History
The constituency was created in 1983 by the division of the former constituency of Oxford. Abingdon had its own seat prior to 1983.
The former Conservative Minister John Patten, MP for Oxford from 1979, won the West seat on its creation and remained the MP until he retired in 1997. On that occasion the seat was gained for the Liberal Democrats by Dr Evan Harris, who held the seat until the 2010 General Election, when it was regained by Conservative MP Nicola Blackwood.
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