2016 Witney by-election

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UK parliamentary by-election election

The 2016 Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary contest held to fill the House of Commons seat vacated by former Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney.

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UK parliamentary by-election → election →
constituencyCreated	1983 →
constituencyType	county constituency →
country	United Kingdom →
electorateType	parliamentary constituency electorate →
formerPrimeMinisterInvolved	David Cameron →
heldAfterEvent	2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum →
legislativeBody	House of Commons of the United Kingdom →
locatedIn	England → Oxfordshire → Witney constituency →
officeContested	Member of Parliament for Witney →
parliament	56th Parliament of the United Kingdom →
parliamentaryConstituency	Witney →
preByElectionMPConstituency	Witney →
preByElectionMPPosition	Leader of the Conservative Party → Member of Parliament for Witney → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
preByElectionMPTenureStart	2001 →
predecessorElection	2015 United Kingdom general election →
previousMP	David Cameron →
previousMPParty	Conservative Party (UK) →
reasonForElection	resignation of David Cameron →
region	South East England →
resultingMP	Robert Courts →
seatVacatedBy	David Cameron →
successorElection	2017 United Kingdom general election →
triggeredBy	David Cameron stepping down as MP →
wasSafeSeatFor	Conservative Party (UK) →
winner	Robert Courts →
winningCandidate	Robert Courts →
winningParty	Conservative Party (UK) →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Witney →	byElectionHeld