List of parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
The
Constituencies
Conservative †
Labour ‡
Liberal Democrat ¤
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
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Aylesbury CC | 86,665 | 17,373 | Rob Butler † | Liz Hind ‡ | |||
Beaconsfield CC | 77,720 | 15,712 | Joy Morrissey † | Dominic Grieve | |||
Buckingham CC | 83,146 | 20,411 | Greg Smith † | Stephen Dorrell ¤ | |||
Chesham and Amersham CC | 72,542 | 8,028 | Sarah Green ¤ | Peter Fleet † | |||
Milton Keynes North CC | 91,545 | 6,255 | Ben Everitt † | Charlynne Pullen ‡ | |||
Milton Keynes South BC | 96,363 | 6,944 | Iain Stewart † | Hannah O'Neill ‡ | |||
Wycombe CC | 78,093 | 4,214 | Steve Baker † | Khalil Ahmed ‡ |
2010 boundary changes
Under the
Former name | Boundaries 1997-2010 | Current name | Boundaries 2010–present |
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Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.
Following the abandonment of the
The commission has proposed that the number of seats in the combined area of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes be increased from seven to eight with the creation of a new constituency named Mid Buckinghamshire. This leads to significant changes elsewhere, particularly in Milton Keynes, with the creation of a cross-authority constituency named Buckingham and Bletchley, replacing the existing Buckingham seat.[5][6]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Buckinghamshire (unitary authority)
- Aylesbury
- Beaconsfield
- Buckingham and Bletchley (part)
- Chesham and Amersham
- Mid Buckinghamshire
- Wycombe
Containing electoral wards from Milton Keynes
- Buckingham and Bletchley (part)
- Milton Keynes Central
- Milton Keynes North
Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Buckinghamshire in the 2019 general election were as follows:
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2017 | Seats | Change from 2017 |
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Conservative | 220,814 | 52.7% | 5.7% | 7 | 1 |
Labour | 106,226 | 25.4% | 3.9% | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 57,554 | 13.7% | 7.3% | 0 | 0 |
Greens | 12,349 | 2.9% | 1.1% | 0 | 0 |
Brexit
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1,286 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 20,664 | 5.0% | 8.3% | 0 | 1 |
Total | 418,893 | 100.0 | 7 |
Percentage votes
Note that before 1983 Buckinghamshire included the Eton and Slough areas of what is now Berkshire.
Election year | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974 (F) | 1974 (O) | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 50.2 | 47.0 | 54.3 | 47.1 | 72.3 | 60.6 | 43.4 | 45.2 | 54.3 | 53.9 | 52.5 | 48.8 | 47.1 | 52.5 | 44.3 | 44.4 | 55.0 | 56.8 | 57.0 | 57.0 | 43.7 | 45.1 | 47.8 | 44.3 | 45.5 | 47.0 | 52.7 |
Labour | 13.8 | 19.6 | 16.3 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 29.1 | 43.8 | 39.7 | 45.7 | 40.4 | 35.4 | 36.0 | 39.7 | 35.9 | 29.7 | 32.0 | 27.4 | 14.4 | 15.5 | 19.2 | 30.6 | 30.9 | 25.9 | 15.5 | 18.1 | 29.3 | 25.4 |
Liberal Democrat1 | 36.1 | 33.4 | 29.4 | 33.1 | 6.8 | 10.3 | 12.7 | 14.7 | - | 5.7 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 11.7 | 25.4 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 13.7 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 6.2 | 14.9 | 3.2 | * |
Brexit Party
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 |
The Speaker2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.3 | 9.0 | 8.5 | - |
Other | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 5.0 |
1pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
2Standing in Buckingham, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages for the 1918 election cannot be obtained because some candidates stood unopposed.
Seats
Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 |
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Conservative | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The Speaker1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Maps
1885-1910
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1931
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1950
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Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.
1885 to 1945
Conservative Liberal Liberal Unionist
Constituency | 1885 | 1886 | 89 | 91 | 1892 | 1895 | 99 | 1900 | 1906 | Jan 10 | Dec 10 | 12 | 14 | 1918 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1929 | 1931 | 1935 | 37 | 38 | 43 |
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Aylesbury | F. de Rothschild
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W. de Rothschild | L. de Rothschild
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Keens | Burgoyne | Beaumont | Reed
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Buckingham | E. Verney
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Hubbard | E. Verney
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Leon
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Carlile
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F. Verney
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H. Verney | Bowyer
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Whiteley
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Berry
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Wycombe | Curzon | Grenfell | Herbert | Cripps | du Pré | Woodhouse | Knox |
1945 to 1983
Constituency | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 52 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | Feb 1974 | Oct 1974 | 78 | 1979 | 82 |
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Eton and Slough | Levy | Brockway
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Meyer | Lestor | ||||||||||
Aylesbury | Reed
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Summers | Raison | |||||||||||
Buckingham | Crawley | Markham | Maxwell | Benyon | ||||||||||
Wycombe | Haire
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Astor | Hall | Whitney | ||||||||||
Buckinghamshire South / Beaconsfield (1974)
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Bell
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Smith
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Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour
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1983 to present
Conservative
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 09 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 21 |
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Aylesbury | Raison | Lidington | Butler | ||||||||||
Buckingham | Walden | Bercow | → | G. Smith | |||||||||
Wycombe | Whitney | Goodman
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Baker | ||||||||||
Beaconsfield | T. Smith
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Grieve | → | Morrissey | |||||||||
Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour
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Gillan | Green | ||||||||||
Milton Keynes / NE Milton Keynes (1992) / MK North (2010) | Benyon | Butler | White | Lancaster | Everitt | ||||||||
Milton Keynes SW / Milton Keynes S (2010) | Legg | Starkey | Stewart |
See also
- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Buckinghamshire
Notes
References
- ^ Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
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- ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ "2023 Review | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Ryder, Liam (23 November 2022). "Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries". buckinghamshirelive. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England – Volume one: Report | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. paras 941-967. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019".
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