Buckingham (UK Parliament constituency)
Buckingham (/ˈbʌkɪŋəm/) is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Greg Smith, a Conservative.[n 2]
Buckingham | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Buckingham in Buckinghamshire | |
![]() Location of Buckinghamshire within England | |
County | Buckinghamshire |
Population | 97,184 (2011 census)[1] |
Electorate | 79,515 (2018)[2] |
Major settlements | Buckingham Princes Risborough Winslow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1885 |
Member of Parliament | Greg Smith (Conservative) |
Seats | One |
1542–1885 | |
Seats | Two until 1868, then one until 1885 |
Type of constituency | Borough constituency |
The seat is due to be abolished for the next general election.[3]
History
After its creation in 1542, the Parliamentary Borough of Buckingham sent two MPs to the House of Commons of England until 1707, then to the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and finally to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801, reduced to one MP from 1868 by the Representation of the People Act 1867. The Borough was abolished altogether by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, and it was transformed into a large county division, formally named the North or Buckingham Division of Buckinghamshire. It was one of three divisions formed from the undivided three-member Parliamentary County of Buckinghamshire, the other two being the Mid or Aylesbury Division and the Southern or Wycombe Division.
In the twentieth century, the constituency was held by the Conservative Party for most of the time. However, Aidan Crawley, a Labour Party MP, served Buckingham from 1945 until 1951, and from 1964 until 1970, its Labour MP was the controversial publisher Robert Maxwell.
Before the periodic review effected in 1983, the new town of Milton Keynes, including its older parts such as Bletchley and Fenny Stratford,[n 3] was in the constituency. The 1983 review followed the previous national review in 1974 and recognised the large increase in voters in the constituency. The sitting Buckingham MP, William Benyon, stood for the newly created Milton Keynes constituency, where he was elected. The residual seat was won in 1983 by Conservative George Walden. Walden retired in 1997, and John Bercow won the following general elections in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017. At the 2005 general election, this constituency had the Conservatives' highest numerical majority, although a higher share of the vote was achieved in Kensington and Chelsea in London, the constituency of Malcolm Rifkind, and Richmond in North Yorkshire, the constituency of William Hague.
In 2009, Bercow was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons following the resignation of Michael Martin. There is an inconsistently followed convention, which is mostly kept by the major parties, not to oppose a Speaker at election. Nonetheless, UKIP's leader, Nigel Farage, stood against Bercow in the 2010 election but finished third behind the Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy founder, who previously founded the Pro-Euro Conservative Party.[4]
In both the 2015 and 2017 general elections, Bercow was challenged by only UKIP and the Green Party, with the addition of the independent candidate Scott Raven in the latter election. In September 2019 the Conservative Party announced their intention to stand a candidate against Bercow in the next election, breaking the convention of major parties not opposing a Speaker, seemingly in response to Bercow's opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of Brexit. However, Bercow announced in September 2019 that he would stand down as Speaker on either October 31 or at the next election, whichever occurred first.[5]
Boundaries and boundary changes
1885–1918
- The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
- The Sessional Divisions of Ashendon, Buckingham, Newport, and Stony Stratford; and
- Part of the Sessional Division of Winslow.[6]
1918–1950
- The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
- The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, and Newport Pagnell;
- The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Stratford and Wolverton, Wing, and Winslow; and
- Parts of the Rural Districts of Aylesbury and Long Crendon.[7]
Gained Linslade and the Rural District of Wing from Aylesbury.
1950–1974
- The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
- The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Linslade, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
- The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.[7]
The Urban District of Wolverton had succeeded the Rural District of Stratford and Wolverton. The parts of the Rural District of Aylesbury and the (former) Rural District of Long Crendon were transferred to Aylesbury.
1974–1983
- The Municipal Borough of Buckingham;
- The Urban Districts of Bletchley, Newport Pagnell, and Wolverton; and
- The Rural Districts of Buckingham, Newport Pagnell, Wing, and Winslow.[7]
Lost Linslade to South Bedfordshire; the Urban District of Linslade had been merged with that of Leighton Buzzard to form the Urban District of Leighton-Linslade, which was included in the Administrative County of Bedfordshire.
1983–1992
- The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
- The Borough of Milton Keynes wards of Stony Stratford, Wolverton, and Wolverton Stacey Bushes.[8]
Rural areas to the north and west of the town of Aylesbury transferred from the constituency thereof. The area comprising the new District of Milton Keynes, except for Stony Stratford and Wolverton, formed the new constituency of Milton Keynes.
1992–1997
For the 1992 general election, outside the normal cycle of periodic reviews by the Boundaries Commission, the Milton Keynes constituency was split in two, with Stony Stratford and Wolverton being included in the new Borough Constituency of Milton Keynes South West.[9] No further changes.
1997–2010
The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Aston Clinton, Bierton, Brill, Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Cheddington, Eddlesborough, Great Brickhill, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood, Haddenham, Hogshaw, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Longville, Oakley, Pitstone, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Stone, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow.[10]
The Aston Clinton ward was transferred from Aylesbury.
2010–present
- The District of Aylesbury Vale wards of Buckingham North, Buckingham South, Eddlesborough, Gatehouse, Great Brickhill & Newton Longville, Great Horwood, Grendon Underwood & Brill, Haddenham & Stone, Long Crendon, Luffield Abbey, Marsh Gibbon, Oakfield & Bierton, Oakley, Pitstone & Cheddington, Quainton, Steeple Claydon, Stewkley, Tingewick, Waddesdon, Watermead, Weedon, Wing, Wingrave, and Winslow; and
- The District of Wycombe wards of Icknield and The Risboroughs.[11]
The District of Wycombe wards, including Princes Risborough, were transferred from Aylesbury, offset by the return of Aston Clinton.
In April 2020, the Districts of Aylesbury Vale and Wycombe, as well as those of South Bucks and Chiltern were merged into the new unitary authority of Buckinghamshire Council. Accordingly, the current contents of the constituency are:
- The Buckinghamshire Council wards of Aston Clinton and Bierton (part), Bernwood, Buckingham East, Buckingham West, Great Brickhill, Grendon Underwood, Ivinghoe, Ridgeway East (part), Stone and Waddesdon (part), The Risboroughs, Wing (part), and Winslow.
The constituency takes up a large part of central Buckinghamshire, covering much of the Aylesbury Vale including the town of Buckingham, and some areas south of it, including Chequers, the official country residence of the Prime Minister since 1921.[12][13] To the north, the remaining part of ceremonial Buckinghamshire forms two Borough of Milton Keynes constituencies (Milton Keynes South and Milton Keynes North).
Proposed abolition
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat will be abolished for the next general election, with its contents distributed three ways:[3]
- Buckingham, Winslow, Great Brickhill and surrounding rural areas to form part of the newly created constituency of Buckingham and Bletchley, with the Bletchley area of the City of Milton Keynes
- Western areas, extending southwards to Haddenham and Princes Risborough, to form part of the new constituency of Mid Buckinghamshire
- Wing and Ivinghoe wards to be transferred to Aylesbury
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1542)
MPs to 1660
Year | First member | Second member |
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Apr 1640 | Sir Peter Temple | Sir Alexander Denton |
Nov 1640 | ||
1645 | John Dormer | |
1653 | Buckingham not Represented in Barebones Parliament | |
1654 | Francis Ingoldsby | (one seat only) |
1656 | ||
1659 | Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet | |
MPs 1660–1868
MPs since 1868
Elections
2010s – 2000s – 1990s – 1980s – 1970s – 1960s – 1950s – 1940s – 1930s – 1920s – 1910s – 1900s – 1890s – 1880s – 1870s – 1860s – 1850s – 1840s – 1830s |
Elections in the 2010s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Greg Smith | 37,035 | 58.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Dorrell | 16,624 | 26.2 | New | |
Labour | David Morgan | 7,638 | 12.0 | New | |
Brexit Party | Andrew Bell | 1,286 | 2.0 | New | |
Independent | Ned Thompson | 681 | 1.1 | New | |
English Democrat | Antonio Vitiello | 194 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 20,411 | 32.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 63,458 | 76.3 | +10.1 | ||
Conservative gain from Speaker | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Bercow[n 6] | 34,299 | 65.1 | +0.6 | |
Green | Michael John Sheppard | 8,574 | 16.3 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Scott Darren Raven | 5,638 | 10.7 | New | |
UKIP | Brian James Mapletoft | 4,168 | 7.9 | –13.8 | |
Majority | 25,725 | 48.8 | +6.0 | ||
Turnout | 52,679 | 66.2 | –3.1 | ||
Speaker hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Bercow[n 6] | 34,617 | 64.5 | +17.2 | |
UKIP | Dave Fowler | 11,675 | 21.7 | +4.3 | |
Green | Alan Francis | 7,400 | 13.7 | New | |
Majority | 22,942 | 42.8 | +16.9 | ||
Turnout | 53,692 | 69.3 | +4.8 | ||
Speaker hold | Swing | +6.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Speaker | John Bercow[n 6] | 22,860 | 47.3 | −10.1 | |
Buckinghamshire Campaign for Democracy | John Stevens | 10,331 | 21.4 | New | |
UKIP | Nigel Farage | 8,410 | 17.4 | +14.4 | |
Independent | Patrick Phillips | 2,394 | 5.0 | New | |
Independent | Debbie Martin | 1,270 | 2.6 | New | |
BNP | Lynne Mozar | 980 | 2.0 | New | |
Monster Raving Loony | Colin Dale | 856 | 1.8 | New | |
Independent | Geoff Howard | 435 | 0.9 | New | |
Christian | David Hews | 369 | 0.8 | New | |
Independent | Anthony Watts | 332 | 0.7 | New | |
Cut The Deficit | Simon Strutt | 107 | 0.2 | New | |
Majority | 12,529 | 25.9 | -11.6 | ||
Turnout | 48,344 | 64.5 | −3.8 | ||
Speaker hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bercow | 27,748 | 57.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | David Greene | 9,619 | 19.9 | −4.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Luke Croydon | 9,508 | 19.7 | −0.3 | |
UKIP | David Williams | 1,432 | 3.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 18,129 | 37.5 | +8.1 | ||
Turnout | 48,307 | 68.7 | −0.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Bercow | 24,296 | 53.6 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Mark Seddon | 10,971 | 24.2 | −0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Isobel Wilson | 9,037 | 20.0 | −4.6 | |
UKIP | Christopher Silcock | 968 | 2.1 | New | |
Majority | 13,325 | 29.4 | +4.3 | ||
Turnout | 45,272 | 69.4 | −9.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.2 | |||
Elections in the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Bercow | 24,594 | 49.8 | ||
Labour | Robert C. Lehmann | 12,208 | 24.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Neil Stuart | 12,175 | 24.6 | ||
Natural Law | Geoffrey Clements | 421 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 12,386 | 25.1 | |||
Turnout | 49,398 | 78.5 | |||
Conservative win (new boundaries) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Walden | 29,496 | 62.5 | +3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tudor Jones | 9,705 | 20.6 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Keith M. White | 7,662 | 16.2 | −0.3 | |
Natural Law | Lawrence R. Sheaff | 353 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 19,791 | 41.9 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 47,216 | 84.2 | +5.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +4.1 | |||
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Walden | 32,162 | 58.6 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Charles Burke | 13,636 | 24.9 | −3.2 | |
Labour | Martyn Groucutt | 9,053 | 16.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 18,526 | 33.7 | +4.9 | ||
Turnout | 54,851 | 78.3 | +1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Walden | 27,522 | 56.9 | ||
Liberal | R. Ryder | 13,584 | 28.1 | ||
Labour | Martyn Groucutt | 7,272 | 15.0 | ||
Majority | 13,938 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 48,378 | 77.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Benyon | 41,719 | 51.3 | +9.1 | |
Labour | J.S. Fryer | 27,752 | 34.1 | −3.5 | |
Liberal | S.B. Crooks | 11,045 | 13.6 | −6.6 | |
National Front | M. Smith | 803 | 1.0 | New | |
Majority | 13,967 | 17.2 | +12.6 | ||
Turnout | 81,319 | 78.6 | -1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Benyon | 26,597 | 42.2 | +1.5 | |
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 23,679 | 37.6 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | S.B. Crooks | 12,707 | 20.2 | −3.1 | |
Majority | 2,918 | 4.6 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 62,983 | 79.7 | -5.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Benyon | 27,179 | 40.7 | −6.8 | |
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 24,056 | 36.0 | −7.2 | |
Liberal | C. Crooks | 15,519 | 23.3 | +14.0 | |
Majority | 3,123 | 4.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 66,754 | 85.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Benyon | 28,088 | 47.5 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 25,567 | 43.2 | −4.3 | |
Liberal | John Martin Cornwall | 5,475 | 9.3 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 2,521 | 4.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 59,130 | 81.8 | -4.0 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +4.3 | |||
Elections in the 1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 24,854 | 47.5 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 22,600 | 43.2 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | John M Cornwall | 4,914 | 9.4 | −1.7 | |
Majority | 2,254 | 4.3 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 52,368 | 85.8 | -0.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 23,085 | 45.9 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Elaine Kellett-Bowman | 21,604 | 43.0 | −4.0 | |
Liberal | Jack Raphael Wallis | 5,578 | 11.1 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 1,181 | 2.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,267 | 86.5 | +0.1 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.3 | |||
Elections in the 1950s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Markham | 22,304 | 47.0 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Robert Maxwell | 20,558 | 43.3 | −5.4 | |
Liberal | Evan Laurence Frederick Richards | 4,577 | 9.7 | New | |
Majority | 1,746 | 3.7 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 47,439 | 86.4 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Markham | 23,250 | 51.3 | +1.2 | |
Labour | David Gordon Evans | 22,110 | 48.7 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 1,140 | 2.6 | +2.4 | ||
Turnout | 45,360 | 85.1 | -1.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Frank Markham | 22,688 | 50.1 | +6.7 | |
Labour | Aidan Crawley | 22,634 | 49.9 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 54 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,322 | 86.6 | +0.4 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | +2.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aidan Crawley | 20,782 | 47.1 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Frank Markham | 19,128 | 43.4 | −1.9 | |
Liberal | John Denis Gilbert Kellock | 4,196 | 9.5 | New | |
Majority | 1,654 | 3.7 | -5.7 | ||
Turnout | 44,106 | 86.2 | +13.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Elections in the 1940s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Aidan Crawley | 22,302 | 54.7 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Lionel Berry | 18,457 | 45.3 | −12.7 | |
Majority | 3,845 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,759 | 71.8 | -3.3 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +12.7 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lionel Berry | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1930s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Whiteley | 17,919 | 52.6 | −5.4 | |
Labour | James Viner Delahaye | 12,820 | 37.6 | −4.4 | |
Liberal | E.J. Boyce | 3,348 | 9.8 | New | |
Majority | 5,099 | 15.0 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 34,087 | 71.4 | −3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bowyer | 20,616 | 58.0 | -9.0 | |
Labour | Joseph Sparks | 14,928 | 42.0 | +9.0 | |
Majority | 5,688 | 16.0 | -17.9 | ||
Turnout | 35,544 | 75.13 | -2.60 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | George Bowyer | 23,783 | 66.96 | ||
Labour | James Lievsley George | 11,736 | 33.04 | ||
Majority | 12,047 | 33.92 | |||
Turnout | 35,519 | 77.73 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Elections in the 1920s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Bowyer | 16,375 | 45.8 | −6.0 | |
Labour | James Lievsley George | 11,718 | 32.7 | +2.1 | |
Liberal | Norman Crump | 7,713 | 21.5 | +3.9 | |
Majority | 4,657 | 13.1 | −8.1 | ||
Turnout | 35,806 | 79.6 | +1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 44,974 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −4.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Bowyer | 15,129 | 51.8 | −1.2 | |
Labour | E. J. Pay | 8,939 | 30.6 | −16.4 | |
Liberal | Richard Kingsley Johnson | 5,144 | 17.6 | New | |
Majority | 6,190 | 21.2 | +15.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,212 | 78.1 | +9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 37,394 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +7.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Bowyer | 13,351 | 53.0 | +3.6 | |
Labour | E. J. Pay | 11,824 | 47.0 | +20.7 | |
Majority | 1,527 | 6.0 | −17.1 | ||
Turnout | 25,175 | 68.4 | −8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 36,785 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −8.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | George Bowyer | 13,751 | 49.4 | −4.3 | |
Labour | Owen Connellan | 7,343 | 26.3 | −6.0 | |
Liberal | Charles Hobhouse | 6,789 | 24.3 | +10.3 | |
Majority | 6,408 | 23.1 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,883 | 76.9 | +13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 36,262 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Unionist | George Bowyer | 12,441 | 53.7 | +5.1 |
Labour | John Scurr | 7,481 | 32.3 | New | |
Liberal | Harry Verney | 3,250 | 14.0 | −37.4 | |
Majority | 4,960 | 21.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 23,172 | 63.6 | −26.1 | ||
Registered electors | 36,434 | ||||
Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Verney | 6,029 | 51.4 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | Francis Tyringham Higgins Bernard | 5,702 | 48.6 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 327 | 2.8 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,731 | 89.7 | -2.0 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Verney | 6,055 | 50.5 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 5,944 | 49.5 | +6.7 | |
Majority | 111 | 1.0 | -13.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,999 | 91.7 | +3.1 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | -6.7 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Frederick Verney | 6,253 | 57.2 | +9.3 | |
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 4,673 | 42.8 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 1,580 | 14.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,926 | 88.6 | +4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,334 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Carlile | 5,101 | 52.1 | −0.1 | |
Liberal | Hubert Beaumont | 4,684 | 47.9 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 417 | 4.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,785 | 83.7 | −4.9 | ||
Registered electors | 11,685 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −0.1 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | William Carlile | 5,266 | 52.2 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Herbert Leon | 4,830 | 47.8 | −4.5 | |
Majority | 436 | 4.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 10,096 | 88.6 | +3.0 | ||
Registered electors | 11,395 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Leon | 5,153 | 52.3 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | William Carlile | 4,704 | 47.7 | −3.7 | |
Majority | 449 | 4.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,857 | 85.6 | +7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,518 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +3.4 | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Herbert Leon | 5,013 | 52.0 | +2.4 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Hubbard | 4,632 | 48.0 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 381 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,645 | 84.6 | +6.3 | ||
Registered electors | 11,407 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.4 | |||
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Verney | 4,855 | 51.1 | +1.5 | |
Conservative | Evelyn Hubbard | 4,647 | 48.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 208 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,502 | 75.6 | −2.7 | ||
Registered electors | 12,565 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +1.5 | |||
- Caused by Hubbard's elevation to the peerage, becoming Lord Addington.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Egerton Hubbard | 4,460 | 50.4 | +8.1 | |
Liberal | Edmund Verney | 4,389 | 49.6 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 71 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,849 | 78.3 | −5.4 | ||
Registered electors | 11,307 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Edmund Verney | 5,462 | 57.7 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Samuel Wilson | 4,006 | 42.3 | −7.3 | |
Majority | 1,456 | 15.4 | +14.6 | ||
Turnout | 9,468 | 83.7 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 11,307 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.3 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Verney | 528 | 50.4 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Egerton Hubbard | 520 | 49.6 | −10.5 | |
Majority | 8 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,048 | 91.2 | +3.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,149 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.5 | |||
Elections in the 1870s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Egerton Hubbard | 589 | 60.1 | +17.9 | |
Liberal | Harry Verney | 391 | 39.9 | −17.9 | |
Majority | 198 | 20.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 980 | 87.7 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,118 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +17.9 | |||
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Verney | 463 | 57.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Hubbard | 338 | 42.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 125 | 15.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 801 | 84.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 948 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Verney | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Hubbard | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 948 | ||||
Liberal hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Harry Verney | 198 | 36.6 | −21.8 | |
Conservative | John Hubbard | 196 | 36.2 | +9.2 | |
Conservative | George Barrington[48] | 147 | 27.2 | +12.6 | |
Majority | 2 | 0.4 | −7.1 | ||
Turnout | 271 (est) | 74.3 (est) | −4.8 | ||
Registered electors | 364 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −21.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | +10.1 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Harry Verney | 193 | 34.5 | New | |
Conservative | John Hall | 151 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Whig | Richard Cavendish[49] | 134 | 23.9 | New | |
Conservative | Philip Box[50] | 82 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 280 (est) | 79.1 (est) | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 354 | ||||
Majority | 42 | 7.5 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Majority | 17 | 3.1 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hall | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 349 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville's appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hall | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 388 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Fremantle's resignation by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Hall | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Chetwode's death.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Fremantle's appointment as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold | |||||
- Caused by Fremantle's appointment as Secretary at War
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | John Chetwode | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 396 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | 236 | 44.4 | N/A | |
Whig | Harry Verney | 157 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Chetwode | 138 | 26.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 299 | 87.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 341 | ||||
Majority | 79 | 14.8 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Majority | 19 | 3.6 | N/A | ||
Whig hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Harry Verney | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 351 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Harry Verney | 175 | 37.3 | New | |
Tory | Thomas Fremantle | 156 | 33.3 | N/A | |
Whig | George Morgan | 138 | 29.4 | New | |
Turnout | 270 | 90.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 300 | ||||
Majority | 19 | 4.0 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Tory | |||||
Majority | 18 | 3.9 | N/A | ||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | George Nugent | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Thomas Fremantle | Unopposed | |||
Tory | George Nugent | Unopposed | |||
Tory hold | |||||
Notes
- A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
- As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
- The development of Milton Keynes commenced in 1967.
- Aidan Crawley later served as a Conservative MP
- Frank Markham formerly served as a Labour MP
- John Bercow stood as 'The Speaker seeking re-election'.
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