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Henley — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Henley was won by Conservative at the 2019 general election, with a majority of 14,053 votes over Liberal Democrat. This page covers every general election in Henley from 1885 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1885–2019

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Edward William Vernon Harcourt (Conservative) 3,778 53.7% Frederick William Maude (Liberal) 520 (7.4 pts) 82.2%
1886 Francis Parker (Conservative) 3,674 58.6% Walter George Frank Phillimore (Liberal) 1,074 (17.1 pts) 73.3%
1892 Francis Parker (Conservative) 3,688 53.0% Walter George Frank Phillimore (Liberal) 419 (6.0 pts) 79.7%
1895 Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge (Conservative) 3,831 52.5% Herbert Louis Samuel (Liberal) 361 (4.9 pts) 81.7%
1900 Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge (Conservative) 3,622 51.2% Herbert Louis Samuel (Liberal) 172 (2.4 pts) 78.2%
1906 Philip Edward Morrell (Liberal) 4,562 53.0% Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge (Conservative) 512 (5.9 pts) 87.6%
Dec 1910 Valentine Fleming (Conservative) 5,340 59.1% George Crosfield Norris Nicholson (Liberal) 1,639 (18.1 pts) 85.8%
Jan 1910 Valentine Fleming (Conservative) 5,649 58.3% Philip Edward Morrell (Liberal) 1,603 (16.5 pts) 92.0%
1918 Reginald Terrell (Unionist) 10,757 67.7% Edmund Loftus MacNaghten (Liberal) 5,619 (35.4 pts) 52.2%
1922 Reginald Terrell (Unionist) 11,545 53.1% Robert Henry Rew (Liberal) 1,341 (6.2 pts) 69.6%
1923 Thomas Antonio Reginald Terrell (Unionist) 12,092 51.8% Robert Henry Rew (Liberal) 826 (3.5 pts) 73.3%
1924 Robert Ronald Henderson (Unionist) 14,830 64.8% Charles Alan Bennett (Liberal) 6,770 (29.6 pts) 70.2%
1929 Robert Ronald Henderson (Unionist) 16,943 51.8% Geoffrey Ernest Tritton (Liberal) 7,157 (21.9 pts) 73.3%
1931 Robert Ronald Henderson (Conservative) 24,015 72.3% Richard Borlase Matthews (Liberal) 18,604 (56.0 pts) 68.6%
1935 Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox (Conservative) 22,024 70.4% John Herbert May (Liberal) 12,770 (40.8 pts) 56.9%
1945 Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox (Conservative) 22,286 42.5% James Stewart Cook (Labour) 2,829 (5.4 pts) 66.3%
1950 John Albert Hay (Conservative) 20,488 49.4% Alan Ernest Gwynn Hawkins (Labour) 5,779 (13.9 pts) 81.7%
1951 John Albert Hay (Conservative) 23,621 58.0% Constantine Gallop (Labour) 6,531 (16.0 pts) 78.3%
1955 John Albert Hay (Conservative) 24,061 58.6% Nora Wiles (Labour) 7,081 (17.2 pts) 75.4%
1959 John Albert Hay (Conservative) 24,417 53.4% Arthur Ledger (Labour) 9,403 (20.6 pts) 78.3%
1964 John Albert Hay (Conservative) 24,898 49.2% Arthur Ledger (Labour) 8,284 (16.4 pts) 78.3%
1966 John Hay (Conservative) 28,994 55.4% George Cunningham (Labour) 5,674 (10.8 pts) 75.2%
1970 John Hay (Conservative) 33,452 53.4% Maeve Denby (Labour) 14,142 (22.6 pts) 74.0%
Oct 1974 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 22,554 49.1% Simon Ronald Caradoc Evans (Liberal) 10,266 (22.4 pts) 73.6%
Feb 1974 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 24,367 48.4% Simon Ronald Caradoc Evans (Liberal) 8,900 (17.7 pts) 81.2%
1979 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 29,982 58.7% Steven Atack (Liberal) 18,289 (35.8 pts) 77.5%
1983 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 27,039 59.7% Ian Blaine Brook (Liberal) 13,781 (30.4 pts) 72.9%
1987 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 29,978 61.1% John Madeley (Liberal) 17,082 (34.8 pts) 74.9%
1992 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 30,835 59.7% David Turner (Liberal Democrat) 18,392 (35.6 pts) 79.8%
1997 Michael Heseltine (Conservative) 23,908 45.5% Tim Horton (Liberal Democrat) 11,167 (21.2 pts) 79.1%
2001 Boris Johnson (Conservative) 20,466 46.1% Catherine Bearder (Liberal Democrat) 8,458 (19.1 pts) 64.3%
2005 Boris Johnson (Conservative) 24,894 53.5% David Turner (Liberal Democrat) 12,793 (27.5 pts) 67.9%
2010 John Howell (Conservative) 30,054 56.2% Andy Crick (Liberal Democrat) 16,588 (31.0 pts) 73.3%
2015 John Howell (Conservative) 32,292 58.5% Sam Juthani (Labour) 25,375 (45.9 pts) 71.1%
2017 John Howell (Conservative) 33,749 59.1% Oliver Kavanagh (Labour) 22,294 (39.0 pts) 76.3%
2019 John Howell (Conservative) 32,189 54.8% Laura Coyle (Liberal Democrat) 14,053 (23.9 pts) 77.0%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Edward William Vernon Harcourt Conservative 3,77853.7% Yes
Frederick William Maude Liberal 3,25846.3% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Parker Conservative 3,67458.6% Yes
Walter George Frank Phillimore Liberal 2,60041.4% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Parker Conservative 3,68853.0% Yes
Walter George Frank Phillimore Liberal 3,26947.0% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge Conservative 3,83152.5% Yes
Herbert Louis Samuel Liberal 3,47047.5% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge Conservative 3,62251.2% Yes
Herbert Louis Samuel Liberal 3,45048.8% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Philip Edward Morrell Liberal 4,56253.0% Yes
Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge Conservative 4,05047.0% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Valentine Fleming Conservative 5,34059.1% Yes
George Crosfield Norris Nicholson Liberal 3,70140.9% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Valentine Fleming Conservative 5,64958.3% Yes
Philip Edward Morrell Liberal 4,04641.7% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Terrell Unionist 10,75767.7% Yes
Edmund Loftus MacNaghten Liberal 5,13832.3% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Reginald Terrell Unionist 11,54553.1% Yes
Robert Henry Rew Liberal 10,20446.9% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Antonio Reginald Terrell Unionist 12,09251.8% Yes
Robert Henry Rew Liberal 11,26648.2% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ronald Henderson Unionist 14,83064.8% Yes
Charles Alan Bennett Liberal 8,06035.2% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ronald Henderson Unionist 16,94351.8% Yes
Geoffrey Ernest Tritton Liberal 9,78629.9% No
Bernard Benjamin Gillis Labour 5,96218.2% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Ronald Henderson Conservative 24,01572.3% Yes
Richard Borlase Matthews Liberal 5,41116.3% No
Frederick Hembury Labour 3,80911.5% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox Conservative 22,02470.4% Yes
John Herbert May Liberal 9,25429.6% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Gifford Wheaton Grey Fox Conservative 22,28642.5% Yes
James Stewart Cook Labour 19,45737.1% No
Lionel Gordon Balliol Brett Liberal 10,71820.4% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Albert Hay Conservative 20,48849.4% Yes
Alan Ernest Gwynn Hawkins Labour 14,70935.5% No
Peter William Vincent Minoprio Liberal 6,25515.1% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Albert Hay Conservative 23,62158.0% Yes
Constantine Gallop Labour 17,09042.0% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Albert Hay Conservative 24,06158.6% Yes
Nora Wiles Labour 16,98041.4% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Albert Hay Conservative 24,41753.4% Yes
Arthur Ledger Labour 15,01432.9% No
Charles Truman Liberal 6,26113.7% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Albert Hay Conservative 24,89849.2% Yes
Arthur Ledger Labour 16,61432.8% No
Arthur William Giles Liberal 9,08117.9% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hay Conservative 28,99455.4% Yes
George Cunningham Labour 23,32044.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Hay Conservative 33,45253.4% Yes
Maeve Denby Labour 19,31030.8% No
Arthur Giles Liberal 8,90714.2% No
Daniel Brunner Anti-Common Market 9601.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 22,55449.1% Yes
Simon Ronald Caradoc Evans Liberal 12,28826.8% No
Ian Malcolm Haig Labour 11,14124.3% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 24,36748.4% Yes
Simon Ronald Caradoc Evans Liberal 15,46730.7% No
Alan Alexander Labour 10,50020.9% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 29,98258.7% Yes
Steven Atack Liberal 11,69322.9% No
David John Whiting Labour 9,43518.5% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 27,03959.7% Yes
Ian Blaine Brook Liberal 13,25829.3% No
Ian Edge Roxburgh Labour 4,2829.5% No
Rebecca Johnson Women for Life on Earth 5171.1% No
Thomas Edward Rogers One Nation Conservative 2130.5% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 29,97861.1% Yes
John Madeley Liberal 12,89626.3% No
Michael Barber Labour 6,17312.6% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 30,83559.7% Yes
David Turner Liberal Democrat 12,44324.1% No
Ivan Russell-Swinnerton Labour 7,67614.9% No
Alan Plane Independent 4310.8% No
Sara Banerji Natural Law 2740.5% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Michael Heseltine Conservative 23,90845.5% Yes
Tim Horton Liberal Democrat 12,74124.2% No
Duncan Enright Labour 12,70024.2% No
Sebastian Sainsbury Referendum Party 2,2994.4% No
Susan Miles Green 5141.0% No
Nigel Barlow Natural Law 2210.4% No
Thomas Hibbert Whig Party 1600.3% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Boris Johnson Conservative 20,46646.1% Yes
Catherine Bearder Liberal Democrat 12,00827.0% No
Janet Matthews Labour 9,36721.1% No
Philip Collings UKIP 1,4133.2% No
Oliver Tickell Green 1,1472.6% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Boris Johnson Conservative 24,89453.5% Yes
David Turner Liberal Democrat 12,10126.0% No
Kaleem Saeed Labour 6,86214.7% No
Mark Stevenson Green 1,5183.3% No
Delphine Gray-Fisk UKIP 1,1622.5% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Howell Conservative 30,05456.2% Yes
Andy Crick Liberal Democrat 13,46625.2% No
Richard McKenzie Labour 5,83510.9% No
Laurence Hughes UKIP 1,8173.4% No
Mark Stevenson Green 1,3282.5% No
Roger Bews BNP 1,0201.9% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Howell Conservative 32,29258.5% Yes
Sam Juthani Labour 6,91712.5% No
Sue Cooper Liberal Democrat 6,20511.2% No
Chris Jones UKIP 6,00710.9% No
Mark Stevenson Green 3,8156.9% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Howell Conservative 33,74959.1% Yes
Oliver Kavanagh Labour 11,45520.1% No
Laura Coyle Liberal Democrat 8,48514.9% No
Robin Bennett Green 1,8643.3% No
Tim Scott UKIP 1,1542.0% No
Patrick Gray The Radical Party 3920.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Howell Conservative 32,18954.8% Yes
Laura Coyle Liberal Democrat 18,13630.9% No
Zaid Marham Labour 5,6989.7% No
Jo Robb Green 2,7364.7% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1886: Conservative margin 17.1 pts 1892: Conservative margin 6.0 pts 1895: Conservative margin 4.9 pts 1900: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 5.9 pts Dec 1910: Conservative margin 18.1 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 16.5 pts 1918: Unionist margin 35.4 pts 1922: Unionist margin 6.2 pts 1923: Unionist margin 3.5 pts 1924: Unionist margin 29.6 pts 1929: Unionist margin 21.9 pts 1931: Conservative margin 56.0 pts 1935: Conservative margin 40.8 pts 1945: Conservative margin 5.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 13.9 pts 1951: Conservative margin 16.0 pts 1955: Conservative margin 17.2 pts 1959: Conservative margin 20.6 pts 1964: Conservative margin 16.4 pts 1966: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1970: Conservative margin 22.6 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 22.4 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 17.7 pts 1979: Conservative margin 35.8 pts 1983: Conservative margin 30.4 pts 1987: Conservative margin 34.8 pts 1992: Conservative margin 35.6 pts 1997: Conservative margin 21.2 pts 2001: Conservative margin 19.1 pts 2005: Conservative margin 27.5 pts 2010: Conservative margin 31.0 pts 2015: Conservative margin 45.9 pts 2017: Conservative margin 39.0 pts 2019: Conservative margin 23.9 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019

Trend

Henley has been contested at 36 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Henley in the 2019 general election?

Conservative won Henley in 2019 with 32,189 votes (54.8%), a majority of 14,053 votes over Liberal Democrat in second place.

Which parties have won Henley since 1885?

Since 1885, Henley has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in Henley?

The closest result on record for Henley was 1900, when Conservative beat Liberal by just 172 votes (2.4 percentage points).

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