List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire
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The ceremonial county of Buckinghamshire
, which includes the unitary authority
of Milton Keynes
, is divided into 7 Parliamentary constituencies
- 1 Borough constituency and 6 County constituencies.
The total number of aggregate votes cast for each political party or individuals which fielded candidates in constituencies which comprise Buckinghamshire in the 2010 general election was as follows;
Conservative 161,323 (44.3%)
Liberal Democrat 75,881 (20.9%)
Labour 56,389 (15.5%)
The Speaker 22,860 (6.3%)
UK Independence Party 22,709 (6.2%)
Independents 15,464 (4.3%)
British National Party 3,636 (1.0%)
Green Party 3,042 (0.8%)
Monster Raving Loony 1,013 (0.3%)
A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse 475 (0.1%)
Christian Peoples Alliance 451 (0.1%)
Christian Party 369 (0.1%)
Cut the Deficit Party 107 (0.0%)
Nationwide Reform Party 84 (0.0%)
Total votes: 363,803
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, which includes the unitary authority
Unitary authority
A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...
of Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
, is divided into 7 Parliamentary constituencies
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
- 1 Borough constituency and 6 County constituencies.
Constituencies
ConstituencyBC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency. | Electorate | MajorityThe majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival. | Member of Parliament Member of Parliament A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,... |
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Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) Aylesbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2010 general election with a 52.2% share of the vote.-Boundaries:... CC |
72,023 | 12,618 | David Lidington David Lidington David Roy Lidington PC is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been Member of Parliament for Aylesbury since 1992... † |
Steven Lambert¤ | Aylesbury Vale District Council Aylesbury Vale The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by Milton Keynes to the north, Leighton Buzzard and the Chiltern Hills to the east and south, Thame to the south and Bicester and Brackley to the west.The vale is named after Aylesbury, the... : Aston Clinton, Aylesbury Central, Bedgrove, Coldharbour, Elmhurst and Watermead, Gatehouse, Mandeville and Elm Farm, Oakfield, Quarrendon, Southcourt, Walton Court and Hawkslade, Wendover. Wycombe District Council Wycombe Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972... : Bledlow and Bradenham, Greater Hughenden, Lacey Green, Speen and the Hampdens, Stokenchurch and Radnage. |
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Beaconsfield Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats.... CC |
72,604 | 21,782 | Dominic Grieve Dominic Grieve Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, QC MP is a British Conservative politician, barrister and Queen's Counsel.He is the Member of Parliament for Beaconsfield and the Attorney General for England and Wales and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.-Early life:Grieve was born in Lambeth, the son of... † |
John Edwards¤ | South Bucks District Council South Bucks South Bucks is one of four local government districts in the non-metropolitan county of Buckinghamshire, in South East England.The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, by the amalgamation of the area of Beaconsfield Urban District with part of Eton Rural District... : Beaconsfield North, Beaconsfield South, Beaconsfield West, Burnham Beeches, Burnham Church, Burnham Lent Rise, Denham North, Denham South, Dorney and Burnham South, Farnham Royal, Gerrards Cross East and Denham South West, Gerrards Cross North, Gerrards Cross South, Hedgerley and Fulmer, Iver Heath, Iver Village and Richings Park, Stoke Poges, Taplow, Wexham and Iver West. Wycombe District Council Wycombe Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972... : Bourne End-cum-Hedsor, Flackwell Heath and Little Marlow, Marlow North and West, Marlow South East, The Wooburns. |
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Buckingham Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... CC |
69,560 | 12.529 | John Bercow John Bercow John Simon Bercow is a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons in the United Kingdom since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker he was a member of the Conservative party.... † |
John Stevens John Stevens (politician) John Christopher Courtenay Stevens is an English politician. A Conservative Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999, he contested the Buckingham constituency in the 2010 general election as an independent, against Commons speaker John Bercow.-Background:Stevens was educated at... |
Aylesbury Vale District Council Aylesbury Vale The Aylesbury Vale is a large area of flat land mostly in Buckinghamshire, England. Its boundary is marked by Milton Keynes to the north, Leighton Buzzard and the Chiltern Hills to the east and south, Thame to the south and Bicester and Brackley to the west.The vale is named after Aylesbury, the... : Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Edlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Weedon, Wing, Wingrave, Winslow. Wycombe District Council Wycombe Wycombe is a local government district in Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is administered by Wycombe District Council in the town of High Wycombe. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972... : Icknield, The Risboroughs. |
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Chesham and Amersham CC | 70,596 | 16,710 | Cheryl Gillan Cheryl Gillan Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan is a British Conservative Party politician. She is currently the Secretary of State for Wales, and the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Chesham and Amersham in Buckinghamshire.... † |
Tim Starkey¤ | Chiltern District Council Chiltern (district) Chiltern is one of four local government districts of Buckinghamshire in south central England. It is named after the Chiltern Hills on which the region sits.The main towns in the district are Amersham and Chesham... : Amersham Common, Amersham-on-the-Hill, Amersham Town, Asheridge Vale and Lowndes, Ashley Green, Latimer and Chenies, Austenwood, Ballinger, South Heath and Chartridge, Central, Chalfont Common, Chalfont St Giles, Chesham Bois and Weedon Hill, Cholesbury, The Lee and Bellingdon, Gold Hill, Great Missenden, Hilltop and Townsend, Holmer Green, Little Chalfont, Little Missenden, Newtown, Penn and Coleshill, Prestwood and Heath End, Ridgeway, St Mary’s and Waterside, Seer Green, Vale. |
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Milton Keynes North CC | 75,312 | 8,961 | Mark Lancaster Mark Lancaster John Mark Lancaster TD is a British Conservative Party politician. He was elected as Member of Parliament for the North East Milton Keynes constituency at the 2005 general election and held its successor seat, Milton Keynes North, at the 2010 general election... † |
Andrew Pakes Andrew Pakes Andrew Pakes is a British Labour Party politician, and a former President of the National Union of Students .Pakes grew up in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire... ‡ |
Milton Keynes Borough Council Milton Keynes (borough) The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. For ceremonial purposes, it is in the county of Buckinghamshire... : Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, Wolverton. |
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Milton Keynes South BC | 75,682 | 5,201 | Iain Stewart Iain Stewart (politician) Iain Aitken Stewart is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South.Stewart was born in Scotland and grew up in Hamilton. He went to Hutchesons' Grammar School... † |
Phyllis Starkey Phyllis Starkey Phyllis Margaret Starkey is a British Labour party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Milton Keynes South West from 1997 to 2010. She had previously served as Leader of Oxford City Council.... ‡ |
Milton Keynes Borough Council Milton Keynes (borough) The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and borough in south central England, at the northern tip of the South East England Region. For ceremonial purposes, it is in the county of Buckinghamshire... : Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon, Woughton. |
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Wycombe Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections.... CC |
71,997 | 9,560 | Steve Baker Steve Baker (UK politician) Steven John Baker is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament MP for Wycombe, having been elected in the 2010 general election.-Education:... † |
Steve Guy¤ | Wycombe District Council: Abbey, Booker and Cressex, Bowerdean, Chiltern Rise, Disraeli, Downley and Plomer Hill, Greater Marlow, Hambleden Valley, Hazlemere North, Hazlemere South, Micklefield, Oakridge and Castlefield, Ryemead, Sands, Terriers and Amersham Hill, Totteridge, Tylers Green and Loudwater. | |||
Boundary Changes
The Boundary Commission for England has proposed changes to realign constituency boundaries with the boundaries of current local government wards, and to reduce the electoral disparity between constituencies. The Milton Keynes constituencies will be slightly renamed. These changes will be implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010.Name | Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) Aylesbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2010 general election with a 52.2% share of the vote.-Boundaries:... CC Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats.... CC Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... CC Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections.... CC
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Revised name | Aylesbury Aylesbury (UK Parliament constituency) Aylesbury is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party has held the seat since 1924, and held it at the 2010 general election with a 52.2% share of the vote.-Boundaries:... CC Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency) Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats.... CC Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency) Buckingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:... CC Wycombe (UK Parliament constituency) Wycombe is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It currently elects one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of elections.... CC
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Results
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The total number of aggregate votes cast for each political party or individuals which fielded candidates in constituencies which comprise Buckinghamshire in the 2010 general election was as follows;
Conservative 161,323 (44.3%)
Liberal Democrat 75,881 (20.9%)
Labour 56,389 (15.5%)
The Speaker 22,860 (6.3%)
UK Independence Party 22,709 (6.2%)
Independents 15,464 (4.3%)
British National Party 3,636 (1.0%)
Green Party 3,042 (0.8%)
Monster Raving Loony 1,013 (0.3%)
A Vote Against MP Expense Abuse 475 (0.1%)
Christian Peoples Alliance 451 (0.1%)
Christian Party 369 (0.1%)
Cut the Deficit Party 107 (0.0%)
Nationwide Reform Party 84 (0.0%)
Total votes: 363,803