Former foreign secretary and Oxford graduate wins online vote, ending hopes a woman would fill role for first time

The former foreign secretary William Hague has been elected as Oxford University’s next chancellor, ending hopes that a woman would fill the role for the first time in Oxford’s 800-year history.

In the first ever online election for the ceremonial role, Hague triumphed over Elish Angiolini, the principal of Oxford’s St Hugh’s College and former lord advocate of Scotland, and Jan Royall, the principal of Somerville College, who finished second and third respectively.