1987 University of Oxford Chancellor election

1987 University of Oxford Chancellor election
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Candidate Roy Jenkins Lord Blake
Party SDP Conservative
Popular vote 3,249 2,674
Percentage 39.1% 32.2%
 
Candidate Edward Heath Mark Payne
Party Conservative Independent
Popular vote 2,348 38
Percentage 28.3% 0.5%
Chancellor before election

Harold Macmillan

 Elected Chancellor

Roy Jenkins

The 1987 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, on 29 December 1986.

Electorate

The electorate consisted of all members of the University holding the rank of MA. Votes had to be cast in person at Oxford in academic dress. The election was by first past the post. To stand a candidate had to be nominated by two electors.

Potential candidates

The forthcoming election generated much interest, and several names were raised in the press as potential candidates, including:[1]

All of the above had been educated at Oxford, apart from Lords Callaghan and Carrington.[1]

A notable feature of the election was the decision of the university establishment not to agree a preferred candidate in advance, thus increasing the possibility of a long list of candidates being nominated.[2]

Candidates nominated

Eventually four candidates were nominated:

Course of the election

The election attracted huge levels of publicity, at times likened to a parliamentary by-election.[3] Much of the attention focused upon the Jenkins and Heath campaigns, whilst Blake was seen as a non-political candidate. Payne was regarded as an outsider.

Much attention was focused on the issue of government funding for universities, with Oxford facing the effects of cuts in its funding, leading to several chairs being left unfilled.[4]

The requirement for those voting to do so in academic dress resulted in the local tailor selling out. One tactic of the supporters of Jenkins was to lend gowns to voters lacking them.[4]

Result

Polling ran until 14 March 1987. The results were as follows:[5]

Candidate Votes %
Green tickYRoy Jenkins 3,249 39.1
Lord Blake 2,674 32.2
Sir Edward Heath 2,348 28.3
Mark Payne 38 0.5
Turnout 8,309

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Finding a dark blue horse". The Guardian. 10 January 1987.
  2. ^ "The buzz begins on an Oxford successor". The Guardian. 21 January 1987.
  3. ^ "Oxford's scholarly voters catch by-election fever". The Times. 8 March 1987.
  4. ^ a b "What a swell party this is ..And, by the way, we also elected a chancellor – The triumph of Roy Jenkins". The Times. 15 March 1987.
  5. ^ "Jenkins wins the Oxford vote". The Times. 15 March 1987.

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