Banbury (UK Parliament constituency) south by Witney and Henley constituencies, to the east by Stratford-upon-Avon and to the north-east by Kenilworth and Southam. Banbury (UK Parliament constituency) Banbury is a constituency in Oxfordshire created in 1553 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Victoria Prentis of the Conservative Party. The constituency is occasionally, but erroneously, referred to as the North Oxfordshire constituency. In terms of electorate Banbury was the 16th largest constituency in the United Kingdom at the time of the 2015 general election. The constituency was created January 26, 1554 through the efforts of Henry Stafford
1754 British general election (Oxfordshire) 1754 British general election (Oxfordshire) The Oxfordshire Election of 1754, part of the British general election of that year and involving the selection of two Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent the Oxfordshire constituency, was probably the most notorious English county election of the 18th century. It was depicted in Hogarth's famous series of paintings and engravings, "The Humours of an Election". Oxfordshire was a county constituency electing two MPs. The right to vote was held by all the Forty Shilling Freeholders of the county, amounting to about 4,000 in 1754, but because of the expense of a contested election