Milton Keynes South (UK Parliament constituency)
Coordinates: 52°01′16″N 0°41′13″W / 52.021°N 0.687°W
Milton Keynes South | |
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Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 135,909[1] |
Electorate | 92,011 (2018)[2] |
Major settlements | Milton Keynes |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2010 |
Member of Parliament | Iain Stewart (Conservative) |
Created from | Milton Keynes South West, North East Milton Keynes |
Milton Keynes South is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 creation by Iain Stewart, a Conservative.[n 2]
History[]
This constituency (and its counterpart, Milton Keynes North), came into being when the two Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes North East and Milton Keynes South West) were reconfigured following the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies with the aim of equalising the electorate as between the constituencies in the light of population growth that had occurred mainly in the Milton Keynes Urban Area. This constituency is the more urban of the two.
Iain Stewart MP won the new constituency for the Conservatives in the 2010 general election. This new constituency is a very large part of the former Milton Keynes South West, which had been held by Phyllis Starkey for Labour for 13 years until the 2010 general election.
In the 2015 general election, Iain Stewart again won the Milton Keynes South constituency for the Conservative Party.
Constituency profile[]
The constituency takes up the smaller part but more dense part of the Borough of Milton Keynes and is one of the borough's two constituencies. Milton Keynes South is primarily an urban area with some rural elements; the other, Milton Keynes North, covers a larger area and is more rural.[3]
Boundaries[]
The seat comprises the Borough of Milton Keynes wards of:
- Bletchley East
- Bletchley Park
- Bletchley West
- Bradwell
- Broughton
- Campbell Park and Old Woughton
- Danesborough and Walton
- Loughton and Shenley
- Monkston
- Shenley Brook End
- Stony Stratford
- Tattenhoe
- Woughton and Fishermead
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member[4] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2010 | Iain Stewart[5] | Conservative |
Elections[]
Elections in the 2010s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Stewart | 32,011 | 50.0 | +2.5 | |
Labour | Hannah O'Neill | 25,067 | 39.2 | -5.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Saleyha Ahsan | 4,688 | 7.3 | +4.4 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 1,495 | 2.3 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Stephen Fulton | 539 | 0.8 | New | |
CPA | Amarachi Ogba | 207 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 6,944 | 10.8 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 64,007 | 66.4 | -3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Stewart | 30,652 | 47.5 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Hannah O'Neill | 28,987 | 44.9 | +12.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tahir Maher | 1,895 | 2.9 | -1.0 | |
UKIP | Vince Peddle | 1,833 | 2.8 | -10.4 | |
Green | Graham Findlay | 1,179 | 1.8 | -1.5 | |
Majority | 1,665 | 2.6 | -12.1 | ||
Turnout | 64,486 | 69.8 | +4.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -6.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Stewart[9] | 27,601 | 46.8 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Andrew Pakes[9] | 18,929 | 32.1 | -0.1 | |
UKIP | Vince Peddle[10] | 7,803 | 13.2 | +9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Smith[11] | 2,309 | 3.9 | -13.8 | |
Green | Samantha Pancheri | 1,936 | 3.3 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Stephen Fulton | 255 | 0.4 | New | |
Keep It Real Party | Matthew Gibson | 116 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 8,672 | 14.7 | +5.3 | ||
Turnout | 59,019 | 65.8 | +1.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Iain Stewart | 23,034 | 41.6 | ||
Labour | Phyllis Starkey[n 3] | 17,833 | 32.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jones | 9,787 | 17.7 | ||
UKIP | Philip Pinto | 2,074 | 3.7 | ||
BNP | Matthew Tait | 1,502 | 2.7 | ||
Green | Katrina Deacon | 774 | 1.4 | ||
CPA | Suzanne Nti | 245 | 0.4 | ||
Nationwide Reform Party | Jonathan Worth | 84 | 0.2 | ||
Majority | 5,201 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 55,333 | 63.9 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- ^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- ^ Served as an MP in the three elections won under the Blair Ministry
References[]
- ^ "Parliamentary constituency population estimates". ons,gov.uk. Office for National Statistics. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ 2010 post-revision map non-metropolitan areas and unitary authorities of England Archived 14 July 2013 at WebCite
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ^ "Milton Keynes South parliamentary constituency - Election 2017" – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ "Notice of Election - Statement of Persons Nominated - Milton Keynes South" (PDF). Milton Keynes Council. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ "Milton Keynes South parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
- ^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Milton Keynes South 2015". electionresults.blogspot.co.uk.
- ^ "UK Polling Report". ukpollingreport.co.uk.
- ^ "Lisa Smith PPC page". Liberal Democrats (UK). Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ "Milton Keynes Council – General Election results, Milton Keynes South, 2010". Archived from the original on 7 March 2012.
- Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2010
- Politics of Milton Keynes