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Oxford East
Borough constituency for the House of Commons
Boundaries since 2024
Boundary of Oxford East in South East England
County	Oxfordshire
Electorate	72,371 (2023)
Current constituency
Created	1983
Member of Parliament	Anneliese Dodds (Labour Co-op)
Seats	One
Created from	Oxford (majority) (abolished) Mid Oxfordshire Henley

Oxford East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Anneliese Dodds of the Labour Party, who also serves as party chair.

Created in 1983, the constituency covers the eastern and southern parts of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It borders Oxford West and Abingdon to the west and Henley to the north, east and south.

Constituency profile

The seat includes Cowley (containing a large car factory) and adjoining parts of the city including a broad area of mid-to-low rise council-built housing, Blackbird Leys, which has kept varying amounts of social housing (see Right to Buy) as well as Headington and the two major hospitals in Oxford (the John Radcliffe Hospital and the Churchill Hospital)

A large percentage of the seat's electorate consists of students from Oxford and Oxford Brookes universities (the latter being in the seat). Areas in the seat with a high proportion of private housing include Headington, which is mainly a mixture of student tenants and relatively high-income families, and the similarly prosperous areas of Grandpont and New Hinksey in the south of the city. At the end of 2010 unemployment claimant count was 2.3%, 45th of the 84 South East constituencies and close to the mean of 2.45%.

History

From 1885 until 1983 the vast bulk of the area of the seat, as it has variously been drawn since 1983, was in the abolished Oxford constituency, historically Liberal then for some decades Conservative, and which then alternated with the Labour Party, who took that seat in the late 1960s and late 1970s.

For the first four years (from 1983) Oxford East was served by Conservative Steven Norris. He was defeated by Labour candidate Andrew Smith who held the seat for the next 30 years before retiring. The Conservative share of the vote fell to a low to date, of 16.7%, in 2005, a year when the seat became an emphatic Labour–Liberal Democrat contest, and the votes for Andrew Smith were only 963 more than the "Lib Dem" candidate: a majority of 2.3% of the votes (electorate voting).

Smith held the seat in 2015 with a much increased majority; it was the 80th-safest of Labour's 232 seats won that year by percentage of majority. On his retirement the local Labour party selected Anneliese Dodds. At the 2017 general election she took the seat with a majority of 23,284 votes (43.2%) – reduced to 17,832 (36.1%) in 2019. From 2015 the runner-up returned to being a Conservative.

The Green Party's candidate has stood in all eight contests since the party was branded as such, once retaining its deposit, in 2015, with almost 12% of the vote.

Ousted ex-MP Norris won the largest runner-up's share of the vote to date (40.4%) during the 1987 general election. Turnout has ranged between 78.9% in 1987 and 55.8% in 2001.

Boundaries and boundary changes

1983–1997

• The City of Oxford wards of Blackbird Leys, East, Headington, Iffley, Marston, Quarry, St Clement's, Temple Cowley, and Wood Farm; and
• The District of South Oxfordshire wards of Littlemore, Marston, and Risinghurst.

The constituency was formed largely from the majority of the abolished Borough Constituency of Oxford. it also included three wards in the District of South Oxfordshire, previously part of Henley (Littlemore) and the abolished constituency of Mid-Oxon (Marston and Risinghurst).

1997–2010

• The City of Oxford wards of Blackbird Leys, East, Headington, Iffley, Littlemore, Marston, Old Marston and Risinghurst, Quarry, St Clement's, South, Temple Cowley, and Wood Farm.

The 1997 boundary changes reflected changes to local government boundaries with the majority of the area comprising the three South Oxfordshire wards having been absorbed into the City of Oxford. The remaining, semi-rural Conservative-leaning areas were transferred back to Henley. The urban City of Oxford South ward, which was strong for the Liberal Democrats and Labour, was transferred from Oxford West and Abingdon.

2010–2024

• The City of Oxford wards of Barton and Sandhills, Blackbird Leys, Carfax, Churchill, Cowley, Cowley Marsh, Headington, Headington Hill and Northway, Hinksey Park, Holywell, Iffley Fields, Littlemore, Lye Valley, Marston, Northfield Brook, Quarry and Risinghurst, Rose Hill and Iffley, St Clement's, and St Mary's.

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies the constituency was slightly altered, in order to equalise electorates and take account of changes to the City's ward structure. These changes added Carfax and Holywell wards from Oxford West and Abingdon; this meant that Oxford city centre and the majority of Oxford colleges, which had previously been mainly in Oxford West and Abingdon, now fell into Oxford East.

2024–present

Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):

• The City of Oxford wards of: Barton & Sandhills; Blackbird Leys; Churchill; Cowley; Donnington; Headington; Headington Hill & Northway; Hinksey Park; Littlemore; Lye Valley; Marston; Northfield Brook; Quarry & Risinghurst; Rose Hill & Iffley; St. Clement’s; St. Mary’s; Temple Cowley.

The electorate was reduced to bring it within the permitted range by transferring areas to the west of the River Cherwell, including the city centre and Oxford University colleges, back to Oxford West and Abingdon.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Oxford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Anneliese Dodds	19,541	49.7	−6.7
	Green	Sushila Dhall	5,076	12.9	+8.2
	Conservative	Louise Brown	4,739	12.0	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Theodore Jupp	3,437	8.7	−5.3
	IOA	David Henwood	2,381	6.1	N/A
	Independent	Amir Ali	1,761	4.5	N/A
	Workers Party	Zaid Marham	615	1.6	N/A
	Independent	Jabu Nala-Hartley	600	1.5	N/A
	Rejoin EU	Andrew Smith	425	1.1	N/A
	Party of Women	Katherine Longthorp	337	0.9	N/A
	SDP	Benjamin Adams	232	0.6	N/A
	Workers Revolutionary	Brandon French	197	0.5	N/A
Majority			14,465	36.8	+1.8
Turnout			39,341	54.0	–9.0
Registered electors			71,845
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	7.5

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Oxford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Anneliese Dodds	28,135	57.0	8.2
	Conservative	Louise Staite	10,303	20.9	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Fernie	6,884	13.9	4.8
	Green	David Williams	2,392	4.8	1.5
	Brexit Party	Roger Carter	1,146	2.3	New
	Independent	David Henwood	238	0.5	New
	Independent	Chaka Artwell	143	0.3	0.2
	Independent	Phil Taylor	118	0.2	New
Majority			17,832	36.1	7.1
Turnout			49,359	63.3	5.5
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	3.6

General election 2017: Oxford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Anneliese Dodds	35,118	65.2	15.2
	Conservative	Suzanne Bartington	11,834	22.0	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Johnson	4,904	9.1	1.7
	Green	Larry Sanders	1,785	3.3	8.3
	Independent	Chaka Artwell	255	0.5	0.2
Majority			23,284	43.2	13.1
Turnout			53,896	68.8	4.6
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	6.5

Elections in the 2000s

Elections in the 1990s

Elections in the 1980s

Neighbouring constituencies

v t e Constituencies bordering Oxford East
Bicester and Woodstock Oxford West and Abingdon Oxford East Henley and Thame Didcot and Wantage

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
• List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
• Boundary Commission for England
  • Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies
  • First-past-the-post voting
  • History of local government in England
  • Rural districts
  • Urban districts

Notes

1. A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
2. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.

References

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Sources

• Election result 2015
• Election result, 2015 (BBC)
• Election result, 2010 (BBC)
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997–2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997–2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983–1992 (Election Demon)

External links

• Oxford East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 1997 – April 2010) at MapIt UK
• Oxford East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2010 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
• Oxford East UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

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