The 2003 University of Oxford election for the position of Chancellor was called upon the death of the incumbent Chancellor, Roy Jenkins, on 5 January 2003.
Official photo of Christopher Patten
Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill
The University of Oxford has a long tradition of academic dress, which continues to the present day.
2003 University of Oxford Chancellor election
…Oxford. To stand, a candidate had to be nominated by two electors. It was the first such election to be held in which voters were not required to wear academic dress to vote. It was also the first election to use the instant-runoff vote, after the previous election by first past the post in 1987 saw two Conservative…
An Oxford degree ceremony – the pro-vice-chancellor in MA gown and hood, proctor in official dress and new Doctors of Philosophy in scarlet full dress. Behind them, a bedel, another Doctor and Bachelors of Arts and Medicine.
Encaenia Procession: The chancellor (with trainbearer) immediately followed by the university proctors and others
An undergraduate student at the University of Oxford in subfusc for Matriculation in Michaelmas
MA hoods seen from rear