List_of_Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Buckinghamshire
The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Buckinghamshire and the City of Milton Keynes, is divided into 7 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 6 county constituencies.
Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤ Independent
| Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[1] | Majority[2][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[2] | Nearest opposition[2] | Map | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 ‡ |  | ||
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.
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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.[4] Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.
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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 1885
- 1886
- 1892
- 1895
- 1900
- 1906
- Jan 1910
- Dec 1910
1918-1945
- 1918
- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1929
- 1931
- 1935
- 1945
1950-1979
- 1950
- 1951
- 1955
- 1959
- 1964
- 1966
- 1970
- Feb 1974
- Oct 1974
- 1979
1983-present
- 1983
- 1987
- 1992
- 1997
- 2001
- 2005
- 2010
- 2015
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
- 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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