List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Buckinghamshire and the Borough of Milton Keynes, is divided into 7 Parliamentary constituencies – 1 Borough constituency and 6 County constituencies.
Constituencies[]
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤ Independent
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 Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England[3] decided to retain Buckinghamshire's constituencies for the 2010 election, making minor changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The changes included the return of Great Missenden to Chesham and Amersham, Hazlemere to Wycombe and Aston Clinton to Buckingham. In addition, Marlow was transferred from Wycombe to Beaconsfield and Princes Risborough from Aylesbury to Buckingham. The boundary between the two Milton Keynes constituencies was realigned and they were renamed as Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South.
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 Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021 and published their initial proposals on 8 June 2021.[4]
The Commission has proposed that an additional seat is created in the combined area of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes, with boundary changes to reflect the ward boundaries of the newly formed unitary authority of Buckinghamshire. This results in major changes, with Buckingham and the two Milton Keynes seats (North and South) abolished and four new seats created - Buckingham and Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Newport Pagnell, and Princes Risborough. Beaconsfield would become Marlow and South Buckinghamshire, and Wycombe renamed High Wycombe.[5][6]
The following constituencies are proposed:
Containing electoral wards from Buckinghamshire (unitary authority)
Containing electoral wards from Milton Keynes
- Buckingham and Bletchley CC (part)
- Milton Keynes BC
Revised proposals will be published in late 2022 and the final report will be submitted in June 2023.
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 | 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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[]
1983
1987
1992
1997
2001
2005
2010
2015
2017
2019
2021
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 | → | W. de Rothschild | L. de Rothschild | → | Keens | Burgoyne | Beaumont | Reed | ||||||||||||||
Buckingham | E. Verney | Hubbard | E. Verney | Leon | Carlile | F. Verney | H. Verney | Bowyer | Whiteley | Berry | |||||||||||||
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 | Meyer | Lestor | ||||||||||
Aylesbury | Reed | Summers | Raison | |||||||||||
Buckingham | Crawley | Markham | Maxwell | Benyon | ||||||||||
Wycombe | Haire | Astor | Hall | Whitney | ||||||||||
Buckinghamshire South / Beaconsfield (1974) | Bell | Smith | ||||||||||||
Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour |
1983 to present[]
Conservative Independent Labour Speaker Liberal Democrats
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 | Baker | ||||||||||
Beaconsfield | T. Smith | Grieve | → | Morrissey | |||||||||
Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour | 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". Cite journal requires
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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.
- ^ "How 'strange' boundary changes affects Bucks' constituencies". www.bucksherald.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Initial proposals for new Parliamentary constituency boundaries in the South East region | Boundary Commission for England". boundarycommissionforengland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". Cite journal requires
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- Parliamentary constituencies in South East England
- Lists of constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in England
- Politics of Buckinghamshire
- Buckinghamshire-related lists