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

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.

Hague triumphed in the first-ever online election for the ceremonial role ahead of 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.