Andrew Smith

The constituency comprises two thirds of the city of Oxford, including Cowley, Headington and South Oxford.

Major employers are the Rover factory, Oxford teaching hospitals, Oxford Brookes University, high tech, pharmaceutical and biotech companies; light engineering, printing and publishing, and many restaurants.

The constituency of Oxford East is made up of mixed residential areas, large housing estates, with areas of multi-occupation, and some affluent suburbs. The constituency also contains significant ethnic minority communities.

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