Bicester and Woodstock is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[2] After the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
Boundaries
The constituency is composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
- The District of Cherwell wards of: Bicester East; Bicester North & Caversfield; Bicester South & Ambrosden; Bicester West; Fringford & Heyfords; Kidlington East; Kidlington West; Launton & Otmoor.
- The District of West Oxfordshire wards of: Eynsham and Cassington; Freeland and Hanborough; North Leigh; Stonesfield and Tackley; Woodstock and Bladon.[3]
It comprises the following areas:
- The town of Bicester, transferred from Banbury
- The large village of Kidlington, transferred from Oxford West and Abingdon
- Largely rural areas, including the small market town of Woodstock, transferred from Witney
- A small rural area transferred from Henley
Predictions
There have been various MRP national prediction models, which have given the results shown below for Bicester & Woodstock. The accuracy of these for individual seat predictions may be debated, especially where boundary changes have been significant.[4]
Since Bicester and Woodstock is a new constituency, these models conventionally use a notional baseline result of the 2019 election on the 2024 boundaries, jointly commissioned by the Press Association and major broadcasters from the psephologists Michael Thrasher and Colin Rallings.[5]
Date | Model | CON | LAB | LDEM | BRX | GRN | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12 Dec 2019 | Elections Centre | 54% | 17% | 27% | 0% | 2% | [6] |
Date | Model | CON | LAB | LDEM | REF | GRN | Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 Jan 2024 | YouGov | 29% | 20% | 37% | 7% | 5% | [7][8] |
15 Jan 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 30% | 28% | 25% | 10% | 6% | [9] |
15 Feb 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 30% | 30% | 25% | 10% | 5% | [10] |
28 March 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 28% | 30% | 26% | 12% | 4% | [11] |
30 March 2024 | Survation | 32% | 31% | 23% | 9% | 4% | [12] |
3 April 2024 | YouGov | 31% | 24% | 26% | 12% | 6% | [13] |
27 April 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 27% | 31% | 25% | 12% | 4% | [14] |
21 May 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 28% | 31% | 24% | 11% | 5% | [15] |
25 May 2024 | Economist | 32% | 30% | 19% | 8% | 7% | [16] |
25 May 2024 | New Statesman | 33% | 19% | 35% | 8% | 6% | [17] |
29 May 2024 | Financial Times | 31% | 26% | 25% | 11% | 6% | [18] |
31 May 2024 | UK Polling Report | 32% | 30% | 24% | 9% | 5% | [19] |
31 May 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 32% | 23% | 32% | 8% | 4% | [20] |
3 June 2024 | YouGov | 32% | 22% | 32% | 9% | 4% | [21] |
3 June 2024 | More In Common | 36% | 24% | 27% | 6% | 6% | [22] |
4 June 2024 | Survation | 28% | 29% | 24% | 12% | 4% | [23] |
7 June 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 32% | 22% | 32% | 10% | 4% | [24] |
7 June 2024 | New Statesman | 31% | 21% | 34% | 9% | 6% | [25] |
11 June 2024 | YouGov | 32% | 22% | 33% | 9% | 4% | [26] |
14 June 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 31% | 21% | 33% | 11% | 3% | [27] |
14 June 2024 | UK Polling Report | 29% | 29% | 25% | 12% | 5% | [28] |
14 June 2024 | Economist | 31% | 30% | 19% | 9% | 7% | [29] |
15 Jun 2024 | Survation | 24% | 28% | 28% | 11% | 6% | [30] |
16 June 2024 | New Statesman | 32% | 20% | 34% | 9% | 6% | [31] |
18 June 2024 | Ipsos | 34% | 30% | 22% | 9% | 4% | [32] |
19 June 2024 | YouGov | 29% | 16% | 33% | 17% | 4% | [33] |
19 June 2024 | More in Common | 33% | 15% | 40% | 6% | 5% | [34] |
19 June 2024 | Savanta | 30% | 28% | 28% | 11% | 4% | [35] |
20 June 2024 | Economist | 30% | 29% | 20% | 10% | 8% | [36] |
21 June 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 30% | 19% | 33% | 13% | 4% | [37] |
24 June 2024 | UK Polling Report | 27% | 27% | 26% | 15% | 5% | [38] |
24 June 2024 | Focaldata | 31% | 20% | 30% | 14% | 5% | [39] |
26 June 2024 | Economist / WeThink MRP | 31% | 29% | 25% | 9% | 5% | [40] |
26 June 2024 | Electoral Calculus | 22% | 14% | 42% | 16% | 5% | [41] |
27 June 2024 | Economist / WeThink (constituency poll) | 30% | 31% | 31% | 3% | 3% | [42] |
30 June 2024 | JL Partners / Sunday Times | 26% | 24% | 24% | 20% | 5% | [43] |
Members of Parliament
Banbury, Witney, Oxford West & Abingdon and Henley prior to 2024
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2024 | TBC | TBC |
Elections
Elections in the 2020s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDP | Tim Funnell | ||||
Conservative | Rupert Harrison | ||||
Green | Ian Middleton | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Calum Miller | ||||
Labour | Veronica Oakeshott | ||||
Reform UK | Augustine Obodo | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East England (region)
References
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition – South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report – South East | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 1 Part 6 South East region.
- ^ "MRP: what it is and why it may, or may not, be right at the next general election". The Week In Polls. 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Guide to the new Parliamentary Constituencies 2024" (PDF). Elections Centre. January 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Notional election for the constituency of Bicester and Woodstock on 12 December 2019". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. January 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "YouGov MRP shows Labour would win 1997-style landslide if election were held today". YouGov. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Searchable tool: How would your constituency vote in an election tomorrow?". Telegraph Media Group. 14 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Electoral Calculus January 2024". Electoral Calculus. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Electoral Calculus 14 Feb 2024". Retrieved 14 Feb 2024.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "What We Can Learn From Our Latest MRP (and what we can't)". Survation. 2024-03-31. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "YouGov MRP – Labour now projected to win over 400 seats | YouGov". yougov.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
- ^ "The Economist's UK general election forecast". The Economist. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- ^ "Who will win the 2024 UK general election?The definitive forecast model - how the country will vote according to Britain Predicts". The New Statesman. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- ^ "Predict the UK general election result". ig.in.ft.com. 2024-05-29. Retrieved 2024-05-29.(subscription required)
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock | E14001090". pollingreport.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock: Overview". Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "First YouGov MRP of 2024 general election shows Labour on track to beat 1997 landslide". Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Labour on course to win a majority of over 100". Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "Survation MRP: Labour Set for Record Breaking Majority". Survation. 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock: Overview". Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ "Who will win the 2024 UK general election?". 23 May 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ "UK General Election 2024". YouGov. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock: Overview". Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock | E14001090". pollingreport.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "The Economist's UK general election forecast". The Economist. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
- ^ "MRP Update: First MRP Since Farage's Return". Survation. 2024-06-15. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ "Who will win the 2024 UK general election?". 23 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Ipsos MRP 18 June". 18 June 2024.
- ^ "Second YouGov 2024 election MRP shows Conservatives on lowest seat total in history | YouGov". yougov.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Labour on course to win a majority of over 100". www.moreincommon.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "MRP Model – Daily Telegraph – 19 June 2024 - Savanta". savanta.com. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "UK general election forecast". The Economist. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Bicester and Woodstock | E14001090". pollingreport.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Focaldata / Prolific UK General Election MRP". Focaldata. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "We Think | WeThink MRP: Historic low for the Tories?". wethink.netlify.app. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-06-26.
- ^ "New Seat Details - Bicester and Woodstock". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
- ^ "WeThink on X: Following swiftly after our MRP release yesterday, it's the 3rd constituency poll for @TheEconomist, this time Bicester & Woodstock". Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ "First J.L. Partners SRP Model Shows Labour On Course For A Landslide". JLP. Retrieved 2024-06-30.
- ^ Stewart, Gordon (7 June 2024). "Election of a Member of Parliament for Bicester and Woodstock" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2024 – via Cherwell District Council.
External links
- Bicester and Woodstock UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK
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