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Oxford University was a university constituency electing two members to the British House of Commons, from 1603 to 1950. The last two members to represent Oxford University when it was abolished were A. P. Herbert and Arthur Salter.
The parliamentary borough of Oxford elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from its creation in 1295 to 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801.
The members for the university constituencies include many notable statesmen: William Pitt the Younger and Lord Palmerston both served as MPs for Cambridge University, and Robert Peel and William Ewart Gladstone each served as MP for Oxford University for portions of their careers.
INDEX. Oxford University. Borough. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832, ed. D.R. Fisher, 2009. Available from Cambridge University Press. Background Information. Right of Election: in doctors and masters of arts. Number qualified to vote: 1,930 in 1820; 2,350 in 1828; 2,524 in 1831. Number of voters:
Although the University was less affected by the exclusion crisis than most constituencies, it was soon clear that neither of the sitting Members could expect re-election, probably because they had not tried to exempt the clergy from hearth-tax.
Although this is an idealized portrait, it remains true that the university of Oxford was one of the most dignified and genuinely independent constituencies in this period.
The following MPs represented Oxford University between 1918 and 1950. Oxford University is a former constituency. It ceased to exist following the boundary change in 1950. It was located in the South East region of England.
