"one was built in its place and in September 2011 it was officially opened by the Prime Minister and Witney MP, David Cameron. It has a main hall with a kitchen and storage rooms. A second phase of the building project (the Community Recreation Facility – CRF), with sports changing rooms and meeting room (the ""Newell Room""), was opened by the Deputy Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, David Mason, in September 2013. Freeland's one pub, The Oxfordshire Yeoman, is in Wroslyn Road opposite the village hall. Locals such a Sean Bunting and George Baines can be found sampling many of the fine"
"West Oxfordshire District Council in 2014. He was selected as the Conservative Party candidate to replace David Cameron as Member of Parliament in the Witney by-election, 2016. Courts supported the successful 'Leave' campaign in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016. He is a member of the European Research Group, having subscribed in April 2017. Courts retained the seat for the Conservatives in the 20 October 2016 by-election, but with a greatly reduced majority of 5,702, down from 25,155 when David Cameron last contested the seat. He was then sworn in on 24 October. He increased his majority to over"
"is vital to the local economy, being one of the largest and busiest Royal Air Force stations in the country. <section begin=""General Election 2015""/> <section end=""General Election 2015""/> <section begin=""General Election 2010""/> <section end=""General Election 2010""/> <section begin=""General Election 2005""/> <section end=""General Election 2005""/> <section begin=""General Election 2001""/> <section end=""General Election 2001""/> Witney (UK Parliament constituency) Witney is a county constituency in Oxfordshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post system of election, and was created for the 1983 general election. It is a"
"Conservative Party by Robert Courts, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. The constituency is coterminous with the district of West Oxfordshire, and includes the towns of Carterton, Chipping Norton and Woodstock. The constituency's first MP was Douglas Hurd, who served as a cabinet minister under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and retired in 1997. Hurd was succeeded by Shaun Woodward at the 1997 general election. However, Woodward defected to the Labour Party in 1999, and Witney unexpectedly had a Labour MP. Woodward chose not to stand in Witney as a Labour candidate and moved to the Labour safe seat"
"Witney constituency in Oxfordshire as a Labour candidate (it was subsequently won by David Cameron, former Leader of the Conservatives and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom), and was instead selected for this safe seat. Woodward has won all three elections however lost his position in the cabinet because of the Labour party defeat to the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition government in the 2010 General Election. St Helens South (UK Parliament constituency) St Helens South was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the"
"21,000 in the 2017 general election. Courts was appointed Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in January 2018, but resigned as a PPS on 15 July 2018 in protest of the White Paper on Exiting the European Union and the Chequers Agreement. Robert Courts Robert Alexander Courts (born 21 October 1978) is a British politician and barrister serving as Member of Parliament for Witney since 2016. Courts retained his seat in the 2017 general election. Courts was schooled at Berkhamsted School, where he was head of Fry’s House, before reading law at the University of Sheffield."
"of the EU Referendum the previous day, in which 51.9% of voters supported leaving the EU. On 12 September 2016, it was announced that Cameron would resign as MP for Witney. This triggered a by-election, which was won by Robert Courts, also a Conservative, albeit with a significantly reduced majority. 1983–1997: The District of West Oxfordshire wards of Ascott and Shipton, Aston Bampton and Standlake, Bampton, Bladon and Cassington, Brize Norton and Curbridge, Burford, Carterton North, Carterton South, Chadlington, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Clanfield and Shilton, Combe and Stonesfield, Ducklington, Enstone, Eynsham, Filkins and Langford, Finstock and Leafield, Freeland and Hanborough,"
"Councillor since 2014, from a shortlist of three candidates. Though Witney voted in favour of remain in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, Courts is a ""Brexiter"". The Labour Party selected Duncan Enright as their candidate. He serves as a West Oxfordshire District Councillor and stood in Witney at the 2015 general election, finishing second behind Cameron. The Liberal Democrats selected Liz Leffman, a West Oxfordshire District Councillor (for Charlbury and Finstock) and local businesswoman, as the party's candidate. She stood in Witney in 2005, finishing second to Cameron. The UK Independence Party named Kenrick ""Dickie"" Bird. He served"
"Robert Courts Robert Alexander Courts (born 21 October 1978) is a British politician and barrister serving as Member of Parliament for Witney since 2016. Courts retained his seat in the 2017 general election. Courts was schooled at Berkhamsted School, where he was head of Fry’s House, before reading law at the University of Sheffield. Courts was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 2003 and practises as a barrister at 3PB Chambers. He worked in Wellington, New Zealand, at the Crown Law Office (Legal Advisors) for the New Zealand Government in 2009. Courts was elected a Conservative member of"
"professional boxer and a perennial candidate, has been named as the candidate of the English Democrats. He came third in Croydon North at the previous general election. Independent candidate Adam Knight endorsed the Liberal Democrat candidate, Leffman, during the campaign. The Liberal Democrats recorded their highest share of the vote in Witney since 1983. The constituency is co-terminous with the district of West Oxfordshire which, in the EU referendum on 23 June 2016, voted in favour of remain. 2016 Witney by-election The Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 20 October 2016 in the constituency of Witney in"
"peer as Baron Ashley of Stoke, of Widnes in the County of Cheshire. Gordon Oakes (1931–2005) who was born and educated in Widnes became a MP for Bolton West 1964-1970, for Widnes 1971-1983 and for Halton 1983 to 1997. John Twigg (born 1959 in Widnes) has been the Labour MP for Halton since 1997. Citations Sources Widnes Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in Halton, Cheshire, Northwest England. In 2011, it had a population of 60,221. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form the Runcorn Gap. Directly"
"from the Conservatives. This left both Labour and the Liberal Democrats with four seats, while there remained one independent councillor. All 13 councillors who stood again were re-elected and overall turnout at the election was 71.58%. A by-election was held in Witney North on 20 August 2015 after independent councillor David Snow resigned from the council in June 2015. David Snow had been originally elected as a Conservative but resigned from the party in May 2013. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by Carol Reynolds with a majority of 63 votes over Liberal Democrat Diane West. 2015 West Oxfordshire"
"1992. Since the 2000 election the Conservatives have controlled the council and as of the 2018 Local Elections, the council is composed of the following councillors: West Oxfordshire West Oxfordshire is a local government district in northwest Oxfordshire, England, including towns such as Woodstock, Burford, Chipping Norton, Charlbury, Carterton and Witney, where the council is based. The area is mainly rural downland and forest, the main activities being farming and associated trades. The district was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the municipal borough of Chipping Norton, Witney urban district, and"
"Green Party candidate for the Witney by-election following former Prime Minister David Cameron's resignation as an MP in September 2016. He finished in fourth place with 1,363 votes (3.54%). Sanders was selected to contest the Oxford East constituency at the 2017 snap general election. However, he was not elected, and finished in fourth place with 1,785 votes and a 3.3% share of the vote. Larry Sanders (politician) Lawrence Sanders (born 25 April 1935) is an American-born British academic, social worker, and Health Spokesperson of the Green Party of England and Wales. Sanders is the older brother of United States Senator"
"Sarah Olney Sarah Jane Olney ( McGibbon; born 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and an accountant. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park for six months from a by-election in December 2016 to the general election in June 2017, having won the seat from the Conservatives. Olney was born in Surrey. She was educated at All Hallows Catholic School in Farnham and then studied English Literature at King's College London. Olney is a qualified accountant. She worked as an accountant at Barclays, Arts & Business, Distilled Ltd, SCi Sales Group and the National Physical Laboratory"
"1 June 1996 at the Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, Oxfordshire, five years before he was first elected as MP for Witney at the 2001 general election. The couple have had four children: Ivan Reginald Ian Cameron (8 April 2002, Hammersmith and Fulham, London – 25 February 2009, Paddington, London), Nancy Gwen Beatrice Cameron (born 19 January 2004, Westminster, London), Arthur Elwen Cameron (born 14 February 2006, Westminster) and Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (born 24 August 2010, Cornwall). Ivan was born with a rare combination of cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy and died at the age of"
"parliament to stand in the 2013 Warwickshire County Council Elections for the Arbury and Stockingford constituency in Nuneaton. Olner duly won the seat with 2092 votes, which keeps him in office until May 2017. Following County Council boundary changes, Olner decided to stand in the new Nuneaton Abbey County Division in May 2017. The division is currently the safest Labour seat in Warwickshire. Olner has a pet dog and lives with his wife Jill, who in the past has been a School Governor. Bill Olner William John Olner (born 9 May 1942) is a British Labour Party politician who was"
"Robert Goodwill Robert Goodwill (born 31 December 1956) is a British Conservative Party politician and farmer. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough and Whitby since 2005. He was previously a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber. He has had several ministerial positions, most recently as Children's Minister at the Department of Education until the January 2018 reshuffle. Goodwill is a member of the Cornerstone Group of Conservative MPs. He describes himself as a ""staunch Eurosceptic"" but supported Remain in the EU referendum. Goodwill was born in Terrington, North Riding of Yorkshire,"
"planner. Sarah Olney Sarah Jane Olney ( McGibbon; born 1977) is a British Liberal Democrat politician and an accountant. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond Park for six months from a by-election in December 2016 to the general election in June 2017, having won the seat from the Conservatives. Olney was born in Surrey. She was educated at All Hallows Catholic School in Farnham and then studied English Literature at King's College London. Olney is a qualified accountant. She worked as an accountant at Barclays, Arts & Business, Distilled Ltd, SCi Sales Group and the National Physical"
"wife have one son (The Hon. Alexander Arbuthnot, born 1986) and three daughters (The Hon. Kate Arbuthnot, born 1989; The Hon. Leaf Arbuthnot, born 1992; The Hon. Alice Arbuthnot, born 1998). Lord and Lady Arbuthnot divide their time between London and Berkshire. James Arbuthnot James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, (born 4 August 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015. Arbuthnot served as Chairman of the Defence Select Committee from 2005 to"
"to the back benches after the referendum which rejected his government's recommendation to remain in the European Union. He stood down as an MP soon after, triggering a by-election which was held on 20 October 2016. Robert Courts was duly elected for the Conservatives, with a clear, but much reduced, majority. Witney is twinned with: In July 2007 Witney saw its worst flooding in more than 50 years. Homes and businesses were evacuated and Bridge Street, a major road into the town and the only road across the Windrush, was closed. About 200 properties in central Witney were flooded, with"
"Eddie Hughes (British politician) Edmund Francis Hughes (born 3 October 1968) is an English Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall North since the general election on 8 June 2017, where he unexpectedly unseated the sitting veteran Labour Party MP David Winnick. Winnick, 83 at the time, had held the seat for the previous 38 years. Hughes was born in Birmingham. The son of a bus driver, he was educated at Handsworth Grammar School before studying Civil Engineering at the University of Glamorgan. He had previously been Deputy Chief Executive of a local charity"
"issue since 2007, in 2012 press reports have appeared suggesting Whitby may stand as the Conservative candidate for Birmingham should there be a ""yes"" to the referendum planned in the City to coincide with the May local elections Mike Whitby Michael John Whitby, Baron Whitby (born 6 February 1948) is an English Conservative Party politician and former leader of Birmingham City Council, a post he held from June 2004 to May 2012. Until 2014 he was one of three councillors representing the Harborne ward in the west of the city. He was formerly a Councillor on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council."
"Helen Whately Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (""née"" Lightwood; 23 June 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician and former management consultant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in Kent since 2015. Since 27 July 2018, she has also been Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Women. Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood was born in Norwich on 23 June 1976 and grew up near Redhill, Surrey, England. Both her parents worked as doctors. She was educated at an all-girls Roman Catholic school, before being privately educated for sixth form at the independent"
"branch of the learning disability charity Mencap. Helen Whately Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately (""née"" Lightwood; 23 June 1976) is a British Conservative Party politician and former management consultant who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Faversham and Mid Kent constituency in Kent since 2015. Since 27 July 2018, she has also been Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party for Women. Helen Olivia Bicknell Lightwood was born in Norwich on 23 June 1976 and grew up near Redhill, Surrey, England. Both her parents worked as doctors. She was educated at an all-girls Roman Catholic school, before being privately"
"James Arbuthnot James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, (born 4 August 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was returned as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015. Arbuthnot served as Chairman of the Defence Select Committee from 2005 to 2014, before being nominated as a Life Peer in the Dissolution Peerages List 2015 of August 2015. Created Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, of Edrom in the County of Berwick, on 1 October 2015, Lord Arbuthnot sits on the Conservative benches in the"
"to 6,640 votes at the previous election five years earlier. In 2015, however, Winnick gained a comfortable majority of 1,937, despite the Labour Party incurring a net loss of seats. In his victory speech, he criticised the way in which his Conservative opponent had conducted their election campaign. In 2017 (again against the national trend) he was defeated by Conservative Party candidate Eddie Hughes by 2,601 votes. David Winnick David Julian Winnick (born 26 June 1933) is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walsall North between 1979 and 2017. Previously, he was the"
"Patney Patney is a small village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, in the Vale of Pewsey about south-east of Devizes. The infant Salisbury Avon forms part of the southern boundary of the parish. All significant local government services are provided by Wiltshire Council, with its headquarters in Trowbridge, and the parish is represented there by Paul Oatway, who succeeded Brigadier Robert Hall in 2013. Its Member of Parliament is Claire Perry, Member for Devizes. The Stert and Westbury Railway was built close to the north of the village in 1900 by the Great Western Railway Company. There was a"
"Mark Oaten Mark Oaten (born 8 March 1964) is a British politician who was a senior member of the Liberal Democrats. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Winchester from 1997 to 2010. Born in Watford, Hertfordshire, Oaten became a councillor in local government, joining the centre-left Social Democratic Party, which merged with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democrats in 1988. He became the party's Home Affairs spokesperson in 2003. He stood for the position of Leader of the Liberal Democrats in 2006, but withdrew from the contest he was later hit by a series of"
"with the Witney by-election. They were the fifth and sixth by-elections of the 56th UK Parliament. The Conservative Party, followed by the Liberal Democrats, UKIP and the Greens, stated that, as a mark of respect, they would not contest the by-election. Brendan Cox, Jo Cox's widower, also ruled out standing for the seat. Labour began the process of selecting a candidate on 14 September. Batley-born actress Tracy Brabin, and Keighley-based campaigner Jane Thomas were shortlisted for selection on 19 September. Brabin won the selection on 23 September. Brabin had campaigned for Cox at the 2015 election, and had been told"
"Mike Whitby Michael John Whitby, Baron Whitby (born 6 February 1948) is an English Conservative Party politician and former leader of Birmingham City Council, a post he held from June 2004 to May 2012. Until 2014 he was one of three councillors representing the Harborne ward in the west of the city. He was formerly a Councillor on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. It was announced that he would be made a working peer by David Cameron on 1 August 2013. Whitby was educated in Smethwick at James Watt Technical Grammar School, and also at Michael's Hoven College in the then"
"Hugh Gaffney Cllr Hugh Lawrence Gaffney (born 10 August 1963) is a Scottish Labour Party politician. He has been and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill since the 2017 general election.. He is also a local government councillor on North Lanarkshire Council. Gaffney was raised in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire; he has three brothers and two sisters. He is married and has three sons. Since he was in his twenties, until being elected, Gaffney worked for Royal Mail and Parcelforce, and wore his former work uniform to Westminster on his first day in the House of Commons."
"Michelle Donelan Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan (born 8 April 1984, Whitley, Cheshire) is a British Conservative Party politician. She was elected at the general election in May 2015 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constituency in Wiltshire, which includes the market towns of Bradford on Avon, Chippenham, Corsham and Melksham, and the surrounding rural areas. Originally from Cheshire, where her parents live at Whitley, Donelan came to attention when she spoke at a Conservative Party Conference aged fifteen. She studied for a degree in history and politics at the University of York and then stood for"