Beaconsfield (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Beaconsfield County constituency |
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| Beaconsfield shown within Buckinghamshire, and Buckinghamshire shown within England | |
| Created: | 1974 |
| MP: | Dominic Grieve |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| County: | Buckinghamshire |
| EP constituency: | South East England |
Beaconsfield 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. It is among the strongest of Conservative seats.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency covers South Bucks as well as Little Marlow, Wooburn, Hedsor and Flackwell Heath in Wycombe.
[edit] 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-cum-Hedsor, 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.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1974)
- 1974 — 1982: Sir Ronald Bell, Conservative
- 1982 — 1997: Tim Smith, Conservative
- 1997 — present: Dominic Grieve, Conservative
[edit] Elections
| General Election 2005: Beaconsfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 24,126 | 55.4 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Chapman | 8,873 | 20.4 | −1.2 | |
| Labour | Alex Sobel | 8,422 | 19.4 | −2.4 | |
| UK Independence | John Fagan | 2,102 | 4.8 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 15,253 | 35.0 | |||
| Turnout | 43,523 | 63.9 | +3.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +1.9 | |||
| General Election 2001: Beaconsfield | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Dominic Grieve | 22,233 | 52.8 | +3.5 | |
| Labour | Stephen Lathrope | 9,168 | 21.8 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Lloyd | 9,117 | 21.6 | +0.3 | |
| UK Independence | Andrew Moffatt | 1,626 | 3.9 | +3.0 | |
| Majority | 13,065 | 31.0 | |||
| Turnout | 42,144 | 60.8 | -12.0 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] Trivia
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 United Kingdom House of Commons at the same time.
