Henley Parliamentary Constituency
The Liberal Democrats are the clear challengers to the Conservatives in Henley Parliamentary Constituency. With 26% of the vote in 2005, Liberal Democrat David Turner was over 5,000 votes ahead of the Labour candidate who slumped to 14.6% of the vote.
- Henley Parliamentary Constituency Election Result 2005
- Henley Parliamentary Constituency Election Result 2001
Henley constituency covers south-eastern Oxfordshire, and is named after Henley-on-Thames. It contains most of the South Oxfordshire local government district, with the exception of an area west of the River Thames including Didcot and Wallingford, and and also includes a few villages to the north of Oxford. [Credit: Wikipedia]
The Henley Constituency covers the towns of Henley-on-Thames, Thame and Watlington and the villages of Benson, Beckley, Berinsfield, Chalgrove, Chinnor, Crowmarsh, Dorchester, Goring, Nettlebed, Sonning Common, Watlington, Woodcote and Wheatley amongst others.
The constituency borders Reading at its southernmost point, and has Didcot and Oxford to the west, and Princes Risborough and High Wycombe to the east. The M40 cuts through the north-east of the constituency with junctions 6, 7, 8 and 8a and the Oxford Services of the motorway all in the constituency.
Electoral Wards and Divisions
The South Oxfordshire District wards of Aston Rowant, Benson, Berinsfield, Chalgrove and Wheatley, Chiltern Woods, Chinnor, Crowmarsh, Forest Hill & Holton, Garsington, Goring, Great Milton, Henley North, Henley South, Sandford, Shiplake, Sonning Common, Thame North, Thame South, Watlington, and Woodcote cover the Constituency.
Of those wards, the Liberal Democrats currently have Councillors in Benson, Chalgrove, Forest Hill & Holton, Great Milton, Thame North and Woodcote. Since 1999, the Liberal Democrats have additionally seen Councillors elected in Garsington, Sandford, Sonning Common, Watlington and Wheatley.
The County Electoral Divisions covered by the constituency are Benson, Chalgrove, Dorchester & Berinsfield, Goring, Henley North & Chilterns, Henley South, Sonning Common, Thame & Chinnor, Watlington and Wheatley.
The Liberal Democrats currently have County Councillors elected in Chalgrove and Wheatley Electoral Divisions.
There are no Labour County or District Councillors representing any part of Henley constituency.
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