- North East Milton Keynes (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 52°03′22″N 0°38′53″W / 52.056°N 0.648°W
North East Milton Keynes Former County constituency for the House of Commons 
Boundary of North East Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire for the 2005 general election.
Location of Buckinghamshire within England.County Buckinghamshire 1992–2010 Number of members One Replaced by Milton Keynes North, Milton Keynes South North East Milton Keynes was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
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Boundaries
The constituency is one of two covering the Milton Keynes borough. It covers the remaining parts of the town of Milton Keynes not in the Milton Keynes South West constituency as well as the older settlement of Newport Pagnell and the more rural parts of the borough, around Hanslope and Olney.
Boundary review
Following their review into parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has recommended changes to the existing Milton Keynes constituencies.
There will continue to be two parliamentary constituencies for Milton Keynes, but these will be formed on a North/South basis, effectively abolishing the existing arrangement.
Milton Keynes North is formed from the electoral wards of Bradwell, Campbell Park, Hanslope Park, Linford North, Linford South, Middleton, Newport Pagnell North, Newport Pagnell South, Olney, Sherington, Stantonbury, and Wolverton.
Milton Keynes South is formed from the electoral wards of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford, Danesborough, Denbigh, Eaton Manor, Emerson Valley, Furzton, Loughton Park, Stony Stratford, Walton Park, Whaddon, and Woughton.
History
Construction of Milton Keynes began in 1967, as a new town. Until 1983, it was part of the Buckingham constituency. As its population grew, Milton Keynes then gained its own constituency, which was taken by William Benyon of the Conservative Party.
The continuing expansion in the population of Milton Keynes led to this constituency being divided for the 1992 general election into two parts (Milton Keynes South West and North East Milton Keynes). The new North East constituency was taken by Peter Butler of the Conservatives, who lost it to Labour's Brian White at the 1997 election. White held the seat until 2005, when it was regained by the Conservatives' Mark Lancaster.
Members of Parliament
Election Member [1] Party 1992 Peter Butler Conservative 1997 Brian White Labour 2005 Mark Lancaster Conservative 2010 Constituency abolished: see Milton Keynes North and Milton Keynes South Elections
Elections in the 2000s
General Election 2005: North East Milton Keynes Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Mark Lancaster 19,674 39.3 +1.2 Labour Brian White 18,009 35.9 −6.1 Liberal Democrat Jane Carr 9,789 19.5 +1.7 UKIP Mike Phillips 1,400 2.8 +0.6 Green Peter Richardson 1,090 2.2 N/A Independent Anant Vyas 142 0.3 N/A Majority 1,665 3.3 Turnout 50,104 63.6 −1.0 Conservative gain from Labour Swing +3.6 General Election 2001: North East Milton Keynes Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Brian White 19,761 42.0 +2.5 Conservative Marion Rix 17,932 38.1 -0.9 Liberal Democrat David Yeoward 8,375 17.8 +0.4 UKIP Michael Phillips 1,026 2.2 N/A Majority 1,829 3.9 Turnout 47,094 64.6 -8.2 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1990s
General Election 1997: North East Milton Keynes Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Brian White 20,201 39.43 Conservative Peter Butler 19,961 38.96 Liberal Democrat Graham Mabbutt 8,907 17.38 Referendum Party Michael Phillips 1,492 2.91 Green Alan Francis 576 1.12 Natural Law Martin Simson 99 0.19 Majority 240 0.47 Turnout 72.78 Labour gain from Conservative Swing +14.2 General Election 1992: North East Milton Keynes[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Peter Butler 26,212 51.6 Labour Maggie Cosin 12,036 23.7 Liberal Democrat Peter Gaskell 11,693 23.0 Green Alan Francis 529 1.0 Independent Conservative M. Kavanagh-Dowsett 249 0.5 Natural Law Martin Simson 79 0.2 Majority 14,176 27.9 Turnout 50,798 81.0 Conservative win (new seat) See also
Notes and references
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 2)
- ^ "Politics Resources". Election 1992. Politics Resources. 9 April 1992. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge92/ge92index.htm. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
Sources
- Election result, 2005 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
- Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 (Election Demon)
- Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
Categories:- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1992
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2010
- Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (historic)
- Politics of Milton Keynes
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