![A medium-sized county slightly to the east of the south and east of the centre of the country, and completely bounded by other counties](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Buckinghamshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg/220px-Buckinghamshire_UK_locator_map_2010.svg.png)
The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire, which includes the unitary authorities of Buckinghamshire and the City of Milton Keynes, is divided into 8 parliamentary constituencies – 1 borough constituency and 7 county constituencies. At the 2024 general election, the county returned 5 Labour MPs, 2 Conservatives and 1 Liberal Democrat.[1]
Constituencies
[edit]Conservative † Labour ‡ Liberal Democrat ¤
Constituency[nb 1] | Electorate[2] | Majority[1][nb 2] | Member of Parliament[1] | Nearest opposition[1] | Map | ||
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Aylesbury CC | 75,636 | 630 | Laura Kyrke-Smith ‡ | Rob Butler † | ![]() | ||
Beaconsfield CC | 72,315 | 5,455 | Joy Morrissey † | Anna Crabtree ¤ | ![]() | ||
Buckingham and Bletchley CC | 73,644 | 2,421 | Callum Anderson ‡ | Iain Stewart † | ![]() | ||
Chesham and Amersham CC | 74,155 | 5,451 | Sarah Green ¤ | Gareth Williams † | ![]() | ||
Mid Buckinghamshire CC | 72,240 | 6,872 | Greg Smith † | Anja Schaefer ¤ | ![]() | ||
Milton Keynes Central BC | 76,708 | 7,291 | Emily Darlington ‡ | Johnny Luk † | ![]() | ||
Milton Keynes North CC | 70,620 | 5,430 | Chris Curtis ‡ | Ben Everitt † | ![]() | ||
Wycombe CC | 71,769 | 4,591 | Emma Reynolds ‡ | Steve Baker † | ![]() |
Boundary changes
[edit]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 2010–2024 |
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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 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 lead 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] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.
Results history
[edit]Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[7]
2024
[edit]The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising Buckinghamshire in the 2024 general election were as follows:[1]
Party | Votes | % | Change from 2019 | Seats | Change from 2019 |
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Conservative | 126,497 | 32.2% | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
Labour | 108,134 | 27.5% | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
Liberal Democrats | 79,011 | 20.1% | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
Reform UK | 49,683 | 12.6% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 20,433 | 5.2% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Others | 4,972 | 1.3% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Workers Party | 4,326 | 1.1% | New | 0 | New |
Total | 393,056 | 100.0 | 8 |
2019
[edit]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% | ![]() |
7 | ![]() |
Labour | 106,226 | 25.4% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Liberal Democrats | 57,554 | 13.7% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Greens | 12,349 | 2.9% | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Brexit | 1,286 | 0.3% | new | 0 | 0 |
Others | 20,664 | 5.0% | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Total | 418,893 | 100.0 | 7 |
Percentage votes
[edit]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 | 2024 |
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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 | 32.2 |
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 | 27.5 |
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 | 20.1 |
Reform UK2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | 12.6 |
Green Party | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | * | * | 0.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 5.2 |
UKIP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | * | * | 6.2 | 14.9 | 3.2 | * | - |
The Speaker3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 | 2.44 |
1pre-1979: Liberal Party; 1983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance
22019: Standing as the Brexit Party.
3Standing in Buckingham, unopposed by the 3 main parties.
4Including Workers Party of Britain.
* Included in Other
Accurate vote percentages for the 1918 election cannot be obtained because some candidates stood unopposed.
Seats
[edit]Election year | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2024 |
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Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Conservative | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The Speaker1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Total | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
Maps
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Historical representation by party
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Conservative Independent Labour Speaker Liberal Democrats
Constituency | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 09 | 2010 | 2015 | 2017 | 19 | 2019 | 21 | 2024 |
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Aylesbury | Raison | Lidington | Butler | Kyrke-Smith | ||||||||||
Buckingham / Buckingham and Bletchley (2024) | Walden | Bercow | → | G. Smith | Anderson | |||||||||
Wycombe | Whitney | Goodman | Baker | Reynolds | ||||||||||
Beaconsfield | T. Smith | Grieve | → | Morrissey | ||||||||||
Chesham and Amersham | Gilmour | Gillan | Green | |||||||||||
Milton Keynes / NE MK ('92) / MK North ('10) | Benyon | Butler | White | Lancaster | Everitt | Curtis | ||||||||
Milton Keynes SW / MK S ('10) / MK Central ('24) | Legg | Starkey | Stewart | Darlington | ||||||||||
Mid Buckinghamshire | Smith |
See also
[edit]- List of parliamentary constituencies in the South East (region)
- History of parliamentary constituencies and boundaries in Buckinghamshire
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "UK Election 2024 A-Z Constituencies". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries in England - Volume two: Constituency names, designations and composition - South East". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "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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