Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire

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
The county of Buckinghamshire in relation to England.

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

  Conservative †   Labour ‡   Liberal Democrat ¤

Constituency[nb 1] Electorate[2] Majority[1][nb 2] Member of Parliament[1] Nearest opposition[1] Map
Aylesbury CC 75,636 630   Laura Kyrke-Smith ‡   Rob Butler †
A medium constituency stretching from the centre to the southwest of the county.
Beaconsfield CC 72,315 5,455   Joy Morrissey †   Anna Crabtree ¤
A medium constituency, located in the far south of the county.
Buckingham and Bletchley CC 73,644 2,421   Callum Anderson ‡   Iain Stewart †
A large constituency, stretching from the centre to the north-east of the county.
Chesham and Amersham CC 74,155 5,451   Sarah Green ¤   Gareth Williams †
A medium constituency in the southeast of the county.
Mid Buckinghamshire CC 72,240 6,872   Greg Smith †   Anja Schaefer ¤
A large constituency, stretching from the centre of the county into the east and north-east.
Milton Keynes Central BC 76,708 7,291   Emily Darlington ‡   Johnny Luk †
A small constituency in the north-west of the county.
Milton Keynes North CC 70,620 5,430   Chris Curtis ‡   Ben Everitt †
A small-to-medium-sized constituency, situated in the very north of the county.
Wycombe CC 71,769 4,591   Emma Reynolds ‡   Steve Baker †
A medium-sized constituency in the south-west of the county.


Boundary changes

2024

For the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which redrew the constituency map ahead of the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Boundary Commission for England 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 cross-authority constituency named Buckingham and Bletchley. This led to significant changes elsewhere, with Milton Keynes Central replacing Milton Keynes South and Mid Buckinghamshire replacing the existing Buckingham seat.[3][4] These changes came into effect for the 2024 general election.

Former name Boundaries 2010–2024 Current name Boundaries 2024–present
  1. Aylesbury CC
  2. Beaconsfield CC
  3. Buckingham CC
  4. Chesham and Amersham CC
  5. Milton Keynes North CC
  6. Milton Keynes South BC
  7. Wycombe CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2010-2024)
Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2010-2024)
  1. Aylesbury CC
  2. Beaconsfield CC
  3. Buckingham and Bletchley CC
  4. Chesham and Amersham CC
  5. Mid Buckinghamshire CC
  6. Milton Keynes Central BC
  7. Milton Keynes North CC
  8. Wycombe CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2024-present)
Proposed Revised constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2024-present)


2010

Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England[5] 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
  1. Aylesbury CC
  2. Beaconsfield CC
  3. Buckingham CC
  4. Chesham and Amersham CC
  5. Milton Keynes South West BC
  6. Milton Keynes North East CC
  7. Wycombe CC
Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (1997-2010)
Parliamentary constituencies in Buckinghamshire (1997-2010)
  1. Aylesbury CC
  2. Beaconsfield CC
  3. Buckingham CC
  4. Chesham and Amersham CC
  5. Milton Keynes North CC
  6. Milton Keynes South BC
  7. Wycombe CC
Proposed Revised constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2010-2024)
Proposed Revised constituencies in Buckinghamshire (2010-2024)

Results history

Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019[6]

2024

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
Conservative 126,497 32.2% Decrease20.5% 2 Decrease5
Labour 108,134 27.5% Increase2.1% 5 Increase5
Liberal Democrats 79,011 20.1% Increase6.4% 1 Increase1
Reform UK 49,683 12.6% Increase12.3% 0 0
Greens 20,433 5.2% Increase2.3% 0 0
Others 4,972 1.3% Decrease3.7% 0 0
Workers Party 4,326 1.1% New 0 New
Total 393,056 100.0 8

2019

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
Conservative 220,814 52.7% Increase5.7% 7 Increase1
Labour 106,226 25.4% Decrease3.9% 0 0
Liberal Democrats 57,554 13.7% Increase7.3% 0 0
Greens 12,349 2.9% Decrease1.1% 0 0
Brexit 1,286 0.3% new 0 0
Others 20,664 5.0% Decrease8.3% 0 Decrease1
Total 418,893 100.0 7

Percentage votes

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
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

Election year 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024
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

1John Bercow

Maps

1885-1910

  • 1885
    1885
  • 1886
    1886
  • 1892
    1892
  • 1895
    1895
  • 1900
    1900
  • 1906
    1906
  • Jan 1910
    Jan 1910
  • Dec 1910
    Dec 1910

1918-1945

  • 1918
    1918
  • 1922
    1922
  • 1923
    1923
  • 1924
    1924
  • 1929
    1929
  • 1931
    1931
  • 1935
    1935
  • 1945
    1945

1950-1979

  • 1950
    1950
  • 1951
    1951
  • 1955
    1955
  • 1959
    1959
  • 1964
    1964
  • 1966
    1966
  • 1970
    1970
  • Feb 1974
    Feb 1974
  • Oct 1974
    Oct 1974
  • 1979
    1979

1983-present

  • 1983
    1983
  • 1987
    1987
  • 1992
    1992
  • 1997
    1997
  • 2001
    2001
  • 2005
    2005
  • 2010
    2010
  • 2015
    2015
  • 2017
    2017
  • 2019
    2019
  • 2024
    2024

Historical representation by party

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

  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
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

  Conservative   Labour

Constituency 1945 1950 1951 52 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 78 1979 82
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

  Conservative   Independent   Labour   Speaker   Liberal Democrats

Constituency 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 09 2010 2015 2017 19 2019 21 2024
Aylesbury Raison Lidington Butler Kyrke-Smith
Buckingham / Mid Buckinghamshire (2024) Walden Bercow → G. Smith
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
Buckingham and Bletchley Anderson

See also

Notes

  1. ^ BC denotes borough constituency, CC denotes county constituency.
  2. ^ The majority is the number of votes the winning candidate receives more than their nearest rival.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "UK Election 2024 A-Z Constituencies". BBC News. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Ryder, Liam (23 November 2022). "Maps show huge changes proposed to Bucks' boundaries". buckinghamshirelive. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "The Parliamentary Constituencies (England) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ Watson, Christopher; Uberoi, Elise; Loft, Philip (17 April 2020). "General election results from 1918 to 2019". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)