Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Beaconsfield
Map1 = Beaconsfield
Map2 = Buckinghamshire
Entity = Buckinghamshire
Type = County
Year = 1974
Entity = Buckinghamshire
County = Buckinghamshire
EP = South East England
MP = Dominic Grieve
Party = Conservative

Beaconsfield is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is among the safest of Conservative seats.

In the 1982 by-election caused by the death of Sir Ronald Bell, the losing (third-placed) Labour candidate was Tony Blair. Tim Smith thus remains the last person to date to have beaten Blair in an election. Paul Tyler was in second place; he later became an MP for the second time so, most unusually, the three main-party candidates subsequently served in the House of Commons at the same time.

Boundaries

The constituency covers South Bucks as well as Little Marlow, Wooburn, Hedsor and Flackwell Heath in Wycombe.

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing Beaconsfield constituency. The electoral wards used in the newly drawn seat are:
*The entire South Bucks district
*Bourne End, Flackwell Heath, Hedsor, Little Marlow and Wooburn, in the Wycombe district
*Marlow North and West, and Marlow South East in the Wycombe district, from the Wycombe constituency.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" (1974)

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1979: BeaconsfieldElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ronald Bell
votes = 31,938
percentage = 61.7
change = +13.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = E.L. Glasson
votes = 10,443
percentage = 20.2
change = −5.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = P. Meyer
votes = 8,853
percentage = 17.1
change = −9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = National Front (UK)
candidate = J. Noyes
votes = 548
percentage = 1.1
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 21,495
percentage = 41.5
change = +19.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 76.2
change = +6.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1980s

Election box begin
title=Beaconsfield by-election, 27th May 1982Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Smith
votes = 23,049
percentage = 61.8
change = +0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = Paul Tyler
votes = 9,996
percentage = 26.8
change = +8.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Tony Blair
votes = 3,886
percentage = 10.4
change = −9.8Election box candidate with party link
party = New Britain Party
candidate = Michael Byrne
votes = 225
percentage = 0.6
change = −Election box candidate
party = Democratic Monarchist
candidate = Bill Boaks
votes = 99
percentage = 0.3
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Benn in Ten Unless Proportional Representation
candidate = Thomas Keen
votes = 51
percentage = 0.1
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 13,053
percentage = 35.0
change = −8.2Election box turnout
votes = 37,306
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Elections in the 1990s

Election box begin
title=General Election 1992: BeaconsfieldElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Tim Smith
votes = 33,817
percentage = 64.0
change = −2.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = P. A. Purse
votes = 10,220
percentage = 19.3
change = −4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = D.G. Smith
votes = 7,163
percentage = 13.6
change = +3.3Election box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = W. Foulds
votes = 1,317
percentage = 2.5
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = A. Foss
votes = 196
percentage = 0.4
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Equal Representation in Parliament
candidate = J. Martin
votes = 166
percentage = 0.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 23,597
percentage = 44.6
change = +4.4Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 82.3
change = +7.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election 1997: BeaconsfieldElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Grieve
votes = 24,709
percentage = 49.2
change = −14.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = P. Mapp
votes = 10,722
percentage = 21.4
change = +2.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = A. Hudson
votes = 10,063
percentage = 20.1
change = +6.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = H. Lloyd
votes = 2,197
percentage = 4.4
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Independent Conservative
candidate = C. Story
votes = 1,434
percentage = 2.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = C. Cooke
votes = 451
percentage = 0.9
change = N/AElection box candidate
party = Pro Life
candidate = G. Duval
votes = 286
percentage = 0.6
change = N/AElection box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = T. Dyball
votes = 193
percentage = 0.4
change = +0.0Election box candidate
party = Indedpendent
candidate = R. Matthews
votes = 146
percentage = 0.3
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 13,987
percentage = 27.9
change = −16.7Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 72.8
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = −8.2

Elections in the 2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: BeaconsfieldElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Grieve
votes = 22,233
percentage = 52.8
change = +3.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Lathrope
votes = 9,168
percentage = 21.8
change = +1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Stephen Lloyd
votes = 9,117
percentage = 21.6
change = +0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Andrew Moffatt
votes = 1,626
percentage = 3.9
change = +3.0Election box majority
votes = 13,065
percentage = 31.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 42,144
percentage = 60.8
change = -12.0Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: BeaconsfieldElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Dominic Grieve
votes = 24,126
percentage = 55.4
change = +2.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Peter Chapman
votes = 8,873
percentage = 20.4
change = −1.2Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alex Sobel
votes = 8,422
percentage = 19.4
change = −2.4Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Fagan
votes = 2,102
percentage = 4.8
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 15,253
percentage = 35.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 43,523
percentage = 63.9
change = +3.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +1.9

ee also

* Beaconsfield by-election, 1982
* List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

References

* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/edates.htm Richard Kimber's Political Science Resources: UK General Elections since 1832]
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