Mid Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Oxfordshire
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
February 1974 (February 1974)1983 (1983)
Number of members one
Replaced by South Oxfordshire and Witney
Created from Banbury and Henley

Mid Oxfordshire was a parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire. Unusually, its official name - Mid-Oxon - incorporated an abbreviation (Oxon, for Oxonia} but the full form of the county name was and is normally used in referring to the constituency. During its existence Mid Oxfordshire returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created for the February 1974 general election from parts of the seats of Banbury & Henley, and abolished for the 1983 general election.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
Feb 1974 Douglas Hurd Conservative
1983 constituency abolished

References



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