Witney (UK Parliament constituency)

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UK Parliament constituency

Witney is a UK parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire that elects a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons and is known for having been represented by former Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Surface form Occurrences
Witney constituency 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency ⓘ
boundaryReviewAuthority Boundary Commission for England ⓘ
category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1983 ⓘ
Parliamentary constituencies in Oxfordshire ⓘ
containsArea West Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown Carterton ⓘ
Chipping Norton ⓘ
Witney ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
created 1983 ⓘ
currentMPParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
David CameronParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
David CameronTermEnd 2016 ⓘ
David CameronTermStart 2001 ⓘ
DavidCameronBecamePrimeMinister 2010 ⓘ
DavidCameronPredecessorAsMP Douglas Hurd ⓘ
DavidCameronResignedAsMP 2016 ⓘ
DouglasHurdParty Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
electoralAreaType City of Westminster parliamentary constituency ⓘ
surface form: Westminster constituency
electoralSystemUsedSinceCreation first-past-the-post ⓘ
electorateType borough and county voters of defined area ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
electsHowManyMembers 1 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Witney ⓘ
hasElectoralRegister Witney electoral roll ⓘ
hasFormerPrimeMinisterAsMP David Cameron ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
hasRepresentation one MP in the House of Commons ⓘ
hasRuralCharacter yes ⓘ
includesPartOf Cotswolds ⓘ
surface form: Cotswolds area
isPartOfSovereignState United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
knownFor being represented by former Prime Minister David Cameron ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Oxfordshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion South East England ⓘ
mapsToWestminster Yes ⓘ
notableFormerMP David Cameron ⓘ
parliamentarySeatType county constituency ⓘ
parliamentaryTermCoverage UK general elections from 1983 onwards ⓘ
partOf West Oxfordshire ⓘ
surface form: West Oxfordshire District (local government area)
politicalLean generally Conservative-leaning ⓘ
previousConstituency Banbury constituency ⓘ
surface form: Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)

Mid Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
regionLabel Constituency in Oxfordshire ⓘ
representedBy David Cameron ⓘ
representedInParliamentOf Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency) → borderingConstituency → Witney (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
Finstock → hasElectoralConstituency → Witney (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
West Oxfordshire → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Witney (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
2016 Witney by-election → locatedIn → Witney (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Witney constituency