Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Oxfordshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represented by two Members of Parliament. In 1832 this was increased to three Members of Parliament. The constituency was abolished in 1885, being split into three single member divisions.
Hogarth's painting The Polling (1755), one of a series depicting the Oxfordshire election of 1754
1754 British general election (Oxfordshire)
The Oxfordshire Election of 1754, part of the British general election of that year and involving the selection of two Members of Parliament (MPs) to represent the Oxfordshire constituency, was probably the most notorious English county election of the 18th century. It was depicted in Hogarth's famous series of paintings and engravings, The Humours of an Election.
An Election Entertainment, depicting an election "treat" given by the Whigs to gain voters' support, one of Hogarth's series of paintings inspired by the Oxfordshire election of 1754