Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)

UK constituency infobox
Name = Buckingham
Map1 = Buckingham
Map2 = Buckinghamshire
Entity = Buckinghamshire
Type = County
Year = 1542
Entity = Buckinghamshire
County = Buckinghamshire
EP = South East England
MP = John Bercow
Party = Conservative

Buckingham is a 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.

Boundaries

The constituency takes up a large part of central Buckinghamshire, covering much of the Aylesbury Vale district including the town of Buckingham. To the north, the remaining part of historic Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South West and Milton Keynes North East).

Boundary review

Following their review of parliamentary representation in Buckinghamshire, the Boundary Commission for England has made minor changes to the existing Buckingham seat which will come into effect at the next general election. The electoral wards forming the modified constituency are:
*(from Aylesbury Vale district) 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;
*(from Wycombe district) Icknield and The Risboroughs.

History

There has been a Buckingham constituency since 1542. In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, the Labour Party held Buckingham from 1945 until 1951 and again from 1964 until 1970, when its MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell.

Prior to 1983, the new town of Milton Keynes was in the Buckingham constituency, until it had expanded substantially enough to merit a seat of its own. The sitting Buckingham MP William Benyon moved to the new Milton Keynes constituency, and was succeeded in Buckingham by George Walden. Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow has held the seat since then.

At the 2005 general election, this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although the percentage majority was higher in Kensington and Chelsea in London and Richmond in North Yorkshire.

Members of Parliament

*"Constituency created" (1542)

MPs 1660-1868

MPs 1868-present

Election results

2000s

Election box begin
title=General Election 2005: BuckinghamElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Bercow
votes = 27,748
percentage = 57.4
change = +3.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = David Greene
votes = 9,619
percentage = 19.9
change = −4.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Luke Croydon
votes = 9,508
percentage = 19.7
change = −0.3Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = David Williams
votes = 1,432
percentage = 3.0
change = +0.9Election box majority
votes = 18,129
percentage = 37.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 48,307
percentage = 68.7
change = −0.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing = +4.0

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: BuckinghamElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Bercow
votes = 24,296
percentage = 53.7
change = +3.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Seddon
votes = 10,971
percentage = 24.2
change = -0.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Isobel Wilson
votes = 9,037
percentage = 20.0
change = -4.7Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Christopher Silcock
votes = 968
percentage = 2.1
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 13,325
percentage = 29.5
change = Election box turnout
votes = 45,272
percentage = 69.4
change = -9.1Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

1930s

Election box begin
title=By-election 1937: BuckinghamElection box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = John Whiteley
votes = 17,919
percentage = 52.6
change = −5.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = J.V. Delayhaye
votes = 12,820
percentage = 37.6
change = −4.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Party (UK)
candidate = E.J. Boyce
votes = 3,348
percentage = 9.8
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 5,000
percentage = 15.0
change = −1.0Election box turnout
votes = 47,738
percentage = 71.4
change = −3.7Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

ee also

*List of Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

References

*cite book | author= | title=The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935 | publisher=Politico's (reprint) | year=2003 | editor=Iain Dale | id=ISBN 1-84275-033-X
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