Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 51°48′58″N 0°49′01″W / 51.816°N 0.817°W / 51.816; -0.817

Aylesbury
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Boundary of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire
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Location of Buckinghamshire within England
CountyBuckinghamshire
Population108,027 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate82,448 (2018)[2]
Major settlementsAylesbury, Saunderton, Stoke Mandeville, Wendover
Current constituency
Created1885
Member of ParliamentRob Butler (Conservative Party)
Number of membersOne
1553–1885
Number of membersTwo
Type of constituencyBorough constituency

Aylesbury is a constituency created in 1553 — created as a single-member seat in 1885 — represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom since 2019 by Rob Butler of the Conservative Party.[n 1]

Constituency profile[]

Aylesbury expanded significantly after World War II, in a diverse way with a similar proportion of this recent development being social housing estates as private estates.

Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 lower than the regional average of 2.4% and national average of 3.8%, at 2.2% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian.[3]

Whereas the average house price is higher than the national average, in the Aylesbury Vale authority (which largely overlaps) this in the first quarter of 2013 was £262,769, the lowest of the four authorities in Buckinghamshire and this compares to the highest county average of £549,046 in South Bucks District.

History[]

Early form[]

The seat was a much narrower, generally urban borough with two-member status at Westminster from its grant of a limited franchise in 1553 until the passing of the Great Reform Act 1832.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Unusually, the contents of the Parliamentary Borough were defined within the Act itself to include the "Three Hundreds of Aylesbury".[14] This extended the seat to include Wendover and Princes Risborough.[15] The Borough continued to elect two MPs until its abolition by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and transformation into a large county division, formally named the Mid or Aylesbury Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire, the other two being the Northern or Buckingham Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division. As well as the areas previously represented by the abolished Borough, the reconstituted seat included Linslade to the north-east and Chesham to the south-east. Since then national boundary reviews have seen a gradual reduction in its physical size as its population has grown (see Boundaries Section below).

Political history[]

The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2015 general election with a 50.7% share of the vote. The result made the seat the 133rd safest of the Conservative Party's 331 seats by percentage of majority.[16] The closest result since 1929 was in 1966 when the Labour Party candidate fell 7.4% short of a majority.

In June 2016, an estimated 51.8% of local adults voting in the EU membership referendum chose to leave the European Union instead of to remain. This was matched in two January 2018 votes in Parliament by its MP.[17]

Frontbenchers[]

David Lidington, the previous incumbent, was the Secretary of State for Justice in Theresa May's cabinet since succeeding Elizabeth Truss in the 2017 cabinet reshuffle, before becoming the effective First Secretary of State in the place of Damian Green in 2018's new year's reshuffle. During the premiership of David Cameron he served as Minister for Europe, campaigning unsuccessfully (in the constituency as well as the whole country) to remain in the EU. From 2007 to 2010 he had been his party's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

MPs who have received honours[]

Sir Stanley Reed edited The Times of India from 1907 until 1924 and received correspondence from the major figures of India such as Mahatma Gandhi. In all he lived in India for fifty years. He was respected in the United Kingdom as an expert on Indian current affairs. He devised the sobriquet for Jaipur, 'the Pink City of India'.

Boundaries and boundary changes[]

Map of present boundaries

1885–1918: The Sessional Divisions of Aylesbury, Chesham, and Linslade, and parts of the second Sessional Division of Desborough and the Sessional Division of Winslow.[18]

Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, 1918–45

1918–1945: The Borough of Aylesbury, the Urban Districts of Beaconsfield and Chesham, the Rural District of Amersham, the part of the Rural District of Aylesbury not included in the Buckingham Division, in the Rural District of Long Crendon the parish of Towersey, and in the Rural District of Wycombe the parishes of Bledlow, Bradenham, Ellesborough, Great and Little Hampden, Great and Little Kimble, Horsenden, Hughenden, Ilmer, Monks Risborough, Princes Risborough, Radnage, Saunderton, and Wendover.[19]

Linslade was transferred to the Buckingham Division and Amersham and Beaconsfield were transferred from the Wycombe Division.

1945–1950: The House of Commons (Redistribution of Seats) Act 1944 set up Boundaries Commissions to carry out periodic reviews of the distribution of parliamentary constituencies. It also authorised an initial review to subdivide abnormally large constituencies in time for the 1945 election.[20] This was implemented by the Redistribution of Seats Order 1945 under which Buckinghamshire was allocated an additional seat. As a consequence, the parts of the (revised) Rural District of Wycombe in the Aylesbury Division, including Hughenden and Princes Risborough (but not Wendover which had been moved from the Rural District of Wycombe to that of Aylesbury by the reorganisation of local authorities in Buckinghamshire), were transferred to Wycombe.

There were no further changes and the revised composition of the constituency, after taking account of changes to local authorities, was: The Borough of Aylesbury, the Urban Districts of Beaconsfield and Chesham, the Rural District of Amersham, parts of the Rural Districts of Aylesbury and Wing, and the part of the Rural District of Bullingdon in Buckinghamshire.[21]

1950–1974: The Borough of Aylesbury, the Urban District of Chesham, the Rural District of Aylesbury, and in the Rural District of Amersham the parishes of Ashley Green, Chartridge, Cholesbury-cum-St Leonards, Great Missenden, Latimer, Lee, and Little Missenden.[22]

Beaconsfield and southern parts of the Rural District of Amersham (including Amersham itself) were transferred to the new County Constituency of South Buckinghamshire. The boundary with Buckingham was redrawn to align with the northern boundary of the Rural District of Aylesbury.

1974–1983: The Borough of Aylesbury, the Rural District of Aylesbury, and in the Rural District of Wycombe the parishes of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Bradenham, Ellesborough, Great and Little Hampden, Great and Little Kimble, Ibstone, Lacey Green, Longwick-cum-Ilmer, Princes Risborough, Radnage, and Stokenchurch.[23]

Parts of the Rural District of Wycombe, including Princes Risborough (but excluding Hughenden), transferred back from Wycombe.  Chesham and the northern part of the Rural District of Amersham included in the new County Constituency of Chesham and Amersham.

1983–1997: The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Elmhurst, Gatehouse, Grange, Mandeville, Meadowcroft, Oakfield, Southcourt, Wendover, and Weston Turville, the District of Chiltern wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Icknield, Lacey Green and Hampden, Naphill-cum-Bradenham, Princes Risborough, and Stokenchurch.[24]

Great Missenden transferred from Chesham and Amersham.  Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred to Buckingham.

1997–2010: The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Elmhurst, Gatehouse, Grange, Mandeville, Meadowcroft, Oakfield, Southcourt, Wendover, and Weston Turville, the District of Chiltern wards of Ballinger and South Heath, Great Missenden, and Prestwood and Heath End, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton, Icknield, Lacey Green and Hampden, Naphill-cum-Bradenham, Princes Risborough, and Stokenchurch.[25]

Minor changes, including the transfer of District of Aylesbury Vale ward of Aston Clinton to Buckingham.

2010–present: The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Coldharbour, Elmhurst and Watermead, Gatehouse, Mandeville and Elm Farm, Oakfield, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Walton Court and Hawkslade, and Wendover, and the District of Wycombe wards of Bledlow and Bradenham, Greater Hughenden, Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens, Stokenchurch, and Radnage.[26]

Hughenden transferred from Wycombe.  Princes Risborough transferred to Buckingham, offset against return of Aston Clinton.  Great Missenden returned to Chesham and Amersham.

The constituency is based on the large town of Aylesbury and its suburbs as well as a small swathe of villages broken up by woods and cultivated land in the centre of the Chilterns which cover most of Buckinghamshire and parts of three other counties.

Members of Parliament[]

MPs 1553-1659 — MPs 1659-1885 — MPs 1885-1982 — Elections

MPs 1553–1659[]

  • Constituency created (1553)
Year First member Second member
1554 (Apr) Thomas Smith Humphrey Moseley
1554 (Nov) William Rice John Walwyn
1555 Anthony Restwold
1558 Names lost
1559 Arthur Porter Thomas Crawley
1563 Thomas Sackville Thomas Coleshill
1571 Thomas Lichfield Edmund Docwra
1572 George Burden
1584 Thomas Tasburgh John Smith
1586 Thomas Scott
1589 Thomas Pigott Henry Fleetwood
1593 Sir Thomas West John Lyly
1597 Thomas Tasburgh Thomas Smythe
1601 John Lyly Richard More
1604 Sir William Borlase Sir William Smith
1614 Sir John Dormer Samuel Backhouse
1621 Henry Borlase
1624 Sir John Pakington, Bt Sir Thomas Crewe
1625 Sir Robert Carr
May 1625 Sir John Hare
1626 Clement Coke Arthur Goodwin
1628 Sir Edmund Verney
April 1640 Sir John Pakington, Bt Ralph Verney
1640
November 1640 Sir John Pakington, Bt
1645 Thomas Scot Simon Mayne
Year Member
1654 Henry Philips
1656 Thomas Scot

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MPs 1659–1885[]

Year First member[27] First party Second member[27] Second party
1659 James Whitelocke Thomas Tyrrill
1660 Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt. Sir Richard Ingoldsby
1685 Sir William Egerton
1689 Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt. Richard Beke
1690 Sir Thomas Lee, 1st Bt
1691
1695 James Herbert
1699 Robert Dormer
1701 Sir Thomas Lee, 2nd Bt.
July 1702 Sir John Pakington, 4th Bt. Tory
December 1702 Simon Harcourt
1704 Sir Henry Parker, 2nd Bt.
1705 Sir John Wittewrong, 3rd Bt.
1710 Simon Harcourt John Essington
January 1715 Nathaniel Meade John Deacle
April 1715 Trevor Hill
1722 Richard Abell Whig John Guise
1727 Sir William Stanhope Philip Lloyd
1728 by-election Edward Rudge
1730 by-election Thomas Ingoldsby
1734 George Champion Christopher Tower
1741 Charles Pilsworth Viscount Petersham
1747 The Earl of Inchiquin Whig Edward Willes
1754 Thomas Potter John Willes
1757 John Wilkes
1761 Welbore Ellis
1764 by-election Anthony Bacon Whig[28]
1768 John Durand
1774 John Aubrey Tory[28]
1780 Thomas Orde Tory[28]
1784 Sir Thomas Hallifax William Wrightson
1789 by-election Scrope Bernard
1790 Gerard Lake
1802 James Du Pre Whig[28] Robert Bent Whig[28]
1804 by-election William Cavendish Whig[28]
1806 George Nugent, 1st Bt. Tory[28] George Cavendish Whig[28]
1809 by-election Thomas Hussey Whig[28]
1812 George Nugent-Grenville Whig[28][29]
Charles Cavendish Whig[28][30][31][32]
1818 William Rickford Tory[28]
1832 Henry Hanmer Tory[28]
1834 Conservative[28] Conservative[28]
1837 Winthrop Mackworth Praed Conservative[28]
Charles Baillie-Hamilton Conservative[28]
1841 Rice Richard Clayton Conservative[28]
1847 John Peter Deering Conservative The Lord Nugent Whig[28][29]
Quintin Dick Conservative
Frederick Calvert Whig[33][34]
Richard Bethell Whig[35][36]
1852 Austen Henry Layard Radical[37][38]
1857 Thomas Bernard Conservative
1859 Samuel George Smith Conservative
1865 Nathan Rothschild Liberal
1880 George W. E. Russell Liberal
1885 by-election Ferdinand de Rothschild Liberal
1885 Parliamentary borough abolished

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MPs 1885–present[]

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Aylesbury was abolished. The name was transferred to a new, larger, county division of Buckinghamshire, which elected one Member of Parliament (MP).

Year Member[27] Party
1885 Ferdinand de Rothschild Liberal
1886 Liberal Unionist
1899 Walter Rothschild Liberal Unionist
1910 Lionel de Rothschild Liberal Unionist
1912 Unionist
1918 Coalition Unionist
1922 Unionist
1923 Thomas Keens Liberal
1924 Sir Alan Burgoyne Unionist
1929 Michael Beaumont Conservative
1938 Sir Stanley Reed Conservative
1950 Spencer Summers Conservative
1970 Timothy Raison Conservative
1992 Sir David Lidington Conservative
2019 Rob Butler Conservative

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Elections[]

Elections in the 2010s[]

General election 2019: Aylesbury[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Butler 32,737 54.0 −1.0
Labour Liz Hind 15,364 25.4 −4.6
Liberal Democrats Steven Lambert 10,081 16.6 +7.0
Green Coral Simpson 2,394 4.0 +1.9
Majority 17,373 28.6 +3.6
Turnout 60,576 69.9 −1.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.8
General election 2017: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 32,313 55.0 +4.3
Labour Mark Bateman 17,617 30.0 +14.9
Liberal Democrats Steven Lambert 5,660 9.6 −1.0
UKIP Vijay Singh Srao 1,296 2.2 −17.5
Green Coral Simpson 1,237 2.1 −1.8
Independent Kyle Michael 620 1.1 New
Majority 14,696 25.0 −6.0
Turnout 58,743 71.4 +2.4
Conservative hold Swing −5.25
General election 2015: Aylesbury[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 28,083 50.7 −1.5
UKIP Chris Adams 10,925 19.7 +12.9
Labour William Cass 8,391 15.1 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Steven Lambert 5,885 10.6 −17.8
Green David Lyons 2,135 3.9 New
Majority 17,158 31.0 +7.2
Turnout 55,419 69.0 +0.8
Conservative hold Swing −7.2
General election 2010: Aylesbury[42][43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 27,736 52.2 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Steven Lambert 15,118 28.4 +0.8
Labour Kathryn White 6,695 12.6 −5.9
UKIP Chris Adams 3,613 6.8 +2.0
Majority 12,618 23.8 +2.3
Turnout 53,162 68.2 +5.8
Conservative hold Swing +2.1

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Elections in the 2000s[]

General election 2005: Aylesbury[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 25,252 49.1 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Peter Jones 14,187 27.6 +0.7
Labour Mohammed Khaliel 9,540 18.5 −4.7
UKIP Chris Adams 2,479 4.8 +2.3
Majority 11,066 21.5 +1.1
Turnout 51,458 62.4 +1.0
Conservative hold Swing +0.6
General election 2001: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 23,230 47.3 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Peter M. Jones 13,221 26.9 −2.6
Labour Keith M. White 11,388 23.2 +1.0
UKIP Justin D. Harper 1,248 2.5 New
Majority 10,009 20.4 +5.7
Turnout 49,087 61.4 −11.4
Conservative hold Swing +2.9

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Elections in the 1990s[]

General election 1997: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 25,426 44.2 −13.2
Liberal Democrats Sharon Bowles 17,007 29.5 +1.8
Labour Robert Langridge 12,759 22.2 +8.8
Referendum Marc John 2,196 3.8 New
Natural Law Lawrence R. Sheaff 166 0.3 +0.1
Majority 8,419 14.7 −15.0
Turnout 57,554 72.8 −6.6
Conservative hold Swing −7.5
General election 1992: Aylesbury[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Lidington 36,500 57.4 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Bowles 17,640 27.7 −0.9
Labour Roger Priest 8,517 13.4 −0.5
Green Nigel A. Foster 702 1.1 New
Natural Law Bruno H.M. D'Arcy 239 0.4 New
Majority 18,860 29.7 +0.8
Turnout 63,598 80.4 +5.9
Conservative hold Swing +0.4

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Elections in the 1980s[]

General election 1987: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 32,970 57.5 −0.54
SDP Michael Soole 16,412 28.6 −0.77
Labour Julie Larner 7,936 13.9 +1.62
Majority 16,558 28.9
Turnout 57,318 74.52 +2.99
Conservative hold Swing +0.12
General election 1983: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 30,230 58.06
SDP Michael Soole 15,310 29.40 New
Labour M.P. Moran 6,364 12.22
Independent T. Chapman 166 0.3 New
Majority 14,920 28.66
Turnout 52,070 71.53
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1970s[]

General election 1979: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 33,953 58.25
Labour JG Power 14,091 24.17
Liberal MJ Cook 10,248 17.58
Majority 19,862 34.08
Turnout 58,292 77.99
Conservative hold Swing
General election October 1974: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 23,565 46.8 -0.2
Labour Reginald Groves 14,592 29.0 +2.6
Liberal M.J. Cook 12,219 24.36 -2.2
Majority 8,973 17.8 -2.6
Turnout 50,376 74.4 -16.8
Conservative hold Swing
General election February 1974: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 25,764 47.0 −5.2
Liberal M.J. Cook 14,581 26.6 +14.6
Labour Reginald Groves 14,463 26.4 −8.9
Majority 11,183 20.4
Turnout 54,808 91.2
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1970: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Timothy Raison 31,084 53.3 +8.4
Labour James E. Mitchell 20,441 35.0 −2.5
Liberal Philip S. Kinsey 6,849 11.7 −5.9
Majority 10,643 18.3 +10.9
Turnout 58,374 75.5 -4.4
Conservative hold Swing +5.5

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Elections in the 1960s[]

General election 1966: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 23,673 44.9 -2.2
Labour Peter Allison 19,766 37.5 +5.0
Liberal Timothy Joyce 9,272 17.6 -2.7
Majority 3,907 7.41 -7.2
Turnout 52,711 79.90 -0.12
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1964: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 23,856 47.13
Labour Gordon Western 16,467 32.53
Liberal Timothy Joyce 10,301 20.35
Majority 7,389 14.60
Turnout 50,624 80.02
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1950s[]

General election 1959: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 22,504 51.20
Labour Hugh Gray 14,549 30.83
Liberal Howard Levett Fry 7,897 17.97
Majority 8,955 20.37
Turnout 43,950 81.25
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1955: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 20,330 49.87
Labour Tony Harman 14,569 35.74
Liberal Howard Levett Fry 5,869 14.40 New
Majority 5,761 14.13
Turnout 40,768 81.80
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1951: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 22,455 56.05
Labour Tony Harman 17,605 43.95
Majority 4,850 12.10
Turnout 40,060 83.14
Conservative hold Swing
General election 1950: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Spencer Summers 17,623 44.69
Labour Tony Harman 14,262 36.17
Liberal Guthrie Moir 7,547 19.14
Majority 3,361 8.52
Turnout 39,432 83.43
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1940s[]

General election 1945: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Reed 24,537 47.85
Labour Reginald Groves 16,445 32.07
Liberal Guy Naylor 10,302 20.09
Majority 8,092 15.78
Turnout 51,284 69.55
Conservative hold Swing

General Election 1939/40:

Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected; *Conservative: Stanley Reed

  • Liberal: Atholl Robertson
  • Labour: Reginald Groves

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Elections in the 1930s[]

1938 Aylesbury by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stanley Reed 21,695 54.1 -1.3
Liberal T. Atholl Robertson 10,751 26.8 -4.8
Labour Reginald Groves 7,666 19.1 +8.2
Majority 10,994 27.3 +1.5
Turnout 40,112 63.1 -7.1
Conservative hold Swing
Wintringham
General election 1935: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Beaumont 24,728 57.42
Liberal Margaret Wintringham 13,622 31.63
Labour Eric W. Shearer 4,716 10.95
Majority 11,106 25.79
Turnout 43,066 70.24
Conservative hold Swing
C.B. Dallow
General election 1931: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Beaumont 29,368 68.34
Liberal Cyril Berkeley Dallow 8,927 20.77
Labour Dorothy Woodman 4,677 10.88
Majority 20,441 47.57
Turnout 42,972 75.61
Conservative hold Swing

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Elections in the 1920s[]

General election 1929: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Michael Beaumont 20,478 48.1 −7.9
Liberal Thomas Keens 17,594 41.3 +5.5
Labour F G Temple 4,509 10.6 +2.4
Majority 2,884 6.8 −13.4
Turnout 42,531 78.7 −3.3
Unionist hold Swing −6.7
General election 1924: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Alan Hughes Burgoyne 18,132 56.0 +8.4
Liberal Thomas Keens 11,574 35.8 −12.1
Labour Fred Watkins 2,655 8.2 +3.7
Majority 6,558 20.2 N/A
Turnout 32,361 82.0 +7.3
Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +10.2
General election 1923: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Thomas Keens 13,575 47.9 +1.0
Unionist Alan Hughes Burgoyne 13,504 47.6 −3.5
Labour Fred Watkins 1,275 4.5 New
Majority 71 0.3 N/A
Turnout 28,354 74.7 +3.3
Liberal gain from Unionist Swing +1.3
General election 1922: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Unionist Lionel de Rothschild 13,406 51.1 N/A
Liberal Thomas Keens 12,835 48.9 New
Majority 571 2.2 N/A
Turnout 26,241 71.4 N/A
Unionist hold Swing N/A

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Elections in the 1910s[]

General election 1918: Aylesbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
C Unionist Lionel de Rothschild Unopposed
Unionist hold
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.
General election Dec 1910: Aylesbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Lionel de Rothschild Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election Jan 1910: Aylesbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Lionel de Rothschild 6,037 56.9 +0.9
Liberal A.R.W. Atkins 4,574 43.1 −0.9
Majority 1,463 13.8 +1.8
Turnout 10,611 86.8 −0.1
Registered electors 12,218
Liberal Unionist hold Swing +0.9

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Elections in the 1900s[]

General election 1906: Aylesbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Walter Rothschild 5,675 56.0 N/A
Liberal Silas Hocking 4,463 44.0 New
Majority 1,212 12.0 N/A
Turnout 10,138 86.9 N/A
Registered electors 11,661
Liberal Unionist hold Swing N/A
General election 1900: Aylesbury[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Walter Rothschild Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold

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Elections in the 1890s[]

By-election, 1899: Aylesbury [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Walter Rothschild Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1895: Aylesbury [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Ferdinand de Rothschild Unopposed
Liberal Unionist hold
General election 1892: Aylesbury [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Ferdinand de Rothschild 5,515 64.8 −9.0
Liberal T.H. Dolbey 2,992 35.2 +9.0
Majority 2,523 29.6 −18.0
Turnout 8,507 77.8 +17.0
Registered electors 10,928
Liberal Unionist hold Swing −9.0

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Elections in the 1880s[]

General election 1886: Aylesbury [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Unionist Ferdinand de Rothschild 4,723 73.8 +42.5
Liberal Charles Durant Hodgson[47] 1,680 26.2 −39.0
Majority 3,043 47.6 N/A
Turnout 6,403 60.8 −18.9
Registered electors 10,535
Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal Swing +40.8
Rothschild
General election 1885: Aylesbury [46][48][49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ferdinand de Rothschild 5,476 65.2 −7.5
Conservative Frederick Charsley 2,624 31.3 +4.0
Independent Liberal Charles James Clarke 296 3.5 New
Majority 2,852 33.9 +26.6
Turnout 8,396 79.7 +14.1 (est)
Registered electors 10,535
Liberal hold Swing −5.8
By-election, 18 Jul 1885: Aylesbury [50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ferdinand de Rothschild 2,353 62.4 −10.3
Conservative William Graham[51] 1,416 37.6 +10.3
Majority 937 24.8 +17.5
Turnout 3,769 84.3 +18.7 (est)
Registered electors 4,473
Liberal hold Swing −10.3
  • Caused by Rothschild's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Rothschild.
General election 1880: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathan Rothschild 2,111 38.1 −0.8
Liberal George W. E. Russell 1,919 34.6 +9.3
Conservative Samuel George Smith 1,511 27.3 −8.6
Majority 408 7.3 +4.3
Turnout 2,771 (est) 65.6 (est) +9.9
Registered electors 4,228
Liberal hold Swing +3.5
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +6.8

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Elections in the 1870s[]

General election 1874: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathan Rothschild 1,761 38.9 −3.5
Conservative Samuel George Smith 1,624 35.9 +0.8
Lib-Lab George Howell 1,144 25.3 +2.8
Turnout 2,265 (est) 55.7 (est) −2.4
Registered electors 4,064
Majority 137 3.0 −4.3
Liberal hold Swing −2.5
Majority 480 10.6 −2.0
Conservative hold Swing −0.3

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Elections in the 1860s[]

General election 1868: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathan Rothschild 1,772 42.4 N/A
Conservative Samuel George Smith 1,468 35.1 N/A
Lib-Lab George Howell 942 22.5 N/A
Turnout 2,091 (est) 58.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,602
Majority 304 7.3 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority 526 12.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General election 1865: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nathan Rothschild Unopposed
Conservative Samuel George Smith Unopposed
Registered electors 1,225
Liberal gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1850s[]

General election 1859: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Bernard 552 34.0 +15.6
Conservative Samuel George Smith 535 33.0 +14.6
Liberal Thomas Wentworth[52] 534 33.0 −30.2
Majority 1 0.0 −3.0
Turnout 1,079 (est) 82.7 (est) +24.0
Registered electors 1,304
Conservative hold Swing +15.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +14.9
  • On the original count, both Smith and Wentworth received 535 votes, meaning there were three MPs elected. However, after scrutiny, Wentworth lost one vote and was declared unduly elected on 2 August 1859.[53]
General election 1857: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Thomas Bernard 546 36.7 −8.1
Whig Richard Bethell 501 33.7 +7.0
Radical Austen Henry Layard 439 29.5 +1.1
Turnout 743 (est) 58.7 (est) −10.6
Registered electors 1,266
Majority 45 3.0 N/A
Conservative gain from Radical Swing −2.6
Majority 62 4.2 +0.2
Whig hold Swing +5.5
: Aylesbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Bethell Unopposed
Whig hold
  • Caused by Bethell's appointment as Attorney General for England and Wales
: Aylesbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Bethell Unopposed
Whig hold
  • Caused by Bethell's appointment as Solicitor General for England and Wales
General election 1852: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Austen Henry Layard 558 28.4 N/A
Whig Richard Bethell 525 26.7 −6.8
Conservative Augustus Frederick Bayford 447 22.7 −14.4
Conservative John Temple West[54] 435 22.1 −7.4
Turnout 983 (est) 69.3 (est) +8.1
Registered electors 1,417
Majority 33 1.7 N/A
Radical gain from Conservative Swing +2.1
Majority 78 4.0 0.0
Whig hold Swing
: Aylesbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Richard Bethell 544 51.2 +17.7
Conservative William Ferrand[55] 518 48.8 −17.8
Majority 26 2.4 −1.6
Turnout 1,062 70.2 +9.0
Registered electors 1,512
Whig hold Swing +17.8
  • Caused by the 1850 by-election being declared void on petition due to treating and bribery.[56]
: Aylesbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Frederick Calvert 499 77.2 N/A
Whig John Houghton[57] 147 22.8 N/A
Majority 352 54.4 +51.4
Turnout 646 42.7 −18.5
Registered electors 1,512
Whig hold Swing N/A
  • Caused by Nugent-Grenville's death. Houghton retired before polling.[58]

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Elections in the 1840s[]

: Aylesbury[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Quintin Dick 614 64.0 −2.6
Whig John Houghton 345 36.0 +2.5
Majority 269 28.0 +24.4
Turnout 959 63.4 +2.2
Registered electors 1,513
Conservative hold Swing −2.6
  • Caused by Deering's election being declared void on petition due to treating by his agents.[59]
General election 1847: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Peter Deering 687 37.1 N/A
Whig George Nugent-Grenville 620 33.5 New
Conservative Rice Richard Clayton 546 29.5 N/A
Turnout 927 (est) 61.2 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,513
Majority 67 3.6 N/A
Conservative hold Swing N/A
Majority 74 4.0 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing N/A
General election 1841: Aylesbury (Two seats)[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Baillie-Hamilton Unopposed
Conservative Rice Richard Clayton Unopposed
Registered electors 1,624
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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Elections in the 1830s[]

: Aylesbury[50][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Baillie-Hamilton 620 89.2 +15.4
Radical John Ingram Lockhart 72 10.4 N/A
Whig George Nugent-Grenville 3 0.4 −25.8
Majority 548 78.8 +73.1
Turnout 695 49.1 −34.9
Registered electors 1,416
Conservative hold Swing +20.6
  • Caused by Praed's death
General election 1837: Aylesbury[50][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rickford 865 41.9 +3.4
Conservative Winthrop Mackworth Praed 657 31.9 +5.5
Whig George Nugent-Grenville 540 26.2 +14.1
Majority 117 5.7 +2.2
Turnout 1,188 84.0 +5.6
Registered electors 1,414
Conservative hold Swing −1.8
Conservative hold Swing −0.8
General election 1835: Aylesbury[50][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative William Rickford 855 38.5 −7.6
Conservative Henry Hanmer 586 26.4 −1.7
Radical Thomas Hobhouse[60] 508 22.9 −2.9
Whig John Lee 269 12.1 New
Majority 78 3.5 +1.2
Turnout 1,210 78.4 +1.7
Registered electors 1,544
Conservative hold Swing −3.1
Conservative hold Swing −0.1
General election 1832: Aylesbury[50][28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Rickford 1,076 46.1 −0.7
Tory Henry Hanmer 657 28.1 +3.9
Radical Thomas Hobhouse[60] 602 25.8 N/A
Majority 55 2.3 −15.7
Turnout 1,268 76.7
Registered electors 1,654
Tory hold Swing N/A
Tory gain from Whig Swing N/A
General election 1831: Aylesbury[28][61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Rickford 986 46.8 N/A
Whig George Nugent-Grenville 606 28.8 N/A
Tory Thomas FitzMaurice 509 24.2 N/A
Turnout 1,150 N/A
Majority 380 18.0 N/A
Tory hold Swing N/A
Majority 97 4.6 N/A
Whig hold Swing N/A
: Aylesbury[61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig George Nugent-Grenville Unopposed
Whig hold
  • Caused by Nugent-Grenville's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
General election 1830: Aylesbury[28][61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Tory William Rickford Unopposed
Whig George Nugent-Grenville Unopposed
Tory hold
Whig hold

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See also[]

  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

Notes[]

  1. ^ This is currently still a county constituency, so-called for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer. Elections are held at least every five years.

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