour Party's 232. However, on 24 June 2016, Cameron announced that he would resign as Prime Minister by that October due to the outcome
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