2016 Witney by-election

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The 2016 Witney by-election was a UK parliamentary contest held to fill the House of Commons seat vacated by former Prime Minister David Cameron in the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney.

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instanceOf UK parliamentary by-election
election
constituencyCreated 1983
constituencyType county constituency
country United Kingdom
electorateType parliamentary constituency electorate
formerPrimeMinisterInvolved David Cameron
heldAfterEvent 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
legislativeBody House of Commons of the United Kingdom
locatedIn England
Oxfordshire
Witney (UK Parliament constituency)
surface form: Witney constituency
officeContested Member of Parliament for Witney
parliament 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom
parliamentaryConstituency Witney
preByElectionMPConstituency Witney
preByElectionMPPosition Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)
surface form: Leader of the Conservative Party

Member of Parliament for Witney
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
preByElectionMPTenureStart 2001
predecessorElection 2015 United Kingdom general election
previousMP David Cameron
previousMPParty Conservative Party (UK)
reasonForElection resignation of David Cameron
region South East England
resultingMP Robert Courts
seatVacatedBy David Cameron
successorElection 2017 United Kingdom general election
triggeredBy David Cameron stepping down as MP
wasSafeSeatFor Conservative Party (UK)
winner Robert Courts
winningCandidate Robert Courts
winningParty Conservative Party (UK)

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Witney byElectionHeld 2016 Witney by-election