Woodstock (UK Parliament constituency)

The Parliamentary Borough comprised the town of Woodstock and (from 1832) the surrounding countryside and villages.{{Cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/maps/sheet/bc_reports_1832_v2/Oxfordshire_New_Woodstock|title=H.M.S.O. Boundary Commission Report 1832, New Woodstock|website=www.visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=2019-02-12}} It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England from its re-enfranchisement in 1553 until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. Under the Great Reform Act 1832, the representation of the borough was reduced to one member.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough was abolished and was reconstituted as the Mid or Woodstock Division of Oxfordshire when the three-member Parliamentary County of Oxfordshire was divided into the three single-member constituencies of Banbury, Woodstock and Henley. It comprised the middle part of Oxfordshire, including Witney and Bicester as well as the abolished borough.

The constituency was abolished under the Representation of the People Act 1918.  The western half, including Witney and Woodstock, was added to the Banbury Division and the eastern half, including Bicester, to the Henley Division.

• The Municipal Borough of Woodstock;
• The Sessional Divisions of Bampton East, Bampton West, Ploughley, and Wooton South; and
• Part of the Sessional Division of Bullingdon.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/publicgeneralac01walegoog|title=The public general acts|last=Great Britain|first=Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales|publisher=Proprietors of the Law Journal Reports, 1884|others=unknown library|language=en}}

Only non-resident freeholders of the Parliamentary Borough of Oxford (which included the Municipal Borough thereof) were entitled to vote.

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

{{Compact ToC election decades|

|decade1 = 1840s

|decade2 = 1850s

|decade3 = 1860s

|decade4 = 1870s

|decade5 = 1880s

|decade6 = 1880s

|decade7 = 1890s

|decade8 = 1900s

|decade9 = 1910s

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{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1830: Woodstock{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=New Woodstock |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/new-woodstock |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=30 April 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= George Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|200}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1831: Woodstock{{cite web |last1=Fisher |first1=David R. |title=New Woodstock |url=http://www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/new-woodstock |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=30 April 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Spencer-Churchill

|votes = 81

|percentage = 46.8

|change =

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= William Murray

|votes = 74

|percentage = 42.8

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= James Silk Buckingham

|votes = 12

|percentage = 6.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Richardson

|votes = 6

|percentage = 3.5

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 62

|percentage = 35.9

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = {{circa|87}}

|percentage = {{circa|43.5}}

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|200}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

• Buckingham and Richardson each received 138 householder votes, but these were declared ineligible

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1832: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Tories (British political party)

|candidate= George Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 317

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Tories (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1835: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Charles Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 306

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change|title=General election 1837: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Peyton

|votes = 126

|percentage = 51.9

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Charles Spencer-Churchill

|votes = 117

|percentage = 48.1

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 9

|percentage = 3.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 243

|percentage = 73.6

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 330

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Peyton resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 11 May 1838: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party= Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= George Spencer-Churchill

|votes = 160

|percentage = 50.8

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party= Whigs (British political party)

|candidate= Henry John Spencer-Churchill

|votes = 155

|percentage = 49.2

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 5

|percentage = 1.6

|change = −2.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 315

|percentage = 81.8

|change = +8.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 385

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner= Conservative Party (UK)

|swing = −1.1

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{{Election box end}}

Spencer-Churchill succeeded to the peerage, becoming 6th Duke of Marlborough and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 20 March 1840: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Frederic Thesiger

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1841: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Frederic Thesiger

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 356

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Thesiger was appointed Solicitor-General for England and Wales and decided to contest Abingdon, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 22 April 1844: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Spencer-Churchill resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 1 May 1845: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Loftus

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

Loftus succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Marquess of Ely and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 18 December 1845: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Alfred Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1847: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Spencer-Churchill

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 404

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1852: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Spencer-Churchill

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 347

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1857: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= John Spencer-Churchill

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 336

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Spencer-Churchill succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Duke of Marlborough and causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 24 July 1857: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Alfred Spencer-Churchill

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1859: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Alfred Spencer-Churchill

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 310

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1865: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Barnett

|votes= 143

|percentage= 54.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Mitchell Henry

|votes= 119

|percentage= 45.4

|change= New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 24

|percentage= 9.2

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 262

|percentage= 91.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 286

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1868: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Henry Barnett

|votes= 502

|percentage= 51.1

|change= −3.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= George Charles Brodrick

|votes= 481

|percentage= 48.9

|change= +3.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 21

|percentage= 2.2

|change= −7.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 983

|percentage= 87.2

|change= −4.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,127

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= −3.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1874: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Randolph Churchill

|votes= 569

|percentage= 58.5

|change= +7.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= George Charles Brodrick{{cite news|title=Advertisements & Notices|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000073/18740207/003/0003|access-date=23 January 2018|work=Oxford Journal|date=7 February 1874|page=3|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes= 404

|percentage= 41.5

|change= −7.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 165

|percentage= 17.0

|change= +14.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=973

|percentage=90.8

|change=+3.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,071

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +7.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1880: Woodstock{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885|date=1977|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-349-02349-3|edition=1st|type=e-book|pages=340–341}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Randolph Churchill

|votes= 512

|percentage= 53.1

|change= −5.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= William Hall{{cite news|title=Liberal Meeting at Kidlington|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000073/18800320/014/0007|access-date=15 December 2017|work=Oxford Journal|date=20 March 1880|page=7|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes=452

|percentage=46.9

|change= +5.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 60

|percentage= 6.2

|change= −10.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=964

|percentage=90.9

|change= +0.1

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,060

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= −5.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

Churchill was appointed Secretary of State for India, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 6 July 1885: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate= Randolph Churchill

|votes= 532

|percentage= 56.8

|change=+3.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate= Corrie Grant

|votes=405

|percentage= 43.2

|change= −3.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 127

|percentage= 13.6

|change= +7.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=937

|percentage=86.4

|change=−4.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,084

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing= +3.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1885: Woodstock{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=F. W. S.|editor-link=F. W. S. Craig|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984|page=371}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Francis William Maclean

|votes=4,327

|percentage=51.1

|change=+4.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Arthur Annesley

|votes=4,138

|percentage=48.9

|change=−4.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=189

|percentage=2.2

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,465

|percentage=84.5

|change=−6.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 10,012

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=+4.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1886: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Liberal Unionist Party

|candidate=Francis William Maclean

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Unionist Party

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Maclean resigned after being appointed a Master in Lunacy.

Image:George Herbert Morrell.jpg

{{Election box begin|title=By-election, 21 Apr 1891: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Herbert Morrell

|votes=4,448

|percentage=54.2

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Godfrey Benson

|votes=3,760

|percentage=45.8

|change=New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=688

|percentage=8.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,208

|percentage=84.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,725

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1892: Woodstock

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Godfrey Benson

|votes=4,278

|percentage=50.7

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Herbert Morrell

|votes=4,167

|percentage=49.3

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=111

|percentage=1.4

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,445

|percentage=86.6

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,756

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Unionist Party

|swing= N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1895: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Herbert Morrell

|votes=4,669

|percentage=55.5

|change=+6.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Godfrey Benson

|votes=3,740

|percentage=44.5

|change=-6.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=929

|percentage=11.0

|change= N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,409

|percentage=86.1

|change=-0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,767

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+6.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1900: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Herbert Morrell

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election 1906: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Ernest Bennett

|votes=4,585

|percentage=52.5

|change=New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=George Herbert Morrell

|votes=4,144

|percentage=47.5

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=441

|percentage=5.0

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes=8,729

|percentage=87.4

|change=N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 9,985

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner=Liberal Party (UK)

|loser=Conservative Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|

|title=General election January 1910: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Alfred Hamersley

|votes=5,098

|percentage=53.8

|change=+6.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Ernest Bennett

|votes=4,378

|percentage=46.2

|change=-6.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes=720

|percentage=7.6

|change=12.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 9,476

|percentage=90.0

|change=+2.6

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors=10,525

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|loser=Liberal Party (UK)

|swing=+6.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=General election December 1910: Woodstock

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party=Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate=Alfred Hamersley

|votes=4,773

|percentage=52.1

|change=-1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party=Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate=Ernest Bennett

|votes=4,381

|percentage=47.9

|change=+1.7

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes= 392

|percentage= 4.2

|change= -3.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes= 9,154

|percentage= 87.0

|change= -3.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors=10,525

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner=Conservative Party (UK)

|swing=-1.7

}}

{{Election box end}}

General Election 1914–15:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

• Unionist: Henderson
• Liberal:

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• {{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2012}}

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