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Oxford West and Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) history

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Creation

The seat was created in 1983 as part of the reconfiguration of those in the county to avoid malapportionment, abolishing Oxford as a seat. It merged about half the city with the eastern portion of the former Abingdon seat.

MPs

Conservative John Patten (MP for Oxford in the 1979–1983 Parliament), held the seat from its creation until he retired in 1997. The seat was gained by Liberal Democrat Evan Harris, who held it for 13 years until the 2010 general election, when the Conservative Nicola Blackwood retook the seat in one of the most marginal results of that election.

Contests

The seat has been contested nine times, each of them general elections. The peak share of votes to date was 20.2%, in 1997. The strongest victory, in share of the vote, was that of Harris of the Liberal Democrats in 2001.

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Parson’s Pleasure Parson’s Pleasure in the University Parks at Oxford, England, was a secluded area for male-only nude bathing on the River Cherwell . It was located next to the path on the way to Mesopotamia at the south-east corner of the Parks . The facility closed in 1991 and the area now forms part of the parks .

Holywell Manor, Oxford Holywell Manor is a historic building in central Oxford, England, in the parish of Holywell . It currently houses some of Balliol College’s postgraduate students .

Dyson Perrins Laboratory The Dyson Perrins Laboratory is in the science area of the University of Oxford . It was the main centre for research into organic chemistry from 1916 until 2003 . Parts of the building were used as teaching laboratories in which undergraduate students were trained in practical organic chemistry .

Clarendon Laboratory The Clarendon Laboratory is part of the Department of Physics at Oxford University . It houses atomic and laser physics, condensed matter physics, and biophysics groups . The Oxford Centre for Quantum Computation is also housed in the laboratory .

Farmington Institute The Farmington Institute is based at Harris Manchester College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford . The Institute’s aim is to support, encourage and improve Christian education in schools, colleges and universities .

Holywell Music Room The Holywell Music Room is the city of Oxford’s chamber music hall . It is said to be the oldest purpose-built music room in Europe, and hence Britain’s first concert hall .

Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford The Department of Engineering Science is part of the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division . The main building is the tall 1960s Thom Building that dominates the local landscape, especially the view from the University Parks to the east .

Magdalen Tower Magdalen Tower, completed in 1509, is a bell tower that forms part of the bell tower . It is a central focus for the celebrations in Oxford on May Morning .

Denys Wilkinson Building The Denys Wilkinson Building is a prominent 1960s building in Oxford, England . It was designed by Philip Dowson at Arup in 1967 .

Indian Institute The Indian Institute is at the north end of Catte Street on the corner with Holywell Street and facing down Broad Street from the east . Sir Monier Monier-Williams started the Institute in Oxford in 1883 to provide training for the Indian Civil Service .

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