Henley (constituency)

The constituency with the boundaries of 2007

Henley is a constituency of the British House of Commons in the county of Oxfordshire . The constituency was created in its current form in 1885 and covers much of Henley-on-Thames , Thame and Chinnor . He sends a representative to parliament.

history

The constituency was created in 1885 from the former county constituency Oxfordshire, which was represented by three representatives in the House of Commons. This was divided into the three constituencies of Banbury, Henley and Woodstock. Henley has been represented by members of the Conservative Party since the general election in January 1910 . Only from 1906 to 1910 was a member of the Liberal Party in office .

Since the election in 2008, which was due because Boris Johnson , the previous representative office as the Mayor of London Antret, represents John Howell the constituency in the House of Commons.

The constituency had an unemployment rate of 1.1% in April 2013 . This value was significantly lower than the national average of 3.8%.

Well-known representatives

• Valentine Fleming - MP from 1910 to 1917
• Michael Heseltine - MP from February 1974 to 2001
• Boris Johnson - MP from 2001 to 2008

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  Philip Morrell (MP from 1906 to January 1910)

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  Valentine Fleming

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  John Albert Hay (MP from 1960 to February 1974)

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  Michael Heseltine

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  Boris Johnson

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  John Howell

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Simon Rogers, Lisa Evans: Unemployment: the key UK data and benefit claimants for every constituency. November 17, 2010, accessed December 10, 2019 .