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Henley was a constituency[n 1] in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from the 2008 to 2024 by John Howell, a Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party.[n 2]
Henley | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Oxfordshire |
Electorate | 73,851 (December 2010)[1] |
Major settlements | Henley, Thame and Chinnor |
1885–2024 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Oxfordshire |
Replaced by | Henley and Thame |
Under the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the constituency was only besubject to minor boundary changes, but was renamed Henley and Thame – and was first contested at the 2024 general election.[2]
The seat has throughout its history consisted of the town of Henley, a part of the Chiltern Hills AONB interspersed by the larger settlements of Thame and Chinnor, and a narrow, more developed area adjoining the Thames on one bank. The local economy, interconnected with London, Oxford and in the far south Reading, ensures a high rate of employment and its natural environment attracts retirees and high income owners.[3] The seat has good rail connections to Central London.[4] As of 2021, the largest town in the constituency is Thame.
The constituency was established under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election when the three-member Parliamentary County of Oxfordshire was divided into the three single-member seats of Banbury, Woodstock and Henley.
Prominent members
Two prominent Cabinet ministers have been elected for Henley — Michael Heseltine who served as the MP for Henley from 1974–2001. Heseltine was succeeded by the future Mayor of London and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, rapidly made a shadow minister during the period of the Labour government.[n 3] In May 2008, Johnson was elected as Mayor of London, and he subsequently resigned from the Commons on 4 June 2008,[5] resulting in a by-election in the constituency, which was won by John Howell.
An unbroken succession of Conservative candidates have won the seat since 1910. The 2008 by-election was closer than general elections since 2001 and won by the Conservative candidate, John Howell. Howell was re-elected at the 2010 general election and again in 2015, when Labour finished second for the first time since 1970 in Henley. The 2015 GE result made the seat the twelfth safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[6]
All five parties' candidates achieved more than deposit-retaining threshold of 5% of the vote in 2015, reflecting frequent such results for the Green Party and UKIP in that election. Liberal Democrat or predecessor-party Liberal candidates were second-placed between February 1974 and 2010 (inclusive). The closest contest for Henley was in 1966, when Labour's George Cunningham took 44.6% of the vote in a two-candidate contest.
At general elections, turnout in the constituency has ranged between 52.9% in the "khaki election" of 1918 to 81.7% in 1950.
Expanded to include eastern half of the abolished Woodstock Division, including Bicester. Caversham, which had been absorbed by the County Borough of Reading, was transferred to the Parliamentary Borough of Reading in Berkshire.
Change to contents due to reorganisation of urban and rural districts. Minor losses to the Oxford constituency, including Cowley and Headington, as a result of the expansion of the County Borough of Oxford.
Bicester and northern parts of Rural District of Ploughley transferred to Banbury. Southern parts of the Rural District of Ploughley and northernmost parts of the Rural District of Bullingdon included in the new County Constituency of Mid-Oxon.
Gained the rural area to the east of Oxford from the abolished County Constituency of Mid-Oxon. The Littlemore ward to the south of Oxford was included in the new Borough Constituency of Oxford East.
As above plus Horspath ward which was added following a change to local authority boundaries.[10]
Minor gain from Oxford East.
The two wards in the District of Cherwell, to the south of Bicester, were transferred from Banbury.
The constituency covered most of the local government district of South Oxfordshire, excluding Wallingford, Didcot and surrounding areas in the west. Main settlements include Henley-on-Thames itself, Thame, Chinnor and Sonning Common. The two wards of Cherwell are to the north, close to Oxford; they are predominantly rural.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howell | 32,189 | 54.8 | –4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Laura Coyle | 18,136 | 30.9 | +16.0 | |
Labour | Zaid Marham | 5,698 | 9.7 | –10.4 | |
Green | Jo Robb | 2,736 | 4.7 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 14,053 | 23.9 | –14.9 | ||
Turnout | 58,759 | 76.6 | +0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –10.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howell | 33,749 | 59.1 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Oliver Kavanagh | 11,455 | 20.1 | +7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Laura Coyle | 8,485 | 14.9 | +3.7 | |
Green | Robin Bennett | 1,864 | 3.3 | –3.6 | |
UKIP | Tim Scott | 1,154 | 2.0 | –8.9 | |
The Radical Party | Patrick Gray | 392 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 22,294 | 39.0 | –7.0 | ||
Turnout | 57,218 | 76.3 | +5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howell[16] | 32,292 | 58.5 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Sam Juthani[17] | 6,917 | 12.5 | +1.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sue Cooper[18] | 6,205 | 11.2 | –14.0 | |
UKIP | Christopher Jones[19] | 6,007 | 10.9 | +7.5 | |
Green | Mark Stevenson[20] | 3,815 | 6.9 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 25,375 | 46.0 | +15.0 | ||
Turnout | 55,236 | 70.9 | –0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howell | 30,054 | 56.2 | +3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Crick | 13,466 | 25.2 | −0.9 | |
Labour | Richard McKenzie | 5,835 | 10.9 | −4.1 | |
UKIP | Laurence Hughes | 1,817 | 3.4 | +0.9 | |
Green | Mark Stevenson | 1,328 | 2.5 | −0.8 | |
BNP | John Bews | 1,020 | 1.9 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 16,588 | 31.0 | +3.5 | ||
Turnout | 53,520 | 71.4 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Howell | 19,796 | 56.9 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Kearney | 9,680 | 27.8 | +1.8 | |
Green | Mark Stevenson | 1,321 | 3.8 | +0.5 | |
BNP | Tim Rait | 1,243 | 3.6 | New | |
Labour | Richard McKenzie | 1,066 | 3.1 | −11.6 | |
UKIP | Chris Adams | 843 | 2.4 | −0.1 | |
Monster Raving Loony | Bananaman Owen | 242 | 0.7 | New | |
English Democrat | Derek Allpass | 157 | 0.4 | New | |
Independent | Amanda Harrington | 128 | 0.4 | New | |
Common Good | Dick Rodgers | 121 | 0.3 | New | |
Independent | Louise Cole | 91 | 0.3 | New | |
Fur Play Party | Harry Bear | 73 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 10,116 | 29.1 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 34,761 | 50.5 | −17.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Boris Johnson | 24,894 | 53.5 | +7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Turner | 12,101 | 26.0 | –1.0 | |
Labour | Kaleem Saeed | 6,862 | 14.7 | –6.4 | |
Green | Mark Stevenson | 1,518 | 3.3 | +0.7 | |
UKIP | Delphine Gray-Fisk | 1,162 | 2.5 | –0.7 | |
Majority | 12,793 | 27.5 | +8.4 | ||
Turnout | 46,537 | 67.9 | +3.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Boris Johnson | 20,466 | 46.1 | –0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Bearder | 12,008 | 27.0 | +2.3 | |
Labour | Janet Matthews | 9,367 | 21.1 | –1.6 | |
UKIP | Philip Collings | 1,413 | 3.2 | New | |
Green | Oliver Tickell | 1,147 | 2.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 8,458 | 19.1 | –2.6 | ||
Turnout | 44,401 | 64.3 | –13.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | –1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 23,908 | 46.4 | −13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tim Horton | 12,741 | 24.7 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Duncan Enright | 11,700 | 22.7 | +7.8 | |
Referendum | Sebastian Sainsbury | 2,299 | 4.5 | New | |
Green | Susan Miles | 514 | 1.0 | New | |
Natural Law | Nigel Barlow | 221 | 0.4 | –0.1 | |
Whig Party | Thomas Hibbert | 160 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 11,167 | 21.7 | −13.9 | ||
Turnout | 51,543 | 77.6 | −2.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 30,835 | 59.7 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | David G. Turner | 12,443 | 24.1 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Ivan J. Russell-Swinnerton | 7,676 | 14.9 | +2.3 | |
Independent | Alan S. Plane | 431 | 0.8 | New | |
Natural Law | Sara A. Banerji | 274 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 18,392 | 35.6 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 51,659 | 79.8 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 29,978 | 61.1 | +1.4 | |
Liberal | John Madeley | 12,896 | 26.3 | −3.0 | |
Labour | Michael Barber | 6,173 | 12.6 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 17,082 | 34.8 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 49,047 | 75.0 | +2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 27,039 | 59.7 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Ian Brook | 13,258 | 29.3 | +6.4 | |
Labour | Iain Roxburgh | 4,282 | 9.5 | −9.0 | |
Women for Life On Earth | R. Johnson | 517 | 1.1 | New | |
One Nation Conservative | T. Rogers | 213 | 0.5 | New | |
Majority | 13,781 | 30.4 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,309 | 72.9 | −5.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 29,982 | 58.7 | +9.7 | |
Liberal | Steve Atack | 11,693 | 22.9 | −3.9 | |
Labour | D. J. Whiting | 9,435 | 18.5 | −5.8 | |
Majority | 18,289 | 35.8 | +13.6 | ||
Turnout | 51,110 | 77.5 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 22,504 | 49.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal | S. R. C. Evans | 12,288 | 26.8 | −3.9 | |
Labour | I. M. Haig | 11,141 | 24.3 | +3.4 | |
Majority | 10,216 | 22.2 | +4.5 | ||
Turnout | 45,933 | 73.5 | −7.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Heseltine | 24,367 | 48.4 | ||
Liberal | S. R. C. Evans | 15,467 | 30.7 | ||
Labour | A. Alexander | 10,500 | 20.9 | ||
Majority | 8,900 | 17.7 | |||
Turnout | 50,334 | 81.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 33,452 | 53.4 | −2.0 | |
Labour | Maeve Judith Denby | 19,310 | 30.8 | −13.8 | |
Liberal | Arthur William Giles | 8,907 | 14.2 | New | |
Anti-Common Market | Daniel Brunner | 960 | 1.5 | New | |
Majority | 14,142 | 22.6 | +11.8 | ||
Turnout | 62,629 | 74.0 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 28,994 | 55.4 | +6.2 | |
Labour | George Cunningham | 23,320 | 44.6 | +11.8 | |
Majority | 5,674 | 10.8 | −5.6 | ||
Turnout | 52,314 | 75.2 | −3.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 24,898 | 49.2 | −4.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Arthur Ledger | 16,614 | 32.8 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Arthur William Giles | 9,081 | 18.0 | +4.3 | |
Majority | 8,284 | 16.4 | −4.1 | ||
Turnout | 50,593 | 78.3 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 24,417 | 53.4 | −5.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Arthur Ledger | 15,014 | 32.9 | −8.5 | |
Liberal | Frederick Charles Truman | 6,261 | 13.7 | New | |
Majority | 9,403 | 20.5 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,692 | 78.4 | +3.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 24,061 | 58.6 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Nora J T Wiles | 16,980 | 41.4 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 7,081 | 17.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 41,041 | 75.4 | −2.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 23,621 | 58.0 | +8.6 | |
Labour | Constantine Gallop | 17,090 | 42.0 | +6.5 | |
Majority | 6,531 | 16.0 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 40,711 | 78.3 | −3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hay | 20,488 | 49.4 | ||
Labour | Alan Hawkins | 14,709 | 35.5 | ||
Liberal | Peter Minoprio | 6,255 | 15.1 | ||
Majority | 5,779 | 13.9 | |||
Turnout | 41,452 | 81.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gifford Fox | 22,286 | 42.5 | −27.9 | |
Labour | James Stewart Cook | 19,457 | 37.1 | New | |
Liberal | Lionel Brett | 10,718 | 20.4 | −9.2 | |
Majority | 2,829 | 5.4 | −35.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,461 | 66.3 | +9.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gifford Fox | 22,024 | 70.4 | −1.8 | |
Liberal | John Herbert May | 9,254 | 29.6 | +13.3 | |
Majority | 12,770 | 40.8 | −15.1 | ||
Turnout | 31,278 | 56.9 | −11.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gifford Fox | 16,553 | 69.9 | −2.3 | |
Liberal | Richard Matthews | 7,129 | 30.1 | +13.8 | |
Majority | 9,424 | 39.8 | −16.1 | ||
Turnout | 23,682 | 48.9 | −19.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -8.05 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Henderson | 24,015 | 72.2 | +20.3 | |
Liberal | Richard Matthews | 5,411 | 16.3 | −13.6 | |
Labour | Frederick J Hembury | 3,809 | 11.5 | −6.7 | |
Majority | 18,604 | 55.9 | +33.9 | ||
Turnout | 33,235 | 68.6 | −4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +16.95 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Henderson | 16,943 | 51.9 | −12.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Tritton | 9,786 | 29.9 | −5.3 | |
Labour | Bernard Benjamin Gillis | 5,962 | 18.2 | New | |
Majority | 7,157 | 22.0 | −7.6 | ||
Turnout | 32,691 | 73.3 | +3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 44,624 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Henderson | 14,830 | 64.8 | +13.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Alan Bennett | 8,060 | 35.2 | −13.0 | |
Majority | 6,770 | 29.6 | +26.0 | ||
Turnout | 22,890 | 70.2 | −3.1 | ||
Registered electors | 32,613 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Reginald Terrell | 12,092 | 51.8 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | R. Henry Rew | 11,266 | 48.2 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 826 | 3.6 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 23,358 | 73.3 | +3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 31,873 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Reginald Terrell | 11,545 | 53.1 | −14.6 | |
Liberal | R. Henry Rew | 10,204 | 46.9 | +14.6 | |
Majority | 1,341 | 6.2 | −29.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,749 | 69.6 | +17.4 | ||
Registered electors | 31,246 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −14.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | Reginald Terrell | 10,757 | 67.7 | +8.6 |
Liberal | Edmund Loftus MacNaghten | 5,138 | 32.3 | −8.6 | |
Majority | 5,619 | 35.4 | +17.2 | ||
Turnout | 15,895 | 52.2 | −33.6 | ||
Registered electors | 30,457 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +8.6 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Robert Hermon-Hodge | Unopposed | |||
Unionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valentine Fleming | 5,340 | 59.1 | +0.8 | |
Liberal | G.C.N. Nicholson | 3,701 | 40.9 | −0.8 | |
Majority | 1,639 | 18.2 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,041 | 85.8 | −6.2 | ||
Registered electors | 10,536 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Valentine Fleming | 5,649 | 58.3 | +11.3 | |
Liberal | Philip Morrell | 4,046 | 41.7 | −11.3 | |
Majority | 1,603 | 16.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,695 | 92.0 | +4.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,536 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +11.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Philip Morrell | 4,562 | 53.0 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Hermon-Hodge | 4,050 | 47.0 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 512 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,612 | 87.6 | +9.4 | ||
Registered electors | 9,828 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hermon-Hodge | 3,622 | 51.2 | −1.3 | |
Liberal | H. L. Samuel | 3,450 | 48.8 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 172 | 2.4 | −2.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,072 | 78.2 | −3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,039 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Hermon-Hodge | 3,831 | 52.5 | −0.5 | |
Liberal | Herbert Samuel[47] | 3,470 | 47.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 361 | 5.0 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 7,301 | 81.7 | +2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 8,932 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Parker | 3,688 | 53.0 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Walter Phillimore | 3,269 | 47.0 | +5.6 | |
Majority | 419 | 6.0 | −11.2 | ||
Turnout | 6,957 | 79.7 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 8,731 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Francis Parker | 3,674 | 58.6 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Walter Phillimore | 2,600 | 41.4 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 1,074 | 17.2 | +9.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,274 | 73.3 | −8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 8,555 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Edward Vernon Harcourt | 3,778 | 53.7 | ||
Liberal | Frederick William Maude[48] | 3,258 | 46.3 | ||
Majority | 520 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,036 | 82.2 | |||
Registered electors | 8,555 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
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