Oxford East (UK Parliament Constituency)
Oxford East is a borough constituency 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. The current MP is Andrew Smith of the Labour Party, first elected at the 1987 general election.
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